Japan Foundation Project pt1

Last year Egn was selected to enter a curator training in Japan..

it's a Japan Foundation project

check out the project run and learn 2015

egn title for his exhibition is BeingMaphilindo..

It was an honor for us to have Kato Tsubasa as one of the artist involved in this exhibition.

He stayed at the Asylum from day 5th Jan till 9th Feb.

His videographer Tarou came on the 22Jan till 5th Feb

and his wife/manager Yukari join for the setting up from 29th Jan-1st Feb

At first we were sceptical when he showed us his previous project. But as the day passes, we gain more knowledge in his works and he gave us a new perspective on performance and installation art. Oh yes, he share his knowledge and experience.. 

Anddy was the one that look after him for most of the time.

Tsubasa and Anddy 

arrival of the woods..

lotsa woods.... heheeh

a big thanks to Bryan and Rozaini for helping us during the process of building this installation

the foundation looks good

We have too much pictures.. so if yo wanna check it out.. 

you can go here The Story Behind - pics by srap

SO, during two weeks plus 

their working time for setting everything is from 7.30am-6pm.. 

Since Egn has his day job.. to avoid traffic, he'll be at the studio at 5am and he take a nap before going to work at 8am.. so before 7am, Mark "Egn (brother in law) will reach KK to get Egn car to drive Tsubasa and Anddy to the Art gallery to do the installation structure. 

And until the day of the exhibition, the longest time that Egn had for his sleeping time is about 2hours a day.. and in between, he nap anytime he get the chance.. that's how crazy his time table is.

But all in all.. learning on what and how to be a curator.. Egn said, it's worth it.

Things that happen in between.... and other stuffs

1st question that we ask each of them on their 1st night at the Asylum. Do you know GABAN?

they answered, NO!.. what is it?

Apparently those who born after 1985 in Japan don't know who this hero is.. hahah

for the entire project Kato Tsubasa was nicknamed Captain Tsubasa 

battle of the minions... who get to be the best friend.. hahaha

Srap and Tsubasa became good friends

the sleeping space at the Asylum.. 

and on the 3rd day while lying on his mattress 

Tsubasa said to Anddy.. "Strange.., feel like home".

FYI.. since now y'all know that there's mattress at the Asylum. 

No..we not running an artist residency program here.. well not at the moment... not yet..

maybe soon.. let us figure what can we do on our side.. and hopefully one day we can do that.

During the setup process, the community that lived there helped with the setting up of the structure. 

Ragasa "the community head" middle.. he helped in any way he can.

the structure

Tsubasa being cute

Ragasa.. the man who helped a lot for this project.

Here.. he is hammering a concrete nail to a piece of wood 

so the structure won't skid while the pulling process tomorrow.  

Tsubasa said, he never see anything like this in Japan.. 

which is a very cool experience for him at that moment

Tsubasa want to try

Tarou also tried

Jimmi.. the guy that run around and chased by Cracko 

Yukari having fun

setting up the rope

 Anddy above and Ragasa posing for fun

 Tarou gonna bring this structure back to Japan

click to see the very short clip of the pullandraise  on the actual day.

more pics during the actual day of pull and raise - pics by srap

well i think that's all for now.. 

other videos of pullandraise by Kato Tsubasa

pull and raise

to be continue

part 2.. the exhibition.. 

gimme some time ya..  been busy all week. 

thanks for dropping by

New CAG Asylum

Sorry for being away for a very long time..

Let us start with..

Yes we lost our art space early last year 2014

we received a lot of sad comment from the public..
and there even some who stop doing art because they thought that the CAG stopped doing it..
we're not sure how to take it... is it a good compliment or a bad one.. but one thing for sure..
they said the CAG inspired them in doing art.. so now they took the "creative" path again..
here's a word to y'all who got inspired by us.. "do art because you want to. Don't do it because of the money, fame or anyone". Even if the person who inspire you "died".. move on.. the world need art to make everything interesting...


So... enough about that.. Let's make a new start this year 2015
we found a new space for us to do what we do..
it's in the middle of KK city.. at the famous Gaya Street to be exact.

look for this sign

3rd floor, above the Affin bank..

here's our small library.. no taking books away but you can read it there..

most of the stuffs are for reference purpose only.. more books are coming in..  

We still in the process of arranging the schedule for what will happen here.. but here's what we have at the moment.. 

- Artist talk by Yee I-Lann on the 13th feb 2015 yeeilann

- Penahitam from Indonesia exhibition on the May 2015
- Blues night (TBA)
- VOFTA (TBA)
- Film Screening (TBA)

ok.. think that's all for now... go to our fb page and wait for the info and such.. https://www.facebook.com/crackoart

aye axe solo debut

Life flips... As we are...

On the 21st of June 2013, CAG was given the honor to host Aye Axe, 1st solo debut at the CAG Asylum.

Aye work as a photographer, 

go skateboarding every week 

and on some crazy days he would go out tagging the town.

 Born and raise in Temerloh, Pahang. Found his calling in taking photos after 2 of his friends introduce him to the world of photography. He sold his bike which he got 6 month earlier and bought himself a SLR camera.

He told us that he uses an old family car that has holes on the body parts and the tyres was out of alignment. That's his mode of transportation on getting to certain spot to take pictures.

while everyone was busy with the (Go Skate Day) on the 21st of June

Aye made this date for his opening show.

This is the 1st time a show entirely on skateboarding was done in KK  

The Opening start at 7.30pm and ended around 2am

most of the local KK skateboarder came to give their support,

Mark Warren j (B3) sponsored booze for everyone,

there were BBQ and we also had a huge screening of skate videos on opposite building wall

a big thankyou to everyone that came to the show, the buyer,
sponsors : #sixdays #gemokpower #B3session #BamBam aparell
opening day
1st album

for more pic on what happen in those 3 days
click here

Go Skate Day video in KK, North Borneo

caricature at the asylum

all caricature done by Teo Zye Keun
he's one of the God's who teaches art at the Asgardian school of art in KK..

we had an art jam gone wrong with all the right reason..
in the evening we had bbq and the guys and drinks..
so Teo start doing caricature on almost everyone faces that night..
and he is freakin awesome..

Alvin

Anddy 

 Cracko

Cassie

Egn

Lybby

Aye Axe