Hello everyone, truth be told, we haven't been busy as BASITU but personally, we have been working like snow dogs. Hah hah. These are pictures of our open studio which happened during Buy Nothing Day at MAP, Dutamas. Thanks to those who came and got slapped and slapped and stuff!
Blank Box gives back to society in conjunction with 'Buy Nothing Day' and its inaugural open studio day.
The occupants of the Blank Box are highly dedicated to giving back to society. Despite having neither experience nor expertise, they are going to go out of their way to provide society with the following services for free:
Marriage counseling (by single people)
Career advice (by unemployed artist)
Illegal advice (by law abiding citizens)
Psychotherapy (by psychos)
Anger management therapy (by angry mother*****)
Plus free portraiture drawing services by Munkao; Penny Yuen will give away free love; chi too will listen to your problems; Han will write letters to your loved ones; and Dill Malik will look pretty and serve you coffee.
FULL VIEW PLSSS
Psychotherapy session by chitoo
Not an installation.
Not an installation.
Free love and plants by our studio-mate, Penny Yuen!
He really did close his eyes!
IRRESISTABLE
That's Penny. She's single and she's green luvvin and she loves cats.
Prior to chitoo getting the tightest slap in his life.
Han (our Project Manager for 3rd Pyongyang) wrote unrequited love letters.
All in all, Munkao probably drew close to 60+ portraits! chitoo got slapped by about 5-7 brave men (some got slapped back for not slapping hard enough), and Dill gave some precious career advice. On the other Han-d (lol), wrote about 15 pieces of love letters, which should've been sent by mail last week.
The 3rd Pyongyang International Arts Festival arrives like a punch to the face! It has arrived three times!
There is no need to mark June 5th on your calendars—it has already been marked for you!
The 3rd Pyongyang International Arts Festival features a hensem dictator, hot chicks performing mass games, MK-0 Dong tiger missiles, anti-American love, Korean diplomats, celebrities, ChatRoulette, karaoke, DMZ table, and more!
Through the medium of dance, video, performance art, music, we hope to share with the people of Malaysia, glorious works of art from the international second world and demonstrate a refreshingly new direction in the art of satire and parody, which KL has yet to experience.
Don’t miss The Wonderboys, a brand new band that will be performing for the last time, before its members pursue lucrative solo careers. Join The Best Art Show in the Univers, CIPLAK, Mark Teh, Fahmi Fadzil, Ray Langenbach, Wong Siew Jye, Daniel Chong, Jun Kit, Sharon Chin and other state-approved artists in a beautiful and stirring tribute to the Motherland. After curfew, let the fond sounds of Flica wash over you, accompanied by a video installation by Fairuz Sulaiman.
The 3rd Pyongyang International Arts Festival will illegitimately occupy a derelict town house in the heart of KL. It will also illegitimately occupy your heart. Attendance is required. Admission is free.
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Line-up include:
CIPLAK
The Best Art Show in the Univers
Mark Teh
Fahmi Fadzil
Daniel Chong
Ray Langenbach
Sharon Chin
Wong Siew Jye
Jun Kit
HKPT
and other state-approved artists
Also, special appearance by ABANG GUARD
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Many diaspora comrades from Malaysia come
Datuk Ray Langenbach’s ribbon cutting ceremony after his stirring and educational lecture/speech
Fire breathing pet dragon courtesy of the Dear Leader and Ciplak
Ciplak’s gig, playing to anonymous Chatroulette attendees projected on the wall behind
Chinese comrade Wong Siew Jye soothing tired-of-WTF audiences
The Wonderboys, a group of South Koreans who defected to North Korea and formed an amazingly successful band, however, this is their last performance
Daniel Chong’s serenade to the Dear Leader
The Abang Guards of Prevention plays to a roaring crowd and a blonde boy from god knows where who stayed on ChatRoulette just to watch them play and gave two thumbs up!
Junkit’s interactive ikebana/disco performance
Near the end of the night, The Best Artshow in the Univers closes the event with a bang in their participatory fireworks performance
Daniel Chong posing at the DMZ table in his staring performance/competition titled “The Game”
Mark Teh and Fahmi Fadzil’s World Cup Challenge performance, Mark played as the North Korean team and took on all challengers as Fahmi provides live commentary
Princess Leia and Obi Wan with a Korean made lightsaber
Obi Wan as one of the bartenders
HKPT's video installation/performance. Carbonmarrow
Soft sounds waft from Fairuz Sulaiman/Flica’s music/installation room
Dill Malik’s paintings of our greatest and dearest leaders
The festival is a resounding success! Shieko and Munkao’s tourist trap. Now everyone can feel like a north korean. Long live the revolution!
