Pink Ark is a sound collective formed by artists, Zulkifle Mahmod and kAI (Lam Hoi Lit) as an extension of their art practices in the medium of installation, video and live performances. The idea for this cross-disciplinary practice came about when Zul and kAI got together to discuss the possibilities of sound productions based on their respective art practices. Both artists had come from sculpture background and have been practicing three-dimensional art since 1995.

Pink Ark is a respond by the founding members to explore the sensibilities of sound production in the field of visual art practice. The group seeks to invite artistic collaborations from practitioners of various backgrounds (in and out of the art context) to expand the possibilities of sound production, through spontaneous manipulation of assorted sounds and the fusion of projected live and recorded sounds, as a collaborative form to promote cross-disciplinary practices. Pink Ark aims to raise a heightened appreciation in the field of audio and visual arts practice as a total experience.

BRIEF HISTORY:

The collective's name, Pink Ark, came about through the circumstances when the founding members first met to live and work together in late 2002 at their current workspace, Studio 19. The studio's interior was originally painted with different shades of pink where the artists were going through a formative year as a collective of independent artists sharing ideas and working together. The Ark in Islamic and Biblical notions is a vessel of salvation, built by a man before Christ's time. He had visions of a big flood that will engulf earth therefore he embarked on a mission to built a monumental sea vehicle that was to be self-sufficient in every needs in order to survive the traumatic punishment of the big flood on human kind. The Ark in this context, has a reference to religious connotations, but Pink Ark aims not to be inclined to such moralistic religious affairs, but in fact is using this periodic story to illustrate its spirit of strength and endurance as a philosophy of it's artistic productions.

To date, Pink Ark has released an album “Pink Ark” in 2004 and is currently working on the release of their second album. This year, they will be starting a sound art research and development centre as a practical and theorectical discourse with like-minded artists. Since Pink Ark’s formation last year, they have collaborated with musicians, performance artists, poets, video artists, dancers and theatre practitioners



UPCOMING PROJECT:
"UNA VOCE 2005"
24 hours Sound Art Festival. [more]
8pm 15th July - 8pm 16th July
The Substation Guinness Theatre
and Timbre at The Substation Garden, Singapore