Open Eye Gallery | Performing for the Camera Workshop

20 Jul. 2015

A workshop was held at Open Eye free to the members of the public, led by Helen Marshall on 20th July 2015. Designed to get the most from the performer in front of the lens… Read more

Open Eye Gallery | Open 1

16 May – 23 Aug. 2015

Open provides a platform for displaying new work and a forum for discussion thanks to a rich programme of public events unfolding throughout the duration of the exhibition. For the first exhibition in the series, titled Open 1, Open Eye Gallery’s curatorial team have selected six artists whose work is thematically grouped around ideas of social portraiture. The show brings together photography that narrates individual stories and yet addresses issues of collective relevance and general public interest. Each series on display has a personal dimension (often more introvert, suffered and lyrical) and a public-facing one (socially and politically engaged and more militant). Such tension is differently resolved in the work of each selected artist/photographer. Read More… openeye.org.uk/main-exhibition/open-1

MEDINI LIVE!

6 – 7 Jun. 2015

Medini Live! is the inaugural festival of music, film, arts and community presented by Medini Iskandar Malaysia. Medini Live! will launch the new, urban and sophisticated art spaces of Iskandar Malaysia at the Mall of Medini, The Black Box and The White Box. Medini Live! promises a jam-packed weekend of live music, film screenings, contemporary art, theatre and an international bazaar. www.medinilive.com

iCAN Residency, Yogyakarta | Oct. 2012 – Jan. 2013

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

The (Post) Colonial Photostudio | Nov. 2013

The (Post) Colonial Photograph was curated by Alexander Supartono, hosted by The North East Photography Network, and exhibited at The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. The exhibition was part of the NEPN Month of Photography. The exhibition aimed to survey the direct and indirect influence of the colonial photo studio tradition in a post colonial context. The exhibition questioned to what extent photo studio practices that developed in the colonial era have influenced practices in the post-colonial era. Towards this end, historical archival imagery from the colonial period was juxtaposed with postcolonial photographic propositions that directly or indirectly reference historical colonial photographs by appropriating or subverting colonial photographic mannerisms, patterns and commonplaces. thesocialnepn.co.uk/portfolio/the-post-colonial-photo-studio

Delhi Photo Festival | 27 Sep. – 11 Oct. 2013

Delhi Photo Festival is a biennial photography festival organized by India Habitat Centre (IHC) and Nazar Foundation in Delhi. It was started in 2011, curated by photographers Prashant Panjiar, Dinesh Khanna and Alka Pande, the curator of Visual Art Gallery at IHC. It is held at the India Habitat Centre complex on Lodhi Road, where besides exhibitions, the festival also hosts talks, seminars and workshops on photography. The biennial Delhi Photo Festival 2013 is an initiative of the India Habitat Centre & Nazar Foundation to bring photography, the real democratic art form, into the public space, thereby creating awareness of photographic arts and initiating dialogue amongst its many practitioners and lovers.

Project Tobong was selected from 2349 bodies of work from 90 countries as a digital exhibition. Digital exhibitions were screened as slideshows at the Evening Screenings in the amphitheater of the India Habitat Centre during the Opening Week. 

http://dpf2013.delhiphotofestival.com/delhi_photo_festival_2013/digital_exhibitions_dpf.html

The Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards

Aug. 2013

The Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards is at the forefront of contemporary portrait photography. Reaching a global audience and centred in SE Asia, they continue to attract exciting and thoughtful photography in the genre since 2009. KLPA2013 invited submissions from all photographers; Project Tobong was selected and shown in ‘The Savage & Serene’ category. klphotoawards.com | klphotoawards.com/#!2014-shortlists

Photovoice ‘Photographic Images Changing Society’

Rich Mix, London | Jun. 2013

Project Tobong took part in ‘Photographic Images Changing Society’ at Rich Mix, London. This one-day festival featured a photographic exhibition showcasing the output of a variety of projects by organisations and individuals that aim to bring about positive social change through photography, alongside a programme of talks, panel discussions and workshops (including Sensory Photography and Visual Literacy). The festival featured examples of photojournalism, participatory photography, citizen journalism and sensory photography, among others. The work was also exhibited at Box Park, Shoreditch. richmix.org.uk photovoice.org/pics #PICSFest @PhotoVoice facebook.com/PicsFestival

SEA ArtsFest | Pasar Malam, London | Helen’s House

3–9 Nov. 2013

SEA ArtsFest is the first South East Asian arts festival in the UK, championing and developing the work of the artists of Southeast Asia and those inspired by Southeast Asia. ‘Pasar Malam’ meaning ‘night market’ in Malay, was a week-long bazaar of art, film, music, food, discussions and parties that took place in Helen Marshall’s house. It gave a personal and true intimate experience to the project and brought South East Asian artists together in a domestic setting open to the public. seaartsfest.org

Indonesia Kontemporer, SOAS | Oct. 2013

Project Tobong featured as an audio-visual talk at the third Indonesia Kontemporer (IKON) organised by the Centre of South East Asian Studies (CSEAS) at SOAS, University of London drew in an estimated 1,200 people for its day long programme inspired by Indonesian arts and cultural traditions. It also attracted national coverage on BBC Indonesia. Inspired by Indonesian arts and cultural traditions, Indonesia Kontemporer 2013, was a creative event mixing exhibitions, performances, workshops, crafts, film screenings, as well as food and handicrafts stalls.  Artists and crafts people participating in this event hailed from many parts of the world outside Indonesia including Europe and the U.S. Indonesia Kontemporer 2013 is co-hosted with ARTi UK, an organization with the aim of promoting artists, from all parts of the world, who want to perform works inspired by Indonesia arts and cultural traditions. soas.ac.uk/cseas/indonesia-kontemporer/2013

Jakarta Institute of the Arts, Ritus | 2011

At the beginning of their collaboration the artists exhibited their work at Jakarta Institute of Arts, for the inauguaral exhibition entitled ‘Ritus’, an exhibition about Torajan culture and rites. The IKJ ‘s existence within the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) prestigious art complex in the middle of metropolitan Jakarta has a tremendous added value for the students, academic staffs as well as for the Institution itself. It stands on 1.8 hectares of land in the TIM, a beautifully arranged art center; IKJ has a number of buildings, facilities, studios, theatres, exhibition halls, library, workshops etc. Some IKJ’s alumni continue to achieve brilliant reputation and success in their careers as artists. ikj.ac.id