With architecture as his background, Samuel Tsang established Explora Playground, a design workshop specialized in children playground, taking projects from concepting phase to parts manufacturing and constructing. The Australian expatriate has thus become the leading figure as a playground designer in Indonesia. Whiteboard Journal visited his office and talked about his works and insight regarding this certain children playing space.
Mahfud Ikhwan adalah penulis yang dikenal gemar membawakan wacana kehidupan rural dalam karya-karyanya. Novelnya yang berjudul Dawuk (2017) diganjar penghargaan Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa. Di tahun yang sama, ia merilis sepasang buku bertajuk Aku dan Film India Melawan Dunia yang berupa kumpulan tulisan perihal sinema India. Whiteboard Journal lantas menyambanginya untuk berbincang soal karya-karyanya, sosiologis pedesaan dalam fiksi, dan film India.
Pengunjung Metropolitan Museum of Art kini harus membayar biaya tiket masuk seharga USD25 jika tergolong bukan merupakan warga New York. Sedangkan untuk warga lokal, biaya masuk The Met dapat dibayarkan secara sukarela namun tetap harus menunjukan kartu identifikasi.
Philippe Pirotte is known as an art historian, critic and curator who already involved in many international exhibition for more than 18 years. This year, he continues his journey to become one of the curator for Jakarta Biennale. Whiteboard Journal talked to him about his work, creative process and the point of view in art industry, especially for curatorial.