BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//JFKL - ECPv4.4.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:JFKL
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.jfkl.org.my
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for JFKL
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20220119T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kuala_Lumpur:20220123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260421T095518
CREATED:20220613T194843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221228T201914Z
UID:3179-1642590000-1642968000@www.jfkl.org.my
SUMMARY:All the Time I Pray to Buddha\, I Keep on Killing Mosquitoes
DESCRIPTION:[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]\n\n\nAll the Time I Pray To Buddha\, I Keep on Killing Mosquitoes (ATIPB) is a video installation exhibition and 4 dialogue sessions by Malaysian multi-disciplinary artist Gan Siong King. The exhibition is organized by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur (JFKL)\, with support from Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre (PJPAC)\, and will run from 19 to 23 January 2022 at PJPAC.\n\nATIPB features 2 video essays — The Koganecho Gesture (TKG) and CITIZEN — and 4 dialogue sessions to further discuss ideas and issues brought up in the video essays.\n\n\n\n\n\nNOTICE\nThe bookings for the viewing and dialogue sessions are separate.\nKindly scroll to the end of the page for details.\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="20657" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]\n\nThe title All the Time I Pray To Buddha\, I Keep on Killing Mosquitoes is borrowed from a haiku by the Japanese poet Issa Kobayashi\, as translated by American poet Robert Hass. It is used in TKG to represent humanity’s persistent reach for an ideal while dealing with the realities of life — a contradiction that mirrors the conditions most contemporary artists work in.\n\nTKG is a single-channel video installation that was first exhibited at *The Koganecho Bazaar 2020 Vol.2 (KB2020) in Yokohama\, Japan\, and was made for Gan’s online KB2020 artist residency.\n\nTKG is a meandering video essay that seeks to engage the audience in conversations on contemporary art and art-making. It is based on recollections of conversations with various people Gan has met over the last two decades of his creative practice\, and ranges from common (mis)assumptions about art to actual insights into how a contemporary artist navigates through the challenges of making an artwork for an international art festival in Japan. TKG is made with found online audio and video\, and documents the strangeness of reflecting in isolation\, about artists and communities\, in the midst of a pandemic.\n\nCITIZEN is the result of an open call for collaboration via TKG. It is based on a script by Makarim Salman\, a British physicist turned financial analyst who then became a tour guide and resident of Tokyo. CITIZEN is a love story about Tokyo from the point of view of a global citizen.\n\nFrom 20 to 23 January\, there will be an in-person dialogue session between the artist and selected guest speakers and moderators from different creative backgrounds. Each session will have different areas of focus\, with the intention of providing the audience a multi-angle way of looking at art-making and art. These sessions will be made available to stream via FB Live on The Japan Foundation\, Kuala Lumpur Facebook's page.\n\n* SOPs will be observed throughout the exhibition period. Kindly scroll to the end of this page for details.\n* Audience will be required to preregister for their viewing slot below. \n\n* The Koganecho Bazaar (TKB) is both an artist residency and an annual art festival started in 2004. It is situated in a former red-light district in Yokohama\, Japan. KB2020’s theme is Community & Artists.  https://www.koganecho.net/info/english.html\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section full_width="stretch_row" css=".vc_custom_1655261477374{padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #e1e1e1 !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]  DIALOGUES  \nEach dialogue session will be held in-person at PJPAC. Audience is required to preregister for your slots to join the session. Registration will start 45 minutes before the session starts. The bookings for the dialogue and viewing slots are separate. All the dialogue sessions will be streamed live via JFKL's Facebook page. Click here to watch. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\n\n\nSession #1\n\n\nTitle: Being From and Of a Place\nDate: 20 January 2022 (Thursday)\nTime: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM\n\nSpeakers : Makarim Salman & Gan Siong King\nModerator: Zan Azlee\n\nSession #1 will spotlight the online collaboration between Makarim (Mac) and Gan in making the video essay CITIZEN. Mac is a British physicist turned tour guide\, and a current resident of Tokyo. Both have only met online and not in-person due to the pandemic. The dialogue will also discuss the idea of global citizenship and the sense of being of and from a place.\n> CLICK HERE TO PREREGISTER <\n\nSession #2\nTitle: The Potential of Sound in Moving Images\nDate: 21 January 2022 (Friday)\nTime: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM\n\nSpeakers : Isazaly Isa & Gan Siong King\nModerator: Zan Azlee\n\nSession #2 will focus on the technical aspects of filmmaking or moving images and sound – particularly the role of sound and sound design. The dialogue will include relevant stories from the speakers’ own projects\, with the objective of providing the audience different ways of looking and thinking about processes and potentials in moving images and sound.\n> CLICK HERE TO PREREGISTER <\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Session #3\nTitle: On Collaboration\nDate: 22 January 2022 (Saturday)\nTime: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM\n\nSpeakers : Junya Utsumi\, Mark Teh & Gan Siong King\nModerator: Carmen Nge\n\nSession #3 will look at different modes of collaboration across a variety of creative processes from three distinct perspectives—a Japanese curator\, a Malaysian performance maker/researcher and Malaysian visual artist.\n> CLICK HERE TO PREREGISTER <\n\nSession #4\nTitle: The Quiet Artistes\nDate: 23 January 2022 (Sunday)\nTime: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM\n\nSpeakers : Kyoko Kugai\, Wyn Hee\, Wong Tay Sy & Gan Siong King\nModerator: Rahmah Pauzi\n\nSession #4 will attempt to navigate through the functions of different creative roles within the arts and their relevance to our art scene. The speakers will share their common experiences\, the challenges they have faced and possibilities within the local art scene.\n> CLICK HERE TO PREREGISTER <[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]  VIEWING SLOTS  \nPlease note that audience will be required to preregister for their viewing slot. The bookings for the dialogue and viewing slots are separate. For inquiries on bookings\, kindly email culture.jfkl[at]gmail.com.\n\n\n\n\nNOTICE\nPlease note that those below the age of 7 is not allowed entry.\n\n\n\n19 January 2022 (Wednesday)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\n12:30 PM\n2:00 PM\n3:30 PM\n5:00 PM\n6:30 PM\n8:00 PM\n\n\n\n20 January 2022 (Thursday)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\n12:30 PM\n2:00 PM\n3:30 PM\n5:00 PM\n\n\n\n21 January 2022 (Friday)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\n12:30 PM\n2:00 PM\n3:30 PM\n5:00 PM\n\n\n\n22 January 2022 (Saturday)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\n12:30 PM\n2:00 PM\n3:30 PM\n5:00 PM\n\n\n\n23 January 2022 (Sunday)\n\n\n\n12:30 PM\n5:00 PM\n6:30 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n \n\n\nPage last updated: 18 January 2022\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section]
URL:https://www.jfkl.org.my/events/all-the-time-i-pray-to-buddha-i-keep-on-killing-mosquitoes/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.jfkl.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1714_ext_01_0.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Organized%20By%20JFKL":MAILTO:Email
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR