The Tile Project

Destination, the World

Forum on Collaborative Art Practice, Aug. 17 2005 CCP MKP

The Tile Project: Destination, the World brings over 100 artists from 40 countries together in setting up 22 public art installations exploring informal routes for global cooperation through art made out of portable and accessible materials. Initiated by the Boston-based art group Transcultural Exchange, The Tile Project is a creative collaborative initiative being undertaken from 2004 through 2006 in sites such as: the Azerbaijan State Arts Academy, Akademija Likovnih Umjetnosti (The Academy of Fine Arts), Sarajevo, Hastahana tekija Mesudia, Kacuni, the Cultural Centre Verkatehdas, Finland, UNESCO-Paris, the Bar of Modern Art, Berlin, Khyber Restaurant, India, Tel Aviv University, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Mexico, Pataka Museum, New Zealand, Bacau Town Hall, Romania, Centre for Visual Art at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Peace Museum, South Korea, City Council of Chinchón, Spain, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, Artemis Art Center, Turkey, Mercer Park, New York, Pauline A. Shaw School, Boston, Northside Preparatory School, Chicago, The Peace Garden, Washington, D.C., Fine Arts Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and The Chapel of Art / Capel Celfyddyd, UK.

Each of the installations have or are being constructed out of a plurality of materials (ceramics, digital imagery, assemblage, painting) in a portable, square, tile-like format. For the Philippines, CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee Claro Ramirez undertakes a kinetic installation made out of the component tiles sited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Second Level Staircase Landing Area.

To mark this installation's first public viewing, a modest public forum called Synch: Forum on Collaborative Practices will be undertaken at the CCP Multi-Purpose Hall, August 17, 1-3 pm. This informal roundtable event brings together Filipino artists from various disciplines and persuasions to come and share experiences about working outside the single author/auteur/artist framework. Coming from a diverse range of engagements in visual arts, performance, film, video, new media, music, and art organizing, the discussion is expected to revolve around notions of control, process, and interaction in relation to concept, and realization of intended reception.

Roundtable participants include Cynthia Alexander (music), Rica Arevalo (film), Yason Banal (performance/alternative spaces/art organizing), Fatima Lasay (new media) and Ramirez (visual arts/installation) who will be sharing about their specific experiences in collaboration. An open forum follows their presentations.

The installation is Transcultural Exchange's donation to the Cultural Center of the Philippines visual art collection. The Tile Project is made possible by the support of distinguished organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the Asian Cultural Council, the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundations Network), and locally through El Kapitan Premium Epoxy. Please consult the project website at http://www.transculturalexchange.org/index2.html for further details.

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The Tile Project

Destination, the World

Forum on Collaborative Art Practice, Aug. 17 2005 CCP MKP

The Tile Project: Destination, the World brings over 100 artists from 40 countries together in setting up 22 public art installations exploring informal routes for global cooperation through art made out of portable and accessible materials. Initiated by the Boston-based art group Transcultural Exchange, The Tile Project is a creative collaborative initiative being undertaken from 2004 through 2006 in sites such as: the Azerbaijan State Arts Academy, Akademija Likovnih Umjetnosti (The Academy of Fine Arts), Sarajevo, Hastahana tekija Mesudia, Kacuni, the Cultural Centre Verkatehdas, Finland, UNESCO-Paris, the Bar of Modern Art, Berlin, Khyber Restaurant, India, Tel Aviv University, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Mexico, Pataka Museum, New Zealand, Bacau Town Hall, Romania, Centre for Visual Art at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Peace Museum, South Korea, City Council of Chinchón, Spain, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, Artemis Art Center, Turkey, Mercer Park, New York, Pauline A. Shaw School, Boston, Northside Preparatory School, Chicago, The Peace Garden, Washington, D.C., Fine Arts Museum of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and The Chapel of Art / Capel Celfyddyd, UK.

Each of the installations have or are being constructed out of a plurality of materials (ceramics, digital imagery, assemblage, painting) in a portable, square, tile-like format. For the Philippines, CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee Claro Ramirez undertakes a kinetic installation made out of the component tiles sited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Second Level Staircase Landing Area.

To mark this installation's first public viewing, a modest public forum called Synch: Forum on Collaborative Practices will be undertaken at the CCP Multi-Purpose Hall, August 17, 1-3 pm. This informal roundtable event brings together Filipino artists from various disciplines and persuasions to come and share experiences about working outside the single author/auteur/artist framework. Coming from a diverse range of engagements in visual arts, performance, film, video, new media, music, and art organizing, the discussion is expected to revolve around notions of control, process, and interaction in relation to concept, and realization of intended reception.

Roundtable participants include Cynthia Alexander (music), Rica Arevalo (film), Yason Banal (performance/alternative spaces/art organizing), Fatima Lasay (new media) and Ramirez (visual arts/installation) who will be sharing about their specific experiences in collaboration. An open forum follows their presentations.

The installation is Transcultural Exchange's donation to the Cultural Center of the Philippines visual art collection. The Tile Project is made possible by the support of distinguished organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the Asian Cultural Council, the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundations Network), and locally through El Kapitan Premium Epoxy. Please consult the project website at http://www.transculturalexchange.org/index2.html for further details.