Superflex is an art group comprising three socially conscious artists. Their various projects include setting up a virtual (online) city for the real city of Karlskrona; introducing biogas-powered technology to small villages around the world; and helping Brazillian farmers market their guarana produce. Gifted entrepreneurs, Superflex are of the "robin hood" mentality where they sell their products to big companies for lotsa moolah, while peddling their wares & ideas for cheaper to poorer villagers.

So much for my highly inadequate introduction. This is their official website.

Is it... ART? Well, is Eduardo Kac's GFP Bunny art? Meh!* .........Of course it is. Artists have long been branching out into the sciences, the geographical, the environmental, the commercial - and Superflex dips into all these practices. My personal favourite are the works that reveal how humans behave given a specific situation, like the Karlskrona project.

What's become of the whole DBKL debacle about censorship in the local art scene? Are they still going to set up a committee whereby local arts practitioners have to go through the censors for approval first? This is shit! And Reka Art space agrees, so they're having a "Free" exhibition where the show is free of curatorial or governmental decisions. Runs 4 - 20 December 2003. By the way, 'reka' is Malay for 'create' but I bet the Reka folk don't know that it also means 'palatable/sweet' in Maori!

I am starting to really dislike Asian Art News. Their current issue shouts "Venice Biennale" on the cover, with lots of Southeast Asian art coverage, except there's nary a mention of our Wong Hoy Cheong! This despite the many accolades he has received for his Venice installation. In fact, Malaysian art hasn't been featured in that magazine for the past few years. I know, I've been through all the past issues. Is there something wrong with us or them?
 

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