BackLAMU – Let Arts Move You
Submitted by Lim Kok Yoong
Invitation to LAMU – Let
Arts Move You Art project
From 1st to 7th October
2007 (1 week: Monday
to Sunday)
www.letartsmoveyou.blogspot.com
A project supported by ANA – Arts Network Asia (www.artsnetworkasia.org)
Organized by KPS – Koletif Pembangun Seni (Collective Art Developer)
Coordinated by RAP – Rumah Air Panas Art Society (Registration No. 1107-06-WKL)
1. Introduction
LAMU provides the KTM Komuter trains as the platform for artist to create art that actively engage the commuters and help bring art to people
in real and mundane way. Artwork will be located both inside the train and in the stations or surrounding grounds. The commuter train service caters especially to commuters
in KL and the surrounding suburb areas. It provides 248 commuter services daily, serving 41 stations along 175 route-kilometres from Rawang to Seremban and Sentul to Pelabuhan
Kelang with an average of 20 mins frequency. KTM komuter is a vehicle carrying people from 1 place to another, shifting loads of passenger around the town where its cosmopolitan air
projecting an unrestrained spirit of urbanization, generating a dynamic and organic flow of people in the city. The stations are serve as transitory space, where notions of borders,
time and place are temporarily suspended, while the trains are bearing the citizens like constant flow of blood pumped in and out the heart of KL, through the stream of TIME, sustaining
the life of KL.
So, LAMU explores the spatial and temporal distance between events happening in the train and at the stations. The prospective investigations all come down to
the management of TIME and the management of CHANGE.
2. Curatorial Vision
It is planned to select
10 artworks for this
project and we are
mainly looking at
2D visual works i.e.
prints, multimedia
and video. Installation,
performance and any
special proposal will
be received positively
but are subjected
to approval by Keretapi
Tanah Melayu Berhad – KTMB
(Malayan Railway Limited)
due to the complicated
situation at the railway.
Each invited artist/
organization may submit
only 1 artwork. Organization
may nominate an artist
from their region
to take part in this
project. The work
shall
Explore the mobility
of the commuter train;
opening a dialogue
between the space (train/
station) and the time
(specific hour/ travel
duration).
Examine the evidence
of time which is embodied
in the physical city.
Correspond to time-specificity
and/ or site specificity
in their production.
Produce a model of
sociability, which
renders reality or
might be conveyed in
it.
3. Display & Installation Space
Komuter train interior
Hand grips, overhead panels, other on board panels for prints
LCD panel for screening of video works or films
Komuter train exterior
Body of the carriage for train wraparound and vinyl sticker
Train stations & the surrounding grounds
Train shelter, light box and other ambient media
Display panel
Overhead panel
Display panel
Carriage interior
Carriage interior
Hand grips
Carriage Exterior
Commuter train station
4. Rules & Regulation
Health & safety precautions
on the commuter and the
station must be considered
for the artwork submitted.
Artwork should not pose
any danger in the premises
and to the audience.
Artwork should not obstruct
the passage in the commuter.
Artwork should be sensitive
to religion, cultural
and moral value of the
country to prevent interference
from KTMB or other public
authorities.
Your work will be allocated
in public arena and are
subjected to potential
physical interaction.
All artworks proposed
are bound to the rules & regulation
set by KTMB.
It may be necessary to
apply for special permission
to site-specific or responsive
and the artist will be
expected to provide any
information required
for gaining appropriate
permissions.
Organizer reserves the
right to alter any rule
and regulation. Participants
will be notified of any
changes via email.
5. Support from us
LAMU is offering our
committee and voluntary
helpers as support for
your production and installation.
Based on special request,
we can help you to solicit
material for the production
of your artwork with
our best capability.
We shall support you
to gain appropriate permissions
for specific installation
requirement.
6. Fees
We have a tight budget;
each selected artist
will receive a stipend
of RM300 for the research,
design, development,
production and overseeing
transport, delivery and
installation of the work.
This is inclusive of
all costs and expenses.
For regional artist,
we will give you an
allowance of RM200
on top of the stipend
to compensate your
travel to Malaysia
and lodging while you
are in Malaysia. We
can assist in your
booking of hotel in
Malaysia.
7. Submission details
Proposals should be
letartsmoveyou@gmail.com.
Any other queries to
Wing on + 6016 983
2916 or e-mailed to
letartsmoveyou@gmail.com. Please include any
visuals i.e. sketches
or photos pertaining
to your ideation and
a CV along with 6-8
images of your recent
work.
Submissions to arrive
no later than Sunday
12th August 2007.
Artists will be informed
if their proposals
have been accepted
and approved by the
end of August 2007.
Else, further negotiation
will be carried out
in the 1st two weeks
of September.
8. Timescale
The timescale for the
project is as follows:
| Introductory workshop | 29th July 2007 |
| Submission deadline | by 12th August 2007 |
| Shortlisting | by 31st August 2007 |
| On site briefing | 2nd September |
| Discussion & Negotiation | Early September |
| Agreement of proposal/ idea | Mid September |
| Production of work | Mid September to End September |
| Installation | End September |
| Launch | 1st October |
| Exhibition | 1st October to 7th October |