moderator http://news.absurd.services/taxonomy/term/218/all en After the launch, part 2: lessons from ISEA & what’s next http://news.absurd.services/after-launch-part-2-lessons-isea-what-s-next-0 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/lee-weng-choy">Lee Weng Choy</a> </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-photos"><legend>Photos/Videos/Files</legend><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-num-images"> <div class="field-label">Number of Images in Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1 </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>For many contributors, it&rsquo;s been the summer holidays, and we&rsquo;ve taken a break since the build up to the launch. But now it&rsquo;s a good time to get working again on n.e.w.s.</p> <p>We got good feedback about the website platform during ISEA &mdash; both in small discussions with the contributors in Singapore (Ingrid, Mustafa, Rich, Ren&eacute;e and myself), as well as during the launch itself, and in small groups again, after the event. It&rsquo;s important to acknowledge the achievement of putting the website together &mdash; of all the contributions and discussions: for many of us, the issue of cultural diversity was recurring topic; Inti, Rich and Yuliya talked about their specific regions or specific projects; Mia and Stephen, the outside and inside of the artworld; Ade, Inti and Stephen, about traffic; Branka and Mia, about web 2.0 and immaterial labour; Ingrid, Thomas, Mustafa and Stephen, about &ldquo;world art&rdquo; ... and so on.</p> <p><a href="http://news.absurd.services/after-launch-part-2-lessons-isea-what-s-next-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> about n.e.w.s. art world art writing biennales cultural diversity moderator Southeast Asia Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:59:37 +0000 Lee Weng Choy 193 at http://news.absurd.services After the launch in Singapore, part 1: slow n.e.w.s. http://news.absurd.services/after-launch-singapore-part-1-slow-news-0 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/lee-weng-choy">Lee Weng Choy</a> </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-photos"><legend>Photos/Videos/Files</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-photos"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="640" height="480" title="The Fort Canning Tunnel, Singapore" alt="tunnel" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/tunnel.jpg?1283279899" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="640" height="853" title="No Entry" alt="tunnel" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/no-entry.jpg?1283279899" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="640" height="480" title="The Light at the End" alt="tunnel" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/lightattheend.jpg?1283279899" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-num-images"> <div class="field-label">Number of Images in Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1 </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>It&rsquo;s been a few weeks since the launch of n.e.w.s. in Singapore at the end of last July, and I&rsquo;ve been meaning to write a short report to n.e.w.s. contributors and readers about some of the discussions those of us in Singapore had following the launch. But, as it often happens, after the one thing, there are the next several things, and you get very busy, and before you know it, weeks have passed by, and you&rsquo;re still trying to follow-up ...</p> <p><a href="http://news.absurd.services/after-launch-singapore-part-1-slow-news-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> launch moderator Singapore slow Southeast Asia The Substation time Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:59:17 +0000 Lee Weng Choy 188 at http://news.absurd.services A few images from the launch of n.e.w.s. at The Substation, in conjunction with ISEA2008 http://news.absurd.services/few-images-launch-news-substation-conjunction-isea2008-0 <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-photos"><legend>Photos/Videos/Files</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-photos"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="400" height="300" title="Rich Streitmatter-Tran at the n.e.w.s. launch in Singapore, 28 July" alt="news_a_few_images_from_the_launch_of_news" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/newslaunch1.jpg?1283279898" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="400" height="164" title="Mustafa Maluka, Rich, Ingrid Commandeur and Renée Ridgway" alt="news_a_few_images_from_the_launch_of_news" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/newslaunch2.jpg?1283279898" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_photos" width="400" height="243" title="Lee Weng Choy and Renée" alt="news_a_few_images_from_the_launch_of_news" src="http://news.absurd.services/sites/default/files/blog/photos/newslaunch3.jpg?1283279898" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> Here are a few images from the launch event last Monday. More soon ...</p> ISEA2008 launch moderator The Substation Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:28:42 +0000 Lee Weng Choy 184 at http://news.absurd.services Greetings from the moderator http://news.absurd.services/greetings-moderator-0 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/lee-weng-choy">Lee Weng Choy</a> </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-photos"><legend>Photos/Videos/Files</legend><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-num-images"> <div class="field-label">Number of Images in Teaser:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1 </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>When I met Ren&eacute;e and Sannetje, and they introduced me to n.e.w.s., I was drawn to participate in large part because I saw the website as a potential tool for greatly facilitating collaborative projects which involve regional networks.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been asked to be the moderator for this first phase of n.e.w.s., and I&rsquo;d like to offer some reflections on what&rsquo;s been happening so far on the website.</p> <p><a href="http://news.absurd.services/greetings-moderator-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> collaboration curating moderator process Southeast Asia workshops Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:11:49 +0000 Lee Weng Choy 131 at http://news.absurd.services Comparative Contemporaries http://news.absurd.services/comparative-contemporaries-0 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-reference"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/lee-weng-choy">Lee Weng Choy</a> </div> </div> </div> <p></p><p><a href="http://news.absurd.services/comparative-contemporaries-0" target="_blank">read more</a></p> AICA anthology artwriting Asia Art Archive Contemporary Art discourse moderator Southeast Asia The Substation Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:41:57 +0000 Lee Weng Choy 98 at http://news.absurd.services