Di Situ: An Exhibition

Curator: Low Pey Sien
Artists: Lee Soon Yong, Lee Ren Xin, Ridhwan Saidi, Novia Shin

People that setup things
Technical director: Syamsul Azhar
Crew: Jackey Chan Jun Lam, Chen Jin Xun

People that document
Site B Interview writer: Mah Jun Yi
Site B Interview video & edit: Amirul Rahman

People that make things presentable
Graphic designer assistant: Chay Qin Wen
Exhibition assistant: Huda Nejim
Proofread: Huda Nejim, Mark Teh
Intern/ Teaser editor: Jeremy Tang

People that critics
Art writer: Amanda Ariawan

Special Thanks
Occupants of Gudang Yee Seng 2
Mekar Subur Resources Sdn Bhd

Curatorial Workshop 2020

The Curatorial Workshop organised by JFKL is a programme aimed to provide a platform to enhance expertise in curating contemporary art and related fields such as cinema, performance, architecture, music, festivals, etc, with an end goal of successfully organising and curating an art exhibition/art project.

Organiser
The Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
SHIMADA Seiya
TOMOKAWA Kodai
KUGAI Kyoko
Muhammad Nazreen Nana Khurizan

Mentor
Mark Teh
IIDA Shihoko (Japan)

Recipient
Rebecca Yeoh (May We… Exhibition, 16 Jan - Feb 7)
Low Pey Sien (Di Situ: An Exhibition)
Check both event schedule here

Di Situ: An Exhibition borrows the Latin phrase ‘in situ’ that literally means ‘on site’. This exhibition showcases both artists and their artwork that are on site, be it sensitive to their place or out-of-place.  

On site, visual artist Novia Shin and designer Lee Soon Yong, are working with Gudang Yee Seng 2, which is also the exhibition venue. Novia illustrates daily routines and memories of the warehouse occupants; Soon Yong invites viewers to imagine what is missing in the warehouse compound. At the same time, KongsiKL as co-presenter, thinks of its role and relationship with its site and neighbours. Meanwhile Elsewhere, dance-artist Lee Ren Xin and writer-director Ridhwan Saidi reflect through an in-depth interview, on their relationship with respective sites. Ren Xin has an interpretive ongoing long-term project at Seksyen 17 and Seksyen 19, Petaling Jaya; Ridhwan Saidi’s experimental films and plays take place around Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam. Site Now, a series of conversations and fieldworks that invites the public for a first-hand experience of working on-site. This segment intends to zoom out our perspective of a ‘site’, looking at other creatives working on their time and space, in a different context.

Ultimately, whether on-site in Gudang Yee Seng 2, or elsewhere; whether an art practitioner, art space or viewer, this exhibition puts forth a core question, what is the relationship of a place with our work?

(not so) GRAND OPENING - Di Situ: An Exhibition (Zoom)
Friday, 29 January 2021, 9pm on Zoom
- Registration closed -

ExhibitiON

Site A: Gudang Yee Seng 2
Novia Shin - visual artist
Lee Soon Yong - designer

Site B: Meanwhile Elsewhere
Lee Ren Xin - dance artist
Ridhwan Saidi - writer-director

Screening
Meanwhile Elsewhere Interview Video + Q&A
Friday, 5 February 2021, 8:30pm - 10:30pm on Zoom
with
artists, Ridhwan Saidi and Lee Ren Xin, documentation team, Amirul Rahman and Mah Jun Yi
Watch replay on Facebook

EVENTS

Site C: Site Now

Fieldwork A
Where Are You: A Walking Study
with Lee Ren Xin - dance artist
17-26 January 2021
- Registration closed -

Fieldwork B
Monolog Teater: Workshop
with Ridhwan Saidi - writer-director
22-24 January 2021
- Registration closed -
Monolog Teater: Show + Q&A
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 8:30pm - 10:30pm, on Zoom
Watch replay on Facebook

Conversation 1
di Laut/Hutan: Interdisciplinary Works of Art
Sunday, 31 January 2021, 8:30pm - 10:30pm, on Zoom
Moderator
Nisa Nordin - ceramic artist, Warenacolab
Speaker
Afiq Durrani - Academician, UMT, Marine Microbiologist
Shufitri M. Shukardi - Multidisciplinary Artist
Shaq Koyok - Activist, Visual Artist
Syarifah Nadhirah - Illustrator, Designer
Watch replay on Facebook

Conversation 2
di Jln. Klang Lama/ Wakabacho/ Yau Ma Tei: Changing Notion of Site with Time
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 5:00pm - 7:00pm, on Zoom
Moderator
Yap Sau Bin - Artist, Educator
Speaker
Mah Jun Yi - Asst. Producer, Seni Tiga, KL, Malaysia
Zulu Kageyama - Artist and Co-Founder of Art Lab OVA (Yokohama, Japan)
Lee Chun Fung - Artist, Curator (Hong Kong)
Watch replay on Facebook

Conversation 3
di Gudang Yee Seng 2: Working On-Site
Sunday, 7 February 2021, 3pm - 5pm on Zoom
Moderator
Andrew Loo Hong Chuang - Educator
Speaker
Novia Shin - Visual Artist
Lee Soon Yong - Designer
Low Pey Sien - Curator
Watch replay on Facebook

Organiser

Co-presenter

Venue Collaborator