Tales from the firewall

a workshop and performance in corporate with the contemporary art festival: Fete dela WSK! in Manila, Philippines

We are willing to tell a story from you…

The aim of such workshop is to let the participants to deciding to the workshop direction, to being creative by defining the whole story telling. This is a collaborative workshop with a lot of research, a "self-research" in a way. The artists cited above, are here to provide some help, giving assistance in choosing the instruments-tools to express themselves, coordinate the main working development, open up to ‘other’ directions and of course to participate all together to the public performance. To provide a certain direction and after a meeting-chat, we have focused on the Hanging Coffins from Sagada, Mountain Province as a starting point for the workshop. According to this, we have found a main title that will certainly provide some inputs from the participants because of its openness, Tales From The Firewalls.
Metaphors happen right here at this level. A quick definition: ‘a firewall is a device designed to permit or deny network transmissions’ (i.e. wikipedia). Here we are, in the process and concept of communication. From a traditional point of view, the communication with the spiritual defined by the sound of the Gong, Bell Tones and from a contemporary approach, whereas we belong to the society of communication, the Network as a new belief, a new entity, getting the gates by its little spreading fancy children such as cell-phones, iPad, Android, sound toys app., … our living experience is surrounded by those beeps & signals as part of the soundscape of the e-modernity."

(extract from the original proposal for the workshop by Thierry B-G.)

the complete proposal for the workshop is available here

Fete dela WSK! is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental sonic art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of digital culture in South East Asia.

WSK! -- three cryptic letters, which can only provide as much as the sum of the parts. Organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen – a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology.

tales from the firewall by

idea: Thierry Bernard-Gotteland (Fr), Krisztian Kelner (Hu)
curator: Merv Espina (Ph)



Tanks all the participants of the workshop for the great collaborative performance in the Blackbird Cafe

venue: Kanto Art Gallery, TERMINAL GARDEN 566 Int. Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila (Phone: 0920 604 5559)
related links:

official website 2011
official poster 2011
manila bulletin

video is coming soon...

south saigon yacht park

Competition award 1st prize

Architects: Lib.A Liberty Architecture

Design team : Hùng Hưng, Bulcsu Szabo, Krisztian Kelner, Nguyễn Tuấn Dương, Trần Mạnh Phát

Location Nha Be District , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam

Site Area 269,323 m2

Project Year 6-2010

"The development area is approximately 15 km from the city center of Ho Chi Minh City . The site is recently disconnected from the central development areas , but it intent to be a new entertainment destination . It’s a part of a wider area along the riverside with other residential , commercial , cultural developments . Its geological setting with the river connection define a new exciting theme for a new, attractive destination.



The development will be a Cultural Park and Yacht Port in Bo Bang , Ward Phu Xuan , Nha Be District , HoChi Minh City . The report describes the site vision and development plan for the 27 hectare urban land . The scope is Master Planning Concept Design . The proposed mixed use development contains Cultural , Retail , Hospitality Recreation and Residential components .

The development program is defining new , high quality exclusive and public facilities . The entertainment park on the North , close to the new Town Hall is accessible for public providing different landscaped theme parks . The quiet river stream on the South is an excellent setting for an unique gateway with a new Port – Marina . Between this two new urban hub area two unique destination will be built ; theCultural Center and The Yacht Sport Entertainment Complex .

The river as a monumental element marina and park an active fresh landscape like the place to be when it is too hot in Ho Chi Minh City . The main idea is to combine water surface, plants and trees to create fresh climate, shadow corridors , resting and circulation spaces . Buildings in contact with green parks and water represent Modern Architecture ." (milimet dot com)


related links:
libarch.com/
http://milimet.com/
http://milimet.com/2011/02/3898.html

JAYA Koh Ker Project

Centre De Revitalisation (új élet háza)

this project is a new community and green technology center in the small village Koh Ker near the Angkor Wat area in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

project start on 2009 october. on the previous stage a detailed study have been done by Etienne Samin and other contributors at RAF. for more details about the preparation phase please visit the RAF website.

we give the main importance to the community project, the environmental development and the sustainability in the

social life

of the village and in the building technologies too.

our study in french language is available here in PDF format.

project director: János Jelen - Chairman of Board of Trustees of Royal Angkor Foundation

project manager: Mihály Rózsa

co worker: Etienne Samin - architect, researcher and community assistant

task: developing the concept based upon the studies already done by the researchers as a volunteer

related links:

RAF (Royal Angkor Foundation)

Koh Ker on Wiki

Koh Ker on Google

Csoma's room Project in Zangla Khar

Restoration of an Ancient Building in Himalayas 

This project was started in 2007 by a small group of people. Now they have a foundation and a pretty nice plan, how to preserve this building which is a very important value. Not only as a Hungarian memorial place I believe, this is one of the most important places on the globe.

"In the remote monastery of Himalayan Zangla, Alexander Csoma de Körös a pioneer in Tibetan linguistics became famous as the author of the Tibetan-English dictionary and Tibetan grammar book. His room, identified by Baktay and the neighboring shrine full of valuable relics are about to collapse. The building itself is built on a massive rock base. The lower two stories are built of stone, the third story is adobe. Since the building has been abandoned for decades, the leaking roof has split the walls and made holes on the building. The building can be saved and preserved for a longer period of time using local labor, traditional methods and materials."

project owner: János Jelen - Chairman of Board of Trustees of Royal Angkor Foundation

project leader: Balázs Irimiás - architect, researcher PhD candidate

task: leading the project on site financially and professionally coordinating the architectural work as volunteer

related links:
csomasroom.org (official project site also in english)
wikipedia: Alexander Csoma de Kőrös
korosicsoma.lap.hu

hand sketches

House of the Cultural Foundation of Paks

Renovation of the building owned by the Cultural Foundation of Paks, Hungary

Architectural competition awarded with Honorable mention.

architect: Mihály Balázs
tasks: study and design in teamwork

related links (hungarian only):
epiteszforum.hu
www.mek.hu

Enigma 2007

Object on Countryside (Project I.)

There is one point on the hill. This is a milestone. The task is to make an object which is linked to this milestone.

in fact this milestone is so small, you can not even find from the valley, but i do not think, that the only solution is to build something on the top of that. simply i have to show where is this point on the hill. to determine the position of a point also can mean I point at from somewhere.

so this is an observatory in fact. through this object i can observe the milestone. this observatory is a strange object in the landscape attracting the visitors. the question is: what it it for? answer: an enigma

Labirynth 2007

Object on countryside (project II.)

Objects on Countryside

object on countryside is a series. this series is a part of my postgraduate study I have started in 2007. the masters of the architecture are presented by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

list of masters:

Mihály Balázs
Ferenc Cságoly
Péter Fejérdi
János Golda
Tamás Karácsony
György Major
Gábor U. Nagy

related links:
portal.bme.hu (BME)
architectural department (BME)

description of the education (hungarian only)
download the detail of the accreditation report (hungarian only)

Dance Academy Budapest, Hungary

Proposed Concept design for a Dance Academy in Budapest

Location: old north island of The Danube which was originally a part of an industrial zone.
architect instructor: Mihály Balázs DLA

This design was a part of my post-graduate studies on the BME (budapest university of technology and science). the master plan was done by our team as well.













glass model