Indonesia
URBAN VIBEs
Events and happenings in Southeast Asia’s major city centres
Thailand
Gentle War - Peggy Wauters and
Nir Segal
Continuing till August 10, 2014
100 Tonson Gallery
100 Soi Tonson, Ploenchit Rd, Bangkok
All this month, and into the next, the prestigious 100 Tonson Gallery is staging
a unique artistic pairing with a joint exhibition featuring Peggy Wauters and Nir
Segal, visual artists based in Belgium
and Israel respectively. Curated by
Brian Curtin, the new show is entitled
Gentle War and is a curatorial
project that highlights both artists’
methods. Wauters intricately crafts
objects and collages derived from
mythological symbolism, while Segal
appropriates functional materials
from everyday life. Both artists are
engaged in processes of isolating
and studying the resonances of their
forms in order to further explore
significance for the contemporary
context. Wauters is inspired by the
carnival culture of her hometown and
her works carry a disturbing quality,
reflecting collective superstitions and otherworldly beliefs. Segal is interested
in the absence of narrative for disposable materials that can function across a
range of contexts, which he examines for the potential to weave associations
and imbue meanings.
www.100tonsongallery.com
Phuket Yacht Race Week
July 16 – 20, 2014
Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket
The 36th Annual Bali Kite Festival
Date: TBA (July)
Padanggalak Beach, Sanur, Bali
The Bali Kite Festival is a very important annual celebration among the
Balinese, as they regard the art of kite making and piloting very highly. The
event is also highly anticipated by the international community, as it provides
a rare opportunity to enjoy seeing these gigantic traditional kites in action.
Many of the kites have assumed increasingly bombastic proportions over
the years, measuring up to 4 m in width and 10 m in length, and most are
incredibly intricate in their design – built to resemble sailing ships, dragons,
sharks, horse-drawn carts, butterflies… in fact almost anything but regular
kites. The festival takes place in the windy season, July and August, and the
tradition of the kite festival traces its roots back to the agrarian background
of the Balinese. The kite-flying tradition stems from the fact that these windy
summer months were after the harvest, and so the open fields provided large
open areas of land.
www.bali-indonesia.com/events-calendar.htm
The 36th Annual Bali Arts Festival
Continuing till July 12, 2014
Various Locations, Bali
It’s always fun to visit Phuket, but during the Phuket Yacht Race Week, now in its
10th year, it gets even better. The race week comprises 4 days of world-class
yacht racing and 5 nights of magical, beachside parties at the 5-star Cape
Panwa Hotel Phuket. The regatta is run over 6 or 7 classes, including cruising,
bareboat, and charter yachts. It’s a competitive, high-octane racing event for
the serious boats, and fun-filled courses around the islands for the less serious
racers. Come out and enjoy the fun on the high seas, and stay for fun on the
dry land after the sun goes down.
www.phuketraceweek.com
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Locally known as
‘Pesta Kesenian Bali’,
the Bali Arts Festival,
which takes place from
every second Saturday
of June to the second
Saturday of July, is a
yearly celebration
of exhibitions and
performances of various
kinds of artworks and
cultural achievements.
Like the kite festival this
arts festival is now in
its 36th year, and the
event continues to gather
locals and international
visitors together each year for a series of celebratory festivities, with locations
that range from the Niti Mandala Renon Square to the Denpasar Arts Centre.
Enjoy daily performances and exhibitions and discover more about the unique
heritage of this fascinating island paradise.
www.bali-indonesia.com/events-calendar.htm