Recent Events
cellsbutton 02: Yogyakarta International New Media Festival :::: August 1-28th 2008
We are the CELLS! focused on education of aesthetic research in art and technology. Cellsbutton #02 wants to emerge any potential local cultural issues and aspects through the context of technology implementation. Also, Cellsbutton #02 serves as a facilitator in the duration of collaborative working process that will be started by transferring knowledge through research, workshops, meetings, presentations, gatherings and discussions. HONF believe that education is an essential aspect to achieve mutual relations between human and technology. By this perception, Cellsbutton #02 will be formatted to accommodate individual or communities' interest on working in media art fields. One important reason is that there are no media courses or media faculties in Indonesia. But in HONF's perspective, technology can offer many possibilities for artistic development. Hence, we want to make new networking possibilities between universities with expertise and art schools that can offer the aesthetic context for media art.
SELECTED EVENTS:
:::: Cellsonic: Outdoor Full Moon Indonesian Independence Day Party! saKAna performs as part of the [GANGAN| ensemble featuring Tengal (philippines), Andreas Saigian (jogja), Julian Abraham (jogja), VJ Numberone (jogja), VJ Herbal (jogja), saKAna (usa), Adam Sharples (uk), Jerneja Rebernak (slovenia).
:::: New Media Exhibition at LIP Gallery ::: Photo at left of performance featuring Leila Sharples (uk) within a 3 dimensional video installation designed by saKAna.
:::: Workshop on Sampling Gamelan Instruments for Electronic Music Led by saKAna at BACIRO High School.
Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival, Yogyakarta, Java ::: July 9, 2008
Gamelan Plesetan returns to Yogyakarta's Taman Budaya for the 13th YGF.
A Night of Satori Curry at Gamuso Gallery Chroma, Tokyo, Japan ::: May 31, 2008
saKAna welcome party featuring live improv by saKAna and Mayuri, and performances by Tranko, and Tabata Mitsuru of Acid Mother's Temple
Green Wedding #4 at the UCSC Art Intervention Festival ::: May 17, 2008
Live soundtrack to wedding #4 of Annie Sprinkle and Professor Elizabeth Stevens. Other performances by Fluxus godfather Geoff Hendrix, Guillermo Gomez Pena, Linda Montano, among many others.
Featuring New media textile work by saKAna D-signs.
"This Show Needs You" ::: March 28 to May 16th 2008
video documentation of the Love Art Lab's Red, Yellow and Orange Weddings with musik by saKAna at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
saKAna plays live at the at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art the opening reception for "This Show Needs You" ::: April 4, 2008
(nameLess)Kala at the Li Po Lounge ::: March 28th, 2008
a two hour live improvised electronic music set complete with screening of Rodan and The Terror of Mechagodzilla!
Hunab Krewe at the Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival :: October 20, 2007
Plug03 International Headphone Festival at the Lab, San Francisco ::: October 14, 2007
saKAna's Wonder-Room at the Semi Permananent Autonomous Zone? ::: October 6, 2007
8 hours of live electronic improvisation!
The evening featured many first time collaborations between participants:
Sirus, Discoboy, Leaf, Flourescent Grey, saKAna, Djnnx ,Spukkin Faceship, Barrett, Spirel, and Todd, with Phoenix and no.e providing interactive video playstations.