projects the head exploration that focuses on the human brain through an exciting interactive video game., study the human legs by constructing an installation work made of various object arranged as a collage to give the audience the experience of body movement as they walk on the piece. As for the human hip exploration, ’s sculpture mixed with audio-visual to deliver the ‘motherly’ sensation to the audience. Though the BODY FESTIVAL exhibition, these three young artists celebrate their appreciations and their perceptions of the human anatomy. To curate all the artworks for this exhibition, ruangrupa invites , an artist well known for her zine, collage, and crafts.
will open at Thursday, 4 July 2013 on 7PM at RURU Gallery with the performance from Dll and Café Mondo DJ Set. The exhibition itself will be held from 4-20 July 2013 (closed on Sundays) starting at the same place.
Whiteboard Journal team had the chance to meet with the former head of the design department of UPH (Universitas Pelita Harapan), Pak Yongky Safanayong. Design was the main topic of our discussion, but as any other interview on Whiteboard Journal, design was only a means to touch broader subjects. This interview was geared towards education and his optimism in life.
Set in Jakarta, Khairani Barokka (Okka) introduces us to a dystopian world where people live with no reminders of history or appreciation of the past. A bleak world that revolves among two central characters of a grandmother and her granddaughter seeking to find meaning of the world they live in.
This year, British Council Indonesia invited three practitioners of British fashion filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, Marie Schuller, and Carri Munden to share their knowledge and guide upcoming Indonesian fashion designers on the process that goes into filmmaking. We sat down with prolific fashion filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson to discuss fashion film as an emerging genre and why women became the focus of her projects.
Despite calling the event ‘Warm’, the recently held performance at Salihara Theater was proven to be far from warm but more sweaty hot.
Reading through the event pamphlet, audiences were prepared to witness an wrapped under what was explained as heat and stage lights that could go up to 45 degrees.
We had no idea what to expect.
On Saturday, 15th of June, 'Warm' became the second out of the six other performances held weekly in a program by Salihara called . The name itself is derived from two words, and wheretheprogram is intended to become a small festival showcasing the art forms of collective theatre groups.
Before the show started, audiences were already welcomed by the thick and humid air, as if pushing us to understand the uneasiness performers will soon deal with. 30 minutes in, the room was crowded, each seat were occupied, and the fascination over the intense heat slowly became quiet irritation of people fanning themselves with show booklets and wiping off each droplets of sweat.
The main intention of the heated room was to take this form of circus-theater into the next level. The elasticity of acrobats are defined by their tight grip. Sweat, no matter how little, can disrupt the overall concentration and balance of the artists. This was however, was the challenge the duo acrobats, and were aiming for.
For an intense 45 minutes, the swayed movements of the two men were accompanied by the bold vocals of actress - giving her own life to the performance. Every movement, every interaction were narrated with an Indonesian translation of 's script with the same title 'Warm.' The script is represented by a women as she trails off her sensual imagination. continuingherwild exploration of erotic thoughts between the union of any human beings.
The presence of actress Ine Febriyanti gave the narration a very raunchy and erotic feel to it. If the movements between the two acrobats stood alone, the performance was anything but vulgar, in fact it wasn’t even sensual, the union of the two men were graceful in their embrace. What was admired throughout the show is undeniably - other than the totality of characters all three performers - was the intense focus Alexandre Fray and Frederic Arsenault had to pick each other up. Especially after realizing during the last few minutes, the unbearable heat would sooner or later break their mentality and physique. Clearly, an immeasurable amount of trust to go through each jump was no doubt a value they shared - especially having explained of their 16 years of performing together.
As we, the audience, admired each word and movement, by the end of the show we were drenched in sweat from head to toe and to our surprise, as we got out the hall gave a rare comment of how breezy Jakarta became for us. Giving us a perfect ending to cool down from the heated performance.
Starting out as the war journalist in the field of Afghanistan pushed Tyler Brule to envision the future that mattered for him -- travel and a good life was foremost on his list. Equipped with his journalistic skills, he ventured into the media world to first initiate Wallpaper and later on Monocle magazine that covers his interest in design, culture, and everything in between. We had a chance to speak with the media visionary about his resistance towards social media and why he is all for print publication.
