Since the last quarter of 2014, the first Asian Creative Awards has been flooded with submissions from all over the world. After a careful and long deliberation between judges in Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Phillipines, and China, the winners have finally been announced. The grand prix winner is Thomas Yang from Singapore, whose rendition of famous architecture earned him first place. Were also proud to know that several Indonesian submissions are runner up winners: Aditya Pratama, Elicia Edijanto, and Debbie Tea.
Below is the complete list of winners, and if you would like to see their work visit the winners page at Asian Creative Awards Vol.1 website.
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Asian Creative Awards Vol.1 Winners:
Thomas Yang (Singapore)
Ting-Ting Cheng (United Kingdom)
Aditya Pratama (Indonesia)
Perry J (Taiwan)
Kusaka Akira (Japan)
Elaine Fnag (Taiwan)
Joyce Lee / RiYoshi kun (Lazy Tree / Monou person trees) (Singapore)
Lolay (Thaweesak Srithongdee) (Thailland)
赵普璐Zhaopulu (China)
Q (Nguyen Da Quyen) (Vietnam)
Emilie Sarnel (Hong Kong)
Judge Prize Winners:
Tatsushi Yoshida (Japan)
upper deck Naohiro (Japan)
Takashi Koshii (Japan)
Saegusa charge (Japan)
Element Lee Lee element (China)
Miyata Jiro (Japan)
Ting-Ting Cheng (United Kingdom)
Yoko Haraoka (USA)
Tsu-Han Su (Taiwan)
BKK BROS. / Krisakorn Tantitemit (Thailand)
Shinozaki Riichiro (Japan)
Xulijing (China)
Joyce Lee / RiYoshi kun (Lazy Tree / Monou person trees) (Singapore)
Nakano Mari of (Japan)
Yoshida Tatsushi (Japan)
BKK BROS. / Krisakorn Tantitemit (Thailand)
Akiba Hiromitsu (Japan)
Q (Nguyen Da Quyen) (Vietnam)
Okazaki Nao (Japan)
Elicia Edijanto (Indonesia)
Ryoko Kaneda (Japan)
Tsu-Han Su (Taiwan)
Liu Yen-Chen (Taiwan)
Debbie Tea (Indonesia)
Matsuda Mizuitoguchi (Japan)
Lution (Japan)
Ayako Yoshimoto (Japan)
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
Though the world knows him as the world’s number one slacker, it turns out that Mac DeMarco is more than just that. His show on The Foundry No. 8 is the definite proof that aside of being a competent portrayal of slacker, Mac DeMarco is also a good crowd pleaser.
The show started on 19:30 with an appealing performance by Jakarta’s quirkiest indie-rock act, Jirapah. Playing some old and new songs, Jirapah successfully opens the gig in a proper manner. Their performance ignited the positive vibe from the crowd. A favorable signal for their upcoming vinyl and album.
Just awhile after Jirapah finished their set, Mac DeMarco and his band mates enter the stage. The shouts from the crowd are already heard at that time, not only for the gap-toothed dude, some of the crowd also shouting the name of the guitarist and drummer who plays for Tonstartssbandht (which also visited Jakarta on December 2014).
The Canadian -now Brooklyn-based launch his set with an anthemic opening, “Salad Days”. And soon after that, the gig turned into a parade of sing-alongs. Mac’s sensibility of catchy melodies is the major highlight of the show. Not a single song passed by without memorable tunes. And the credit also goes for his bandmates: Andy White (guitarist/keyboard), Edwin White (drummer) and Pierce McGarry (bassist) who plays really well to support Mac’s infectious harmony.
And it is not a Mac DeMarco’s show if it’s not feels like a raunch fest. Starting from the babbling jokes from the blue boy himself, the tongue-in-cheek jokes from Pierce, to the random yet pleasing covers are the reasons why the show was a very fun one. On between his songs, Mac and co. did cover some surprising selection of songs, they did Elton John, Steely Dan, and surprise-surprise: Rammstein’s “Du Hast”. Just when we thought that it couldn’t be more startling than that, on encore he back it up with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”! And the show concluded by people moshed on the prolonged riffs from one of Metallica's biggest hit.
Kudos to Prasvana and Studiorama team for a super fun gig experience in the early 2015.
In 2002, Indonesian curator Amir Sidharta published , a homage to Arie Smit as the eldest foreign painters who worked before and after the World War II. The book offers a view of the artist’s vibrant life and career through the collection of his paintings. It contains approximately 500 of Smit’s tens of thousands paintings. Through this book, Smit also wants to share his experience as an artist and inspire the young generation of Balinese artists and collectors. Recently released was the limited, artist-signed and richly-illustrated of. Arie Smit has been a major contributor to Indonesian art, and that makes is a must for collectors and enthusiast in Indonesia.
Adrianus Wilhelmus Smit, better known as Arie Smit, is a seminal Dutch-born Indonesian artist. Smit first arrived in Bali in 1956 and fell in love its landscapes and seascapes that he decided to make the island his permanent home. In the early 1960s, the painter supplied art materials to the youth in the village of Penestanan, Ubud and made them his students. Later, they created a painting style known as “Young Artists” style. Arie Smit found Bali as the right place to express his imagination and Bali has been his main inspiration of his paintings until now.
Bali’s influences in Smit’s paintings can be seen as he often pictures Balinese scenery as the object and uses many different colors. He came from a country with four seasons which the illumination is different from tropical islands like Indonesia especially Bali. The scenery in Smit’s origin country is dominated by monotous colors like grey, black, and white, while the landscapes in Bali are dominated by bright colors. Smit puts the various colors on his paintings of settings in Bali like temples, ricefields, as well as Balinese people. This using of rich colors to paint everyday scenery has been always Arie Smit’s style.
Arie Smit has been a major foreign artist in Indonesia. He received Dharma Kusuma award in 1992 and his works have been displayed in many exhibition including at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and at the CSIS Jakarta.
Purchase the book here: http://www.afterhoursbookshop.com/products/vibrant-arie-smit
Elsa Safira Hestriana
Mac Demarco started his career in 2008 when he self-released his first album “Heat Wave”. Now Demarco has produced five albums and the latest one, “Salad Days” was released in April 2014. He is known with his soft rock music and rather-sluggard style. His guitar-based compositions create uplifting tunes that are easy to listen. Demarco himself describes his music as a “jizz jazz”. In his latest album “Salad Days, Demarco sounds more relaxed and the tunes are softer compared to his previous albums. Despite that, the gap-toothed Canadian stays with his relaxed music which goes with lyrics, which are relatable to everyday life.
One of Demarco’s advantages is that he is able to make his live performances be as good as the recordings, or sometimes even better. Plus, his slacker style fits his music very well. With plain t-shirts, jeans, and baseball caps, Demarco adds to the impression of his relaxed tunes. Being loose, goofy, and sometimes even raunchy during live performances have been also Demarco’s style. By engaging the audiences, he lightens up the atmosphere and make the crowd have fun.
It seems that his style is what makes him lovable, creating music to express and not to impress. Demarco isn’t the kind of musician who would change and follow trends to raise his popularity. He once said during his interview with The Guardian that as long as his music is making people happy, then why does he have to change anything?
Mac Demarco is coming to Jakarta this month and will be performing live at the SCBD area on the 22nd of January. The performance will be opened by Jirapah. If you feel like loosen up yourself, Mac Demarco will give you positive tunes and an uplifting performance to start 2015. Click here to find out more information about the event.
Kramer vs Kramer has a very simple plot: a divorced father fighting for the custody of his son. Director Robert Benton deliveres the story by focusing on the relationship between Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) and his son, Billy (Justin Henry). The film revolves mostly around Ted, a career-oriented man trying to take care of Billy on his own after his wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep), left him. Benton also shows Ted’s struggle to be a responsible father in order to win over the custody of his beloved son. The father-son relationship was shown in one of the most memorable scenes, where Billy has an accident at a playground and Ted has to sprint several blocks through ongoing traffic to bring Billy to the hospital, showing his tenderness and sense of responsibility toward Billy. The film ends with a touching conversation between Ted and Joanna which also adds to the emotional value in Kramer vs Kramer.
Young Meryl Streep and Justin Hoffman did a great job with their roles. Both of them successfully showed the emotions of a couple who fought for the custody of their one and only child. Their acting in this movie were awarded in the 52nd Academy Awards where Dustin Hoffman won the trophy as the Best Actor and Meryl Streep as the Best Supporting Actress. Kramer vs Kramer was nominated in 9 categories and won 5 of them in total including Best Picture and Best Director.
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new responsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. ()
Backstage Life Bareng Grrrl Gang di Episode Kelima Vindy Ngapain?
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Son of another Indonesian great, multi-instrumentalist-Jack Lesmana, Indra Lesmana is a child prodigy who learned how to master the keys at a young age, with his first performances done at the age of ten to an audience of hundreds and thousands, and his first album released when he was 12 years old. From child to adulthood, Indra Lesmana has dedicated his life to music.
With currently over 50 albums released, his musical endeavors are not restricted to jazz, Indra Lesmana has also released a multitude of critically acclaimed pop records, winning a BASF Award for his meaningful pop numbers. Currently busy promoting the first LLW record, LLW being his modern jazz trio with bassist-Barry Likumahuwa and drummer-Sandy Winarta, Indra Lesmana spared some time our of his busy schedule to talk to W_Music about some highlights from his three decade-long career, LLW, and leaves the viewers and aspiring musicians some words of wisdom. Enjoy!
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Invent Your Future
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