Trans Studio Project 1.0

The BAC Trans Studio project is a multiple mechanism-based holistic in-out studio exchange program. This program is open for and includes multidisciplinary visual artists, filmmakers, scientists, musicians and engineers. This program aims to support, educate and make youth aware/mobilized through the arts, by producing profiling opportunities and exposure in the changing socio-cultural context of Nepal. It gives a platform for professional growth, networking and global exposure.

This project consists of series of workshops, training, presentations, cultural tours and lots of interactions. There will be two public expositions; one in the mid of the program as ‘Evening with the Artists’ open studio and one at the end as the ‘Final Exhibition’
This project was partially supported by the Japan Foundation and BAC itself.

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Binod Pangeni: Nepal

Binod Pangeni is an aspiring electronics engineer and a Maker from Pokhara University. He loves to create different projects based on Arduino microcontroller board. He was the one one of the maker of sarangi project in Yantra 4.0 Art Tech Exhibition and project coordinator of Yantra 5.0 Art Tech Program. Recently he is working on RAN ( Robotics Association of Nepal) as a Yantra Art-Tech Leader Ujjwal Educator.

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Nepal Government executes billions of Nepalese rupees for an annual budget. Every citizen of our country, are facing a common problem of waste, water, transportation, education and many more.

Through this project, Mr. Pangeni tried to address the common problems we are facing on a daily basis in transportation, water distribution and waste management system. When you stand 150 cm apart from the ultrasonic sensor the first problem is addressed with light and sound. The same goes with the other two when you stand 100cm and 50cm apart from the sensor.

Hari Om Mehta: Nepal

Hari Om Mehta is a visual artist from Saptari based in Kathmandu. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Fine Art. His works are mostly influenced by socio-political issues. He expresses his with mixed medium and his works are mostly installation, performance.

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Mr. Hari Om made a multimedia installation that reflect traditional cultural motif of Mithila art in Terai.

Mahima Singh: Nepal

Mahima Singh is a multidisciplinary artist. She does painting, installation and performance art. Most of her performances are related to gender-based violence, violence against women, condition of women in our society and social issues. She has performed in different galleries and public spaces in Nepal and South Korea. Mahima has done MFA from the Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, South Korea and currently working as part-time New Media lecturer at Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Fine Arts, Kirtipur, Kathmandu.

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This project is driven by the concept of life and death. Our existence, by and large, tends to be materialistic and is therefore ephemeral. When we die, we leave behind all the materials that we cherish and even our body that holds our soul and our conscience. Life indeed is very fragile, even a blow of wind can take it away. In 2015, She bore a firsthand witness to one of those large scale destructions in the country of her origin as thousands of people perished in no time in a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. On the face of it, the data says that close to 9000 people died but the damage it caused to the ones who survived that scare is beyond imagination. Many of us lost our loved ones- mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, uncles and aunts. She lost her sister.

Rabindra Shrestha: Nepal

Rabindra Shrestha is a Nepalese artist who works in drawing, painting and installation. His artworks can be seen directly as a conceptual base. The Collaborative line art project, Earthquake line and Fingerprints with a red line are some of his remarkable line art series in the Nepali contemporary art scenario. Shrestha’s works has been exhibited throughout the National Fine Art exhibition, Kochi-Muzirise Biennale 2014 (India), Asian Art Biennale-1016 (Bangladesh). He secured 3 times National Special Award (NAFA), winner of US embassy Art Competition (Nepal), has been selected as one of four SAI visiting artists award 2016/017 for Harvard University from South Asia.

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We are all connected. We look different. We live in a different geographical landscape, society, have different languages, cultures, etc. Every human is different from other and one reason to prove this is the difference in human fingerprints. Each of us has his/her own unique fingerprints that don’t match with others. However, we all have the same red blood rushing through our veins and humans from all around the world have similar feelings and emotions. That’s why in some way we all are connected to each other.

In this project, Mr. Shrestha’s works deal with the theme that is ‘We all are Connected’. For that, He worked with fingerprints and showed that connection through the red line. As his theme has a broad prospect he has worked on it to make it Global Peace Project. For this reason he believes this Trans Studio Project-BAC can help him to share his Global Peace Project with the entire world.

Satya Shila Kashajoo: Nepal

Satya Shila Kashajoo is a visual artist from Bhaktapur, Nepal. She received her undergraduate degree from Kathmandu University, School of Arts, Center for Art and Design in 2007 and Master in Fine Art from Tribhuvan University in 2016. She enjoys the process rather than making a product while creating artworks. She likes to work in multidisciplinary forms of art mostly installation works. She already has two solo exhibitions of paintings and participated in dozens of group local and international exhibitions.

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POLITICS

Ms. Kashajoo depicted the subject from her everyday experience. She says that she was never interested in politics and never wanted to get involved but she can’t avoid it; every single citizen is effected suffering the problems every day directly- indirectly. And that is the result of dirty politics.

She has used a lightbox with the text ‘POLITICS’ that creates an illusion around and throws the light passed through the text over the visitors.

Shun Owada: Japan

Shun Owada is an artist focusing on sound based in Tokyo. After he earned MFA from the Inter-Media course in Tokyo University of the Arts, He has been making both sound installations and computer music performances. Recently, his work was showed/performed in cities such as Berlin, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan and Bangalore, India.

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Shun’s work was conceived from the relationship between nature and artifacts, and the story on the Kathmandu Valley. About 8000 years ago, the Kathmandu Valley was a lake, the lake dried up over the years and the city was formed. This geological fact is also described as a legend that Manjushree flew down to the Kathmandu Valley, cut the mountain and drained water. He is interested in is the relationship between this natural phenomenon and mythology. Since 8000 years, humans have observed, memorized and handed down this natural phenomenon beyond generations. Probably humans have used their voices until people acquire letters and this story can have a firm form. Ancient voices are not recorded. It melts among stories and things.

In this sound installation, the humidity of the soil is measured by a sensor, and according to the value, a voice saying “Manjushree” is variously time-stretched from 8000 times to equal scale. The modulated voice vibrates two objects by the special contact speaker and is reverberated through them.

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