renfeng KE

Repair: ready to pull the lifeline

"Nevertheless, for us to be able to continue motoring on down this road, we must not only repair our vehicle this time; we also have to change our driving style and revise our destination." - Ars Electronica 2010

 

I like the concept of Ars Electronica 2010 - Repair. I'd like to take it in life, as in the way of

In order to extricate myself from the profound crises of my life, I need models of the future that also encompass the readiness and the ability to make repairs, and not just when it’s already too late.

 

Isn t it the effect how Art change and influence life unobtrusively and imperceptibly, as an encouragement, like few things happened in life recently.

<Beautiful Encounter1. Limgiong>

On the 18th Oct, in office. A thought bumped in head that I suddenly wanted to listen Giong's cd, that took one simultaneously from my drawer. By the time I'd like to play it publicly to share with my colleagues. One of them said: Hey renfeng, guess what? Limgion was nominated by the prize of the best movie background music of Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival last night - such a good news and nice encounter.

I texted him a congratulations. We knew eachother since 2007 when we were working on Creative Commons together, when I fortunatedly was able to take a break from dealing with boring Internet topic in NIIEPA - IPv6, Internet Governance, ICANN, ALS Taiwan, iSecurity...

It was funny that my colleague at that time even found a short description about me and me boss from ICANN Wiki... had no idea who upload it at all...

The Creative Commons times was a good time. We set up ccGarden together, and had a few great parties.

2007 CC cook Party

 

<Beautiful Encounter2. MAMA>

Mom didn t feel well during my trip in London. While I was back, she'd been already better but sill not totally well.  I, therefore, asked a friend's advise of a good Chinese Herbal doctor, and made my mom to see him. But, as usual, she didn t.

On the same day that I just got good news about Lim, mom made me a phone call, so I took a chance to ask her health condition. She hung up my phone impatiently, which I could understand that she just doesn t want my too worried. I explained her that it is normal for my worry as being her daughter and asked her permission. Hence, she phoned me again said she knows my stance and she is happy that I care about her. 

Right after she hung up my phone at the second time, my iPohne played " The Beatles - Love Me Do " automatically... without my permission... weird but... doesn t matter :)

To those old good times and the coming ones - as the engergy drive us repair, keep on going.

 

Looking back to my MAemca time

Again, once I watched this video  - all my classmates were struggling figure out how to play "who is the killer", when we were having gathering in Chinese New Year in my flat, I just cannot help laughing over and over again. I was shooting for everybody to record the process. WE - those were managing to devote into creative arts field, learning management skills, profit & loss, centraliz or decentralize leadership... things... were totally lost. Well - look at the bright side that the result was never the point since we were learning how to work with creativity, those distraction should be allowed! So the result was never the point, (not just this time but even our following every group projects actually) The point is during the process - like Kateria said: dont be so easy-going, let's debate! (and obviously, not only distraction, those people have control issue too.)

Even after three minutes past, the group still even hadn t had a clue. I cannot wait more, just directly asked Doui the result (yes, I cheat.) Doui and I were just laughing while watching those confused faces - from Italy, Brazil, Lebonon, Greece, Dubai, China, and Taiwan...

Till six minutes had past, they still cannot figure out how to play the game, turns out that Divi and I considering to having a drink....

and those all, even rolling on the Palliament Hills that my jeans almost running away from my bum... and teasing Sana who was actually anxious about her assignment, with my poor English, while she was having a hard fight with Chrismas tree lights... 

oh right, the killer was Divi.

  

Asia-Pacific Creative Economy Association

While moaning how have been suffered all these mess in life, I feel a bit irresponsible and guilty. So here it is, our asociation - Asia Pacific Creative Economy Association - is about to founed. I don t know what's the revelence between these all foctors composed as my tune in life,  eventually I want to be a good person, do good things to the society.

Creative Economy, Arts and Crafts Movement, Pray, Traveling, Love, Family, all the masterplan in mind. I hope eventually, these all can combine well in my life.  

2010 Art Taipei Forum

I am happy that we finally complete the forum this year. So much effort and preparation, but all done during these three days. I had a great team to proceed every direction. I think I am lucky.

From the fotos I can see the audiences are happy, the speakers are happy. As the organizor and the MC though, I have a much higher standard. The theme of the next year has been settled already, and I am looking forward to cooking a delicious cousine of art field for all the attendees in the following year. This is the event shall be expected.

Glasto Line-UP this year. Get HIGH.

I'm a party, and party and party and ...

新馬戲天團Les 7 Doigts de la Main

From the album: "Traces" by Salder's Wells

台北藝術中心 Taipei Performing Arts Centr — 為什麼要討厭這顆蛋

How to boost creative industries in Taiwan? Re-organise workforce as the first step...

台灣真的有在推動文創產業嗎？我不相信....

因為文創產業根本不佔求職網站的任何一個行業別。

Butoh 舞踏

(photos from left to right:亞細亞巴洛克 v-天然之美  / Salder's Wells)

The first time that I heard about "butoh" is 秦Kanoko黃蝶南天舞踏團, introduced by a friend in 2006 when I was in Taiwan which impressed me very much. At that time, a group of people were having a serious of  protests to against an urban regeneration policy made by local government, in order to reserve a Leprocy hospital (樂生療養院) so that to protect leporcy patiences who have been lived in hospital for their whole life.

秦Kanoko, a butoh dancer from Japan, played her work <<Beauty of Nature>> during the period of protest, as being a way to encourage both advocasts and patiencs which would be regarded as a form of performing art involved into social event, also add in a certain level of significant meaning to this dance, and also left me a strong impression in mind.

Leprocy is a illness which brings people scared. The way of Kanoko present her butoh is kind of scarrying as well, which made a perfect match with this social activity at that time.

Today, I saw the introduction of Sankai Juki's butoh from Sadler's Well, not only reminds me of this memory but also makes me want to know this distictive way of dancing more.

photo's of 樂生活動
photo's of <<Beauty of Nature>>
what it Budah

Creative! What?! : Light. Scape Taipei

image from: UnitedVisualArtist website

V&A是我挺喜歡的一間美術館，他除了每週五會舉辦“免費“的Friday Evening室內樂演奏之外，另一個令我欣賞的就是針對青少年(11~19歲)的藝術推廣專案，尤其是"這鍋“— Creative!Live. 原本啊，這個V&A主要放的都是一些死人骨頭(master / ancient pieces from Asia to Europe)，也因此這項每週六為青少年舉辦的推廣專案格外令我感興趣，因為，它推廣的藝術類型是數位藝術。（今天在fb看到宏賢好棒地接受孫正華的專訪介紹數位藝術，也代表這幾年微型樂園耕耘數位藝術的一項里程碑）

V&A Creative!Live推廣型式包括課程、工作坊、活動，地點就在它們家的Digital Studio，裡面還有最新的大蘋果(Apple Macs)。最吸引我的，就是這鍋Special Free Drop-in event，有音樂、影片、短短的工作坊、還可以跟設計師、藝術家、VJ面對面，分享數位藝術創作過程，整個就像過去舉辦CC party活動的感覺，好不熱鬧。

這些專案，最引人入勝的地方在於藝術、空間、與人間的互動，Friday Evening邀請音樂系的學生或畢業新星，在一間富麗堂皇的房間( Norfolk House Music Room)演奏，Creative!開闢空間讓數位藝術家與閱聽眾面對面的機會，這些總總，讓藝術環境像是一池活水，V&A也不全像British Museum一樣淨放些從外國掠奪來的藝術品，成功地讓空氣流通了起來。

無獨有偶的，發現這次與微型宏賢合作的UnitedVisualArtist，其作品2006年11月在V&A中庭花園展示過一回，那些bling bling閃亮的燈柱，這回將在台北縣民廣場呈現，「Light. Scape」我好想去啊～

image from: microplayground

Creative People

Don t know why, since being here people I met mostly are in creative industries, like architect, hair designer, film editing, documtntary shooting and etc. Is it because people who live in London all work in creaitve field or just coincidence ?

I quote one paragraph from book "the creative economy" describing of creative people which I like very much.

Creative people start from within themselves and must be true to themselves; their chief task is to manage their own intellectual assets. They must be persistent, even when the public don t recognize their talent. As a result they often become deeply, passionately involved in their work, whether they are full-time or part-time, paid or unpaid. They transfer life from their minds to their work; their job is to believe and to imagine. They acquire a sixth sense for what "work" in their medium or field; for what they want to work.

I hope you could be a director as your wish one day.

"Listen, why u not piss off." Shh! Just Listen.