ON STAGE
THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE
KREUSER / CAILLEAU
Pembukaan Pameran dan Konser
Hari, Tanggal: Senin, 27 Januari 2020
Waktu: Pukul 19.30 WIB
Diskusi Seniman (Artist Talk)
Hari, Tanggal: Selasa, 28 Januari 2020
Waktu: Pukul 19.30 WIB
Lokasi: Galeri Kecil, Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah
Jl. Ir. Sutami No. 57, Kentingan, Surakarta 57126
On Stage edisi kelima diselenggarakan di Galeri Kecil, Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah pada 27–29 Januari 2020. Melalui dukungan Goethe-Institut, Institut Français Indonesia, dan Ethnictro, Studio Plesungan mempersembahkan konser musik dan pameran instalasi dari duo seniman KREUSER / CAILLEAU, yaitu Timo Kreuser dan Guillaume Cailleau, dengan tajuk THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE.
THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE merupakan pertunjukan audio-visual eksperimental dalam format analog DJ/VJ, yang memanfaatkan turntable modifikasi, proyektor Super8, dan feedback mixer. Dengan pendekatan imajinatif, KREUSER / CAILLEAU menyuguhkan representasi ganda atas uang sebagai simbol: racun dan pertukaran. Mereka mengambil tema, objek, dan konteks non-artistik sebagai titik berangkat, lalu mentransformasikannya menjadi nilai artistik yang baru. Pertunjukan ini mengeksplorasi citra dan suara dari uang secara mendalam dan imajinatif.
Pada tahun 2020, karya THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE akan dipentaskan dalam tur ke berbagai negara Asia Tenggara: Indonesia, Thailand, Kamboja, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, dan Malaysia.
ON STAGE
THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE
KREUSER / CAILLEAU
Exhibition Opening & Concert
Date: Monday, 27 January 2020
Time: 7:30 PM (WIB)
Artist Talk
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Time: 7:30 PM (WIB)
Venue: Galeri Kecil – Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah, Surakarta
Jl. Ir. Sutami 57, Kentingan 57126 Surakarta
The fifth edition of On Stage will take place from 27–29 January 2020 at Galeri Kecil, Taman Budaya Jawa Tengah, Surakarta. Supported by the Goethe-Institut, Institut Français Indonesia, and Ethnictro, Studio Plesungan proudly presents a music concert and installation exhibition by Timo Kreuser and Guillaume Cailleau, titled THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE.
THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE is an experimental audiovisual performance / analog DJ / VJ show conceived by KREUSER / CAILLEAU. Utilizing custom-modified turntables, Super8 projectors, and feedback mixers, the duo investigates dual perceptions of money—as poison and as exchange. Departing from non-artistic themes, objects, and contexts, they reconfigure these elements into artistic value, exploring the sonic and visual dimensions of currency.
In 2020, THE INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE will tour across Southeast Asia, with performances in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
KREUSER / CAILLEAU adalah proyek kolaborasi antara komposer asal Jerman Timo Kreuser dan pembuat film asal Prancis Guillaume Cailleau. Melalui pendekatan artistik yang memanfaatkan benda-benda sebagai simbol dan penanda sosial budaya, mereka mengesampingkan fungsi utama objek dan justru mengeksplorasi potensinya sebagai pemicu sonik dan visual. Dengan mengaburkan pemahaman umum atas objek tersebut, mereka menciptakan makna baru dalam konteks yang berbeda.
Ketertarikan mereka terhadap format instalasi dan pertunjukan langsung merupakan lanjutan dari dialog dan konfrontasi artistik masing-masing dengan tubuh dan objek. Selama lebih dari empat tahun, mereka telah mengembangkan bentuk pertunjukan audio-visual yang terus berkembang dari satu konser ke konser berikutnya. Karya mereka telah ditampilkan secara rutin di berbagai ruang seni seperti Heimathafen dan Ausland (Biegungen) di Berlin, serta secara internasional di antaranya Figura Festspiele (Kopenhagen) dan Scratch Expanded (Paris). Selain proyek duo ini, Kreuser dan Cailleau juga berkolaborasi dalam proyek-proyek bersama ansambel vokal eksperimental PHØNIX16. Salah satu karya terbaru mereka adalah konser “Zeitgeist” untuk Festival MaerzMusik di Berlin.
Timo Kreuser adalah komposer, konduktor, dan seniman bunyi asal Jerman. Ia menempuh pendidikan di sekolah musik di München, Dresden, dan Berlin. Karyanya mencerminkan pengaruh musik industri, punk, dan avant-garde elektronik, serta sering memuat komentar sosial dan politik. Ia aktif dalam skena improvisasi eksperimental di Berlin, dan tampil sebagai pianis, inside-piano player, dan turntablist dalam berbagai format, baik solo maupun bersama kelompok seperti NoiserKroiser, feat. Christoph Guiraud, dan Houligé Hobster & The Amazing Fire Ants. Karyanya telah dipentaskan oleh ansambel seperti POING!, FIGURA, PHØNIX16, dan KALEIDOSKOP dalam festival-festival seperti ULTIMA, WUNDERGRUND CPH, KLANG Festival, dan AFEKT. Timo adalah Direktur Artistik kolektif PHØNIX16 dan turut mengkurasi seri konser POPPEN / ARBEITEN / ERSCHRECKEN / SHOPPEN di Heimathafen Neukölln sejak 2016, serta serial D.O.A. di Berlin.
Guillaume Cailleau adalah seniman dan pembuat film asal Prancis yang belajar di Berlin University of the Arts. Ia juga pernah bekerja sebagai operator proyeksi film di Paris dan Berlin. Film pendek pertamanya, Blitzkrieg (2007), tayang perdana di Festival Film Pendek Internasional Oberhausen. Karya-karyanya berikutnya, seperti Through; Windowed Water (2007), H(I)J (2009), dan Austerity Measures (2012, bersama Ben Russell) menunjukkan eksplorasi terhadap film eksperimental dan praktik sinema yang diperluas (Expanded Cinema). Pada 2014, ia dianugerahi Silver Bear di Berlin International Film Festival untuk film pendeknya Laborat. Ia mengembangkan pertunjukan audio-visual bersama seniman bunyi seperti Werner Dafeldecker dan Timo Kreuser, dan menampilkan karyanya di berbagai acara internasional termasuk Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scratch Expanded Paris, dan COLOR SOUND FRAMES di Museu Serralves, Portugal. Estetika sinematik Cailleau menekankan proses kreatif dan berakar pada tradisi avant-garde dan performatif Amerika. Ia banyak bereksperimen dengan durasi, eksposur ganda, pemisahan warna, manipulasi manual bingkai tunggal, serta metode pengeditan eksperimental lainnya, yang secara langsung terhubung dengan subjek yang diangkat.
Website: www.guillaumecailleau.com
KREUSER / CAILLEAU is a collaboration between German composer Timo Kreuser and French filmmaker Guillaume Cailleau. Their practice centers on objects as vessels of symbolic meaning and sociocultural context. By disrupting the conventional function of objects, they reinterpret them as sonic and visual stimulants, transforming their original perception and embedding new meanings.
Their shared interest in installations and live events stems from individual engagements with the corporeality of their subjects. Over the past four years, they have developed a range of works that refine their audiovisual language from one performance to the next. Their works have been presented at notable venues such as Heimathafen and Ausland (Biegungen) in Berlin, as well as international platforms including Figura Festspiele (Copenhagen) and Scratch Expanded (Paris). Beyond this duo, they regularly collaborate on projects with the vocal ensemble for contemporary and experimental music, PHØNIX16, including the recent concert Zeitgeist for the MaerzMusik festival.
Timo Kreuser is a composer, conductor, and sound artist trained at the music universities of Munich, Dresden, and Berlin. His compositions draw from industrial music, punk provocation, and avant-garde electronics, often engaging critically with modern society and political phenomena—such as regimes, collective momentum, and individuality—as well as the music industry and cultural systems. As a key figure in Berlin’s improvisational music scene, Kreuser regularly performs as an experimental pianist and with modified turntables in various formats: solo, duos, or bands such as NoiserKroiser, KREUSER / CAILLEAU, feat. Christoph Guiraud, S.A.F.T., Houligé Hobster & The Amazing Fire Ants. His compositions have been performed by ensembles like POING!, S.A.F.T., FIGURA, PHØNIX16, and KALEIDOSKOP, and featured at festivals including ULTIMA, WUNDERGRUND CPH, KLANG Festival, and AFEKT. Kreuser is the artistic director of PHØNIX16 and co-curator of the concert series POPPEN / ARBEITEN / ERSCHRECKEN / SHOPPEN at Heimathafen Neukölln, as well as the ongoing D.O.A. series in Berlin’s Grüne Stille.
Guillaume Cailleau is a French filmmaker and visual artist who studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. He previously worked as a film projectionist in Paris and Berlin. His first short film, Blitzkrieg (2007), premiered at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, followed by works such as Through; Windowed Water (2007), inspired by Michael Snow’s installation, H(I)J (2009), processed manually, and Austerity Measures (2012), a collaboration with Ben Russell filmed in Athens. In 2014, he was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for his short film Laborat.
Cailleau frequently develops live audiovisual performances, often in collaboration with experimental sound artists like Werner Dafeldecker and composer Timo Kreuser. These works have been presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (2014), Scratch Expanded in Paris (2013), and COLOR SOUND FRAMES (2015) at the Serralves Museum in Portugal. His practice foregrounds the creative process and poetic composition, drawing influence from American avant-garde and Expanded Cinema traditions. His work often experiments with duration, multiple exposures, color separation, single-frame manipulations, and other manual editing techniques to create a direct relationship between form and subject.
More info: www.guillaumecailleau.com
