Performing in Indonesia for the first-time thanks to orgnanizers Prasvana and Studiorama, Mac Demarco brought his catchy brand of music to the delight of his many fans in Jakarta. The 24-year old Canadian has already released 3 critically praised albums, multiple singles and touring all over the world, and if our predictions are correct, will continue to do so in the future. We had the chance to talk to the musician after he arrived in Jakarta to talk about his music, his live performances, and his future plans.
Welcome back to another episode of Selected! This time we have none other than Gooodit aka Xing Xing providing a mixtape which includes some of our favorite artists such as Suicide, James Chance, Daft Punk, Kim Gordon, and MIA! Get ready for a mind-bending mix!
Gooodit Profile:
Aditya Fachrizal Hafiz, famously known as Gooodit, born in 1989. Is an artist who works in a variety of media, ranging from graphic arts, design, photography, video, object, installation, and audio works. In a search for new methods to ‘read the city’, Gooodit focuses on the idea of ‘public space’ and more specifically on spaces where anyone can do anything at any given moment: the non-private space, the non-privately owned space, space that is economically uninteresting. His artworks often refers to pop and mass culture.
He creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function. By applying specific combinations and certain manipu-lations, different functions and/or contexts are created. With the use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, he touches various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matter can be recog-nised, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation and the investigation of the process of expectations.
Besides that, frequently he involved in the Jakarta art collective called Cut and Rescue, in which it has no boundaries in the case of sharing, researching, developing and working the ideas. He also playing noise tunes in no wave band called TV-OUT, and sometimes switch over to be a disc jockey with a stage name DJ Xing Xing, who playing southeast asia classic sound spectacular. Gooodit currently lives and works in Jakarta.
"Under the influence"
of a controlled substance.
01. Kim Gordon - Song For Reverse Karaoke
02. Emptyset - Collapse
03. Toive - Vladislav Delay
04. For Nam June Paik´s Piano
05. John Lennon - Radio Play
06. Thurston Moore - Aerosol
07. Swan - Half Life
08. The Secret Prostitution - Pemuja Setan
09. Creation Rockers - Four Horsemen
10. The Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
11. Paul Irama - Kabut
12. Senking - V8
13. Sweet Valley - Dimension
14. Freestylers - B-Boy Stance (7" Edit)
15. DJ Sniff - Even More Encore
16. Suicide - Ghost Rider
17. M.I.A - Born Free
18. Indonesia Morning Show .NET TV
19. Daft Punk - Rollin’ & Scratchin’
20. Christopher Daniel Sjarief & Muhammad Ali husni Riza - Mitsubishi Outlander (Feat. KOMBES POL. Wahyu Hadiningrat Kapolres Jakarta Selatan, KOMBES POL. Musyafak Kabid. Dokkes. Polda Metro Jaya, Sumirat Dwiyanto Humas BNN, KOMBES POL. Martinus Sitompul Kabid Humas Polda Metro Jaya, KOMBES POL. Eko Danianto Dir. Narkoba Polda Metro Jaya)
21. Evil Laughing
21. James Chance - Contort Yourself
Whiteboard Journal had the chance to visit Bangkok, Thailand in January, and one of its best pop up flea market: Made By Legacy. Having steadily gaining recognition as one of Asia's best regular market event, we were curious and saw for ourselves what this event was all about.
We back again with another fresh episode of Heartattack! This time we have a very special guest, the one & only Mariati Galatio a.k.a Mar Galo. Aside from performing music with Jirapah, Mar also spins a wide variety of colorful & eclectic Asian tunes. Her introduction to punk & hardcore music is an honest portrayal of eye-opening experience! Ranging from the old school classic such as Sick of It All, Boston's finest BANE and all the way to the challenging metal/hardcore acts like Dillinger Escape Plan, this episode is a bold statement of how much music can inspire & take you to various places. I really hope you enjoy Mar's selection as much as she enjoys compiling this for y'all!
From Mar Galo:
Compiling this list is a trip down memory lane to the period of suburban angst, reading Lambgoat, trading tapes of live shows, buying from Very Distro, getting updates from Asian Man Records, going to Generation Records, being straightedge. Some of these bands have altered my mindset and continued to remain as an inspiration to this day. Welcome to the day that you opened your eyes!
Track list:
1. Sick Of It All - Call to Arms
2. Bane - Can We Start Again
3. Hatebreed - Before Dishonor
4. Kill Your Idols - Funeral for a Feeling
5. Boy Sets Fire - Rookie
6. Shai Hulud - My Heart Bleeds The Darkest Blood
7. The Haunted - Bury Your Dead
8. Candiria - Remove Yourself
9. The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt
10. Darkest Hour - An Epitaph
11. Snapcase - Coagulate
12. Silent Majority - Polar Bear Club
13. Curl Up and Die - You'd Be Cuter if I Shot You in the Face
Pangeran Diponegoro is mostly known as a national hero who fought againts the Dutch colonies in the Java War (1825-1830). Most of Indonesian today’s generation know Diponegoro as a national heroes who often appears on school’s history books or whose picture often seen hanging on the classrooms’ walls. Goethe-Institut Indonesien with Galeri Nasional Indonesia invite us to revisit the story of Diponegoro through an exhibition called Aku Diponegoro: Sang Pangeran dalam Ingatan Bangsa , dari Raden Saleh Hingga Kini (A Prince for All Seasons: Diponegoro in the Memory of the Nation, from Raden Saleh to the Present). The exhibition will present Diponegoro from the perspective of classical painters, contemporary artists, as well as the general public.
Curated by Dr. Werner Kraus, Jim Supangkat, and Dr. Peter Carey, this exhibition is a combination of historical paintings, contemporary arts, and everyday’s culture with Diponegoro as the link that connects the three elements. Galeri Nasional Indonesia has been massively redesigned especially for this exhibition, and various ambiance has been created to make it possible for us to have our own appreciation of the exhibited works. This exhibition offers possibilities for visitors to be intensively involved and feel the presence of Diponegoro.
The exhibition has three sections. The first section’s called Diponegoro in the Mouth of Indonesian Art History: the Making of a Hero. This section displays art works from classical artist including Raden Saleh, Basuki Abdullah, Harijadi Sumodidjojo, and many others. The second section, Raden Saleh and History in the Eyes of Indonesian Artists, presents Indonesian contemporary artists’ approach to Diponegoro. The third section’s titled Beyond Diponegoro. It displays various types of item that are related to Diponegoro including photography, woodcuts, playing cards, comic books, political posters, and bank notes.
Aku Diponegoro will be opened for public from February 6th to March 8th 2015 between 10.00 until 19.00 at Galeri Nasional Indonesia.
For more information regarding Aku Diponegoro, visit www.akudiponegoro.com
article written by: Elsa Hestriana
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