Gang Festival

Pahlawan GangFest lagi sakit

2008-03-10T16:28:00.001-07:00

Beki jatuh dari ketinggian 3 meter. Katanya jalan sambil tidur. Alhasil, Beki harus jalani terapi selama 3 bulan. . ouw.. noooo... cepat sembuh mbak! Gangsters pasti kangen sama kamu!

crazy exi

2008-03-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

hey... this is Exi's letter
"what do u think about war? please write down one word or draw one symbol about WAR on my body"

Sunday Night market

2008-03-03T19:18:00.000-08:00

ciptakan sendiri suasana Jogja di pojokan Newtown. dengan Gang Festival.. semua yang tidak mungkin menjadi MUNGKIN!

bundanon residency

2008-03-03T19:06:00.000-08:00

Gang Festival pergi ke Bundanon untuk residensi. ini rumah kami, musicians cottage, dengan Deutsche Wagen nya.. kata Djuadi, "kita seperti orang kaya ya. Rumahnya bagus, mobilnya bagus". Djuadi benar, kita memang kaya.. kita kaya karena teman memperkaya kita.. Kita kaya TEMAN!!

Tega and the Mountain...

2008-01-24T12:58:00.001-08:00

Ring of Fire
Originally uploaded by schizophonia

More lovely pics of Gang biz by Alex Davies here!

Pocket Volcano

2008-01-21T18:17:00.001-08:00

Pocket Volcano
Originally uploaded by sumugan_s

Despite the rain relocating the festivities indoors Gang Festival was still a success!

Kuno Kini blow up!

Them boys sure know how to make the ladies move!

Volcano Girl

2008-01-14T12:36:00.001-08:00

Volcano Girl
Originally uploaded by sumugan_s

Eruption Euphoria

2008-01-11T18:25:00.001-08:00

djuadi erupting
Originally uploaded by alimander

Thanks to all the artists, all at Gallery FourtyFour, and all of you who came along to make "The Ring Of Fire" such a success!! I Heart Eruption Overload...

More Photos at Ali's Flickr.

Ring Of Fire Artists...
Ayok + Rudy
Charlotte
Crispy
Djuade
Gus
Tyler
Tega Brain
Robert Curgenven
Michaela Davies
Jacqueline Drinkall
Ryan Leech
Andrew Nichols
David Mackenzie
Sumugan Sivanesan
Hiro Uchino
Rully Zakaria

In a night of many highlights, I tihnk the most convincing eruption had to be Tega's volcano cake...(hell I reckon there's still some left over at Bill + George). The way it spewed forth all lumpy textured, with a pleasingly dramatic flow, bringing certain extinction to the jelly dinosaurs below...all in the egg whites I believe ;-)

Let them eat cake!

2008-01-05T16:09:00.000-08:00

Recipe for edible foaming lava care of Judy P here.

You will need a small, short juice glass or a shot glass that will fit snugly in the center of the Volcano Cake (a glass 3" tall and 1 1/2" in diameter would be perfect). You will also need one small box of Jell-o, one small bottle lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda). Make Jell-o according to package directions. Let cool 15 minutes. When Jell-O is still warm(not hot), fill juice glass 1/2 full with the warm Jell-O. Pour in enough lemon juice so that the glass is almost full, or about 1/2" from the top. Place glass down into hole in the cake so lip of glass is flush with top of cake. You are now ready to produce the effect. When ready, put 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda into the glass and briefly stir (1-2 seconds). Jell-O foam will immediately pour out the top of the glass and flow down the sides of the cake.

Volcano Whisperer

2008-01-04T22:55:00.000-08:00

"Mbah Maridjan was appointed by the late Yogyakarta Special Province's Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX as The Keeper of Mount Merapi in 1983 upon the demise of his father, the earlier Keeper in 1982.

According to Kompas CyberMedia, Mbah Maridjan, born in 1927 and married to Ponirah, 73, is blessed with 10 children, five of whom are still alive, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and now lives in Kinahredjo village on the southern slope of Merapi."

More here.

...And look - he's on Friendster

I've also heard he endorses the energy drink "Extra Joss"...I did have a look around for the twon of them together, but most commonly came up with this TVC starring futball hero Ronaldo...Make it your secret too...Baru!

"The way things go"

2008-01-04T22:52:00.000-08:00

Peter Fischli and David Weiss...What is not to love?

Thanks to Pia at Dorkbot for the tip...

Versions...

2008-01-03T14:19:00.000-08:00

Mount Mash Potato

Mount Paper Mache

Non-Newtonian Fluid

2008-01-03T13:52:00.000-08:00

errrmm...corn starch...holes

Some background...

2008-01-03T13:32:00.000-08:00

The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 50% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.

From Wikipedia.

...And a little something from the Beeb

Neat infotainment here..

Ring Of Fire!

2008-01-03T02:55:00.000-08:00

There are over 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia which make up part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.They are a source of much wonder, speculation, superstition, and inspiration...

Gang Festival presents...

"Ring Of Fire"

Art science / home science / eruption / exhibition / arts lab / cake stall

www.gangfestival.com

Thursday 10 January 6PM
Gallery Fourtyfour
Little Oxford St, Darlinghurst.

Download your own DIY volcano here