This is What Happened

The 'This is Now' happening landed last Sunday and it was good :) People came in and freely wielded brushes, pens, crayons and spray cans (!) on walls of paper and lengths of cloth- writing poetry, drawing dreams, and creating strange imagery. Thanks for those who came, and for your support, hope you OD-ed on art. For those of you who missed it, this is what happened:



Thank you Dram Projects (again) for always humouring us. We promise to mop the floor later.


Ciplak in the fullness of noise-making-glory.


Wayang Muzik: Screen painting and music response-thing.


You could even do it outside. With strangers.


Yes it is.


90 Questions: Draw a question and draw your answer.



Transmission: Music, spoken word and visual art collaboration.


We love Dizzy & The.


Conteng-ing on glass.


Visual art projection and music from a Mac.



More pictures can be found here.

Photos by Mooza and Adila :)

Something Is Now Happening


Update!
Our next gig is tentatively slated for 1 June 08, with an edge- we'll be featuring performers from the UK exchange team working with Project Connect (remember them? our last gig was a benefit for this youth+arts+community initiative) But, more news on that soonish. And as usual, if you'd like to be part of this glitzy (maybe) lineup, do drop us an email at nowhitespace@gmail.com or if you prefer human contact: 016 6606460 (Priya) 012 3692681 (Pat) . We say it's time to take your poetry off dog-eared pages and your music out of the bedroom.


And onto more interesting (intriguing, more like) matters:

Project Connect, (yes, that name again) which Project OMG! is part of, will be throwing together a live art pesta called This Is Now Happening:



This Is Now Happening: An Interactive Art Playground

Sunday, May 10th 2008

7-10pm

The Dram Projects, Block B, Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13, PJ

Admission by donation: RM12

With a full evening of live music, poetry, video and theater, This Is Now wants the audience to join in on the fun. The audience and performers alike will be given materials to paint their interpretations of the event as it happens.
You make the art, we provide the inspiration.

This Is Now is a fund-raising event for Project Connect, a year-long community project aimed at bridging the gaps between youth, community and the arts.

Performances by:
Ciplak, Dizzy & The, Lost Generation Space, Living Arts Dance and more!

For more information & updates via Facebook click here.

30th March punya gig. Thanks Prakash!

Thank you for making last night's gig an awesome one.
The Project Connect team thanks you for your support and contribution. They are stoked. Very. If you bought books or art pieces from us, we hope you are enjoying your purchases.
A big holler of thanks to our lineup of poets, performers and poseurs ;)

Photos to be up soon once they're zapped over to us. Otherwise, if you're resourceful enough, there are some already up and floating about on blogs and Facebook. Keep us bookmarked.

Thanks to Daphne and The Dram Projects for the hugs keeping us alive and housed. And to our sound fellows/Mokhtar, book sellers and photographers.


xx

Project OMG returns this Sunday, 30th March and for a good cause. We're raising funds for Project Connect (MY-UK Cultural Exchange), a one-year creative leadership exchange programme between young emerging artists in UK and M'sia. This initiative seeks to equip and develop them into pioneers and carriers of change in the various creative disciplines (visual art, theatre, writing, etc.) with an emphasis on social responsibility and community outreach. Some of the project participants will be performing that night as well.

We're at the usual spot- Block B, Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13, PJ
Event begins at 8pm.

See you all there la.


News for Reading Junkies

There'll be a book sale the day before the gig (29 Mar 08) from 9am-3pm at the same place. Come early to grab some good picks and stock up on your yearly reading list. Choose from various genres-from chick lit to classics and children's fare. Profits will be channeled to the abovesaid Project Connect. Organised by the Dram Projects.

Just a quick note to all to say we are not dead yet.

Date of our next gig:

30th March 2008 (Sun)


Poets, performers do get in touch with us for a short slot of word-throwing and mic-wielding. You know it's going to be fun.

And a bit of news from our front as well: Project OMG in collaboration with Cloudbreak will be running poetry workshops at the Australian International School in two week's time.

More photos click here.