Fusion Strength 2003
The Artists Village is proud to announce the
opening of Fusion Strength 2003 - A Performance & Installation Project by
Singaporean and Indonesian artists.
VENUE: Benda Art Space, Yogjakarta, Indonesia
DATE: 20 January 20 February 2003
Singapore: Agnes Yit, Benjamin Puah, Colin Reaney, Jeremy Hiah, Josef Ng, Karee
Dahl, Khairuddin Hori, Lam Hoi Lit, Lina Adam, Rizman Putra, Tang Da Wu, Woon
Tien Wei
Indonesia: Arahmaiani, Arya Pandjalu, Geber Modus Operandi, Handiwirman, Iwan
Wijono, Jompet, Marzuki, Perek, Regina Bimadona, S. Teddy D.
FS¹03 will involve the participation of twelve artists from Singapore and twelve
artists from Indonesia. FS ¹03 aims to create collaboration by artists through
art practices from Yogjakarta and Singapore, encouraging an exchange of
experience of the respective cultures these two cities identify with.
The Yogjakarta audience/space/experience - the duration of the project is one
month, 20th January 2003 to 20th of February 2003 - one month of creativity, and
creation - one month where the public will be able to see artists at work,
artists working together, artists creating, using local materials and local
input. The project stimulates a certain degree of actual exchange and
interaction with the audience, many of the works or elements of the
collaboration that will be translated into installations and performances will
be dispersed to the people of Yogjakarta through this process of collaboration
and interaction. It¹s a unique concept and a good opportunity to showcase
worldwide the vitality of Yogjakarta as a city and province and Singapore as a
city and state.
FS or Fusion Strength was first presented at Plastique Kinetic Worms in 2001. It
was a performance and installation group exhibition involving artists practising
in Singapore. The concept of the exhibition involves collaboration in the art
making process and intervention of artworks by all the artists. The huge success
and overwhelming response from the exhibition has encouraged the decision to
develop FS as a platform or strategy for collaborations between local, regional
and international artists. Fusion Strength will be developed as an ongoing
travelling project under the umbrella of 'The Artists Village' encouraging
exchanges and collaborations between artists and artists, and between the arts
and wider society.
International collaboration and exposure is crucial to the development of the
arts in Singapore and Indonesia. The participation of all the artists in this
event will be a valuable opportunity to expose many aspects of contemporary art
from both Singapore and Indonesia. Furthermore FS¹03 will be an important event
for the art practices of the artists participating. Strategically locating FS03
in Yogjakarta engages the project's concept 'collaborative art practice' to
incorporate a sub-text or new context 'with cultural differences'. The
collaboration between the local artists and visiting artists being the key to
this experience. It hopes that the outcome of this ongoing project will prove to
be very valuable and useful in expanding the relationship between two countries
through cultural understanding and exchange. It also hopes to explore different
levels of communication in contemporary art practice.
Curated by Juliana Yasin (Singapore) and Co-curated by Titarubi (Indonesia).
The curators of FS¹03; Juliana Yasin and Titarubi wish to thank Satya Brahmantya,
Sujud Dartanto, Midori Hirota from Benda Art Space, The Singapore International
Foundation, The Artists Village, LIP and all participating artists and
volunteers in FS¹03 for their huge support in seeing this project through in
Yogjakarta.
Supported by Benda Art Space, LIP, Singapore International Foundation and The
Artists Village.
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