Fete dela WSK! DEC 8-18, 2011 Manila, Philippines

DEC 8-18, 2011

Fete dela WSK! is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental sonic art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of digital culture in South East Asia.

WSK! -- three cryptic letters, which can only provide as much as the sum of the parts.

Organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen – a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology.

CONTACT
sabawmediahub@gmail.com
+63 917 5191511
+63 920 6045559

Twitter: @_sabaw

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ABOUT

Now on its third run, Fete dela WSK! again breaks the boundaries of art and music by featuring innovative artists and experimental musicians from different parts of the globe alongside some of the Philippines’ most distinguished young and established artists.

Since its inception in 2008 as Fete dela Wasaque, the festival organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen has had a particular focus around performances within the field of electronic arts, social interactivity, and innovative music.

Fete de la WSK! 2011 comprises of events and activities that critically ruminate the odd relationship between space and the public through the exploration of different venues from the usual (pubs, galleries and museums) to the alternative (open spaces and virtual spaces). The intensity of the intervention is also expressed by WSK!, which comes from the Filipino word wasak which literally means “shattered” or “splintered.”

The performers slated to participate include: The Diegos, Black Zenith, Terence Lau, 1escV?, Samuel Andre, Bottlesmoker, Moeth, Kristian Kelner, Good Leaf, The Hermetic Order, Gentle Universe, Wilderness, Slow Hello, Outerhope, Similar Objects, Manuel Nicolas Alvero, The Strangeness, Radioactive Sago Project, and Bent Lynchpin.

Other than concerts, we will also be having art exhibitions and shows in different parts of Metro Manila. They will include Lummoblocks, a digital game to be projected in the facade of the Ayala Museum by Barcelona-based collective Lummo (Spain); installations by Kawayan De Guia (Philippines) and Denis Lagdameo (Philippines); audio-visual installations by Samuel Andre (France) and Lirio Salvador (Philippines); internet-based art by Tatong Recheta Torres (Philippines), and Stéphane Degoutin and Marika Demineur (France); and many more.

The festival will also be featuring lectures and workshops by both local and foreign artists, including talks at the Lopez Museum and Ayala Museum under SABAW’s Bedroomlab lecture series (circa 2010)--an informal art-tech-diybio platform, wherein open discussions, brainstorming sessions, lectures, network meetings, performances, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and public gatherings take place in people's living rooms, gardens, laboratories, and other intimate spaces.

CREDITS + PARTNERS

VENUES

RONAC ART CENTER
Ortigas Ave, Greenhills, San Juan
Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone: 0916 317 7099

RONAC - click to enlarge

AYALA MUSEUM / M-CAFE
Makati Ave cor Dela Rosa Street
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone: 757 7117

AYALA MUSEUM / M-CAFE - click to enlarge

KANTO ART GALLERY / B-SIDE
@ The Collective, 7274 Malugay Street San Antonio Village, Makati City
Metro Manila
Phone: 940 8310 / 09268197384

KANTO ART GALLERY / B-SIDE - click to enlarge

LOPEZ MUSEUM
G/F Benpres Bldg., Exchange Road cor. Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Center
Pasig City, Metro Manila
Phone: 635 9545

LOPEZ MUSEUM - click to enlarge

LIGHT & SPACE CONTEMPORARY
53 Fairlane Street
West Fairview, Quezon City
Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone: 430 5202

LIGHT & SPACE - click to enlarge

LUNETA / RIZAL PARK
Manila, Philippines
Phone: 302 7381

LUNETA / RIZAL PARK - click to enlarge

THE KEG
G/F The Fort Strip, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila
Phone: 659 5484

THE KEG - click to enlarge

TERMINAL GARDEN
566 Int. Shaw Boulevard
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila
Phone: 0920 604 5559

TERMINAL GARDEN - click to enlarge

NOVA ART GALLERY
Warehouse 12A, La Fuerza Compound
2241 Don Chino Roces Ave
Makati City, Metro Manila
Phone: 392 7797

NOVA ART GALLERY - click to enlarge

BLACKBIRD CAFE
9815 Kamagong Street, San Antonio Village
Makati City, Metro Manila
Phone: 0917 897 0210

BLACKBIRD CAFE - click to enlarge

SAGUIJO
7612 Guijo Street, San Antonio Village
Makati City, Metro Manila
Phone: 897 8629

SAGUIJO - click to enlarge

TICKETS

Festival Pass - 1,800 / 2,500 (w workshop 3)
Festival Opening: Free
Kode9 x Quantic: Festival Pass N/A
Dec 10:
Lopez Museum Lecture - Festival Pass N/A
Exhibition - 60 php
Performances - 200 php
Both: 220 php
Workshop 1 (circuit bending): FREE*
Workshop 2 (Tales for Firewall): FREE
Workshop 3 (Max / Msp): 1,500 for 3 days
"Grey Screen" Film Screening: Free
WSK x Synthicide: Festival Pass N/A
Bedroomlab Ayala - 350 php
N/WSK -- Festival Pass N/A
Dec 17:
Black Bird Performance: 200 php
Dec 18: Performance at NOVA: 250 php

FESTIVAL PASS: 1,800 / 2,500 (w/ workshop 3)

All prices are at-the-day door charge. Pre-sale tickets are sold only until one day before the event. Prices are in Philippine Pesos.

EVENTS

Concerts - Exhibitions - Performances – Festival Shop - Showcases – Professional Meeting - Public interventions – Workshops – Artist Talks - Parties - Screenings

IT IS NOW ,

"Bomba" by KAWAYAN DE GUIA [PH]

DEC 8: FESTIVAL OPENING
@ RONAC ART CENTER
2PM: Merchandise availability at Secret Fresh
4:30PM: PRESS CONFERENCE

6PM: EXHIBITION OPENING
"Bomba" by Kawayan de Guia [PH]
"Melatonin: Meditations on Sound and Sleep" by Lawrence English (in the Premium Mattress Gallery)
"Spunknix" by Lirio Salvador [PH] and A.Lien aka Neil Arvin Javier

7PM: DJ Sets
DJ Bigboy [PH]
Nights of Rizal [PH]
Fred Sandoval [PH]
Terence Lau [SG]

@ AYALA MUSEUM's M-CAFE
10PM: "SO WHAT?" PARTY
Minister Zero [PH]
Mahjestic

Venues: Ronac / M-Cafe

FREE

DEC 9: SATELLITE EVENT
@ B-SIDE
9PM: B-SIDE x VUE x Nomad Massive presents KODE9 + QUANTIC [Live Set]

Venue: B-Side

DEC 10: EXHIBITION OPENING & CONCERT
@ LOPEZ MUSEUM
2PM: "BedroomLab Series" LECTURES
Ian Parker [UK]
Kai Lam [SG]
Yuzuru Maeda [JP/SG]

@ LIGHT & SPACE
6PM: Exhibition
"Wanted Tubero" by Chitz Ramirez [PH]
"Garden of Ghosts" by Samuel Andre [PH]
"Untitled" by Denis Lagdameo [PH]

9PM: Performances
Black Zenith [AU/SG/US]
Terence Lau with 1escV? [SG]
Hermetic Order [PH]
Samuel Andre [FR]
Good Leaf [PH]
Kai Lam [SG]
Yuzuru Maeda [JP/SG]

Venues: Lopez Museum / Light & Space

Tickets:

DEC 11: SOUND LISTENING DAY
@ LUNETA PARK
2PM-6PM: Exhibition for sound works for Luneta Park
"Sound walk" tour and picnic at the park, facilitated by Samuel Andre [FR]

Venue: Luneta Park

DEC 12: SATELLITE EVENT
@ THE KEG
9:30PM: Nomad Technology: Hertz So Good

Venue: The Keg

DEC 12-13: WORKSHOPS
@ TERMINAL GARDEN
2PM-6PM:
Circuit Bending
How To Make Your Own Synth
conducted by E.X.I.S.T. [PH]

Venue: Terminal Garden

FREE

DEC 13: EXHIBITION OPENING
@ NOVA GALLERY
6PM: Exhibition Opening (will run until December 17)
"Google House" by Marika Dermineur and Stéphane Degoutin [FR]
"Make My Day!" by Tatong Recheta Torres [PH]

Venue: Nova Gallery

DEC 14: FILM SCREENING
@ BLACKBIRD CAFE
curated by janitor, Lisa, Tengal
8PM: "Grey Screen: Crossovers between Black Box and White Cube"
Film screening of video works curated by janitor and Lisa Chikiamco that were both shown in a cinema house (black box) and in an art exhibition context (white cube)

FREE

10PM: SATELLITE EVENT:
WSK x SYNTHICIDE presents
The Synthesizer Orchestra
Gangan Ensemble [PH]
Names Are for Tombstones [PH]
Cerumentric [PH]
Firefly Logic [PH]
Bottlesmoker [ID]
Bagetsafonik [PH]
Dayuhan [PH]

Venue: Blackbird Café

DEC 15-16: WORKSHOP
@ KANTO ART GALLERY
7PM-9PM : Max/Msp 6 workshop
Conducted by Kenneth Feinstein [US/SG]

Fee: 1,500 php for 3 days (500 per day)

Venue: Kanto Art Gallery (Free)

DEC 15: PARTY & CONCERT
@M-CAFE
10PM: "SO WHAT?" Party
Supreme Fist
Angelo Mendez

@ SAGUIJO
10PM: CONCERT: N/WSK (Numberline x WSK)
Gentle Universe [PH]
Wilderness [PH]
Slow Hello [PH]
Outerhope [PH]
Similar Objects [PH]
Manuel Nicolas Alvero [PH]
The Strangeness [PH]
Bottlesmoker [ID]

Venues: M-Cafe / Saguijo

Tickets:

DEC 15-16: WORKSHOP
@ KANTO ART GALLERY
7PM-9PM: "Tales from the Firewall"
conducted by Kristian Kelner [HU] and Thierry Bernard Gotteland [FR]

FREE

Venue: Kanto Art Gallery (Free) / Saguijo (At-the-Day-Door-Charge)

DEC 17: LECTURES AND CONCERTS
@ AYALA MUSEUM
4PM-7PM: "BedroomLab Series" LECTURES
Thierry Bernard Gotteland [FR]
An Xiao Mina [US]
Bong Ramilo [PH/AU]
Diego Maranan [CA]
Kai Lam [SG]

Tickets: 350 php

@ BLACKBIRD CAFE
10PM-3AM: CONCERT and Culminating Performance of “Tales from the Firewall"
Moeth [SG/VN] with Krisztian Kelner [HU] - drone doom rock
Wilderness [PH] - experimental rock
Radioactive Sago Project [PH] - experimental jazz
Bent Lynchpin [PH] - krautrock, electronic
Caliph8 [PH]
Pasta Groove [PH]

Tickets: 200 php

Venues: Ayala Museum / Blackbird Café

DEC 18:
FESTIVAL CLOSING PERFORMANCE
@ NOVA GALLERY
10PM: AUDIO/VISUAL CONCERT
"Untitled" by Malek Lopez [PH] & Tad Ermitaño [PH]
Moon Fear Moon [PH]
"per-poRNomance" by Wendy Ann Mansilla [PH]

Tickets: 250 php

Venue: Nova Gallery

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