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Goh Lee Kwang 3rd Solo Exhibition

Goh Lee Kwang is probably one of the most exciting Malaysia sound / new media artists in the scene. He has travelled around the world creating sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installation, single / multichannel video, appeared in electro-acoustic improvised music performances as well as worked on radio broadcasts and soundtracks for theater / dance / indie films. His work has been showcased at festival, galleries and privates spaces in Europe & Asia.

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Goh Lee Kwang (family name Goh) is internationally recognized sound artist from Malaysia. He has created sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installations, single channel videos, multi channel videos, electro-acoustic improvisation music performances, tape music, works for radio broadcasts and soundtracks for theater / dance / independent movie. They are shown in various festival, galleries & independent art space in Asia as well as in Europe. Goh's works focus on the various possibilities of both natural sound and recorded sound, crossing the boundaries of digital and analog, electronic and acoustic, go beyond language, allowing audiences to experience the work directly, and in their own personal way.

Goh in concert in cities such as Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi in Asia, and Dublin, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Zürich and Budapest in Europe. His first one-person exhibition Sound, Video, Visual, Media and Installation shown in 2 venues: National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur and R.A.P. (Rumah Air Panas) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2005; and his second one-person exhibition Good Vibrations shown in 4 venues, REKA Art Space, Subang Jaya and Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007; Fluctuating Images, Stuttgart and Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany 2008.

Goh's works has been participated in festivals such as Jazz en Nord, Lille, France 2004; Klangraum Festival, Kunstraum Stuttgart, Germany 2004; Film Winter, Media Im Raum, Württembergischen Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany 2005; Ver Uit De Maat, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2005; D.I.Y. stDSPS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2005; Street Roar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; New West Electronic Arts & Music Festival, Berlin, Germany 2007; Festival de Musiques Innovatrices, Saint-Etienne, France 2007; Not That Balai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007; Let Arts Move You, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007; Choppa Festival, Singapore 2008; Ton-Raum-Licht, Künstlertage Hermannshof, Germany 2008 and Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania 2008.

Goh is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship, Stuttgart, Germany in 2004 -2005, Klangraum Fellowship, Krems, Austria in 2006 and Künstlerhäuser Worpswede Fellowship 2008. Other short term Artist-In-Residency programs including KHOJ, New Delhi, India 2006; STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2007; WORM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2007 and Green Papaya, Manila, Philipines 2007-2008.

Goh have produced soundtrack for theater director, movie director, and chorographer from Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Germany, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Sri Langka and Bulgaria.

Goh is also the artistic director and managing director of the music label Herbal International, one of the founding members of n desir studio and one of the founders of Experimental Artists Co-op Malaysia (EMACM). Herbal International is the leading experimental music label from Malaysia, release works from composers, musicians sound artists all over the world; n desir studio an alternative multifunctional space in Kuala Lumpur, organized art exhibition, underground music concert, experimental music workshop, international film screening, as well as using the space as rehearsal space for dance and theater performed; EMACM is a collaborative project dedicated to the facilitation, publication and exposure of creative and experimental works from the region.

23rd - 28th June 2009
FINDARS SpAcE
Lot 2.01,The Annexe,Central Market,Jalan Hang Kasturi,Kuala Lumpur.
http://findars.blogspot.com/
Video credits:Wong Eng Leong
Audio credits:Goh Lee Kwang

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