Berbicara tentang AXEAN Festival, kami mengundang beberapa alumninya, Batavia Collective dan The Panturas, untuk mengulik atmosfer di dalam festival musik tersebut yang seperti konsisten melambungkan nama-nama up-and-coming ke berbagai festival musik besar lainnya di mancanegara.
On his second entry for our column, Firzie Idris talks about the roots of the chaos in football fans. By revisiting one of the biggest tragedy on football history, the Hillsborough Tragedy, Firzie seeks the resolution of the problem and the opportunity to learn from the history to make a better state of football culture in Indonesia.
Anyone who has been to Salihara will have seen its strong visual identity, and cultural center has designer Cecil Mariani to thank for it. Growing up with the arts, Cecil became interested in graphic design, and having studied in Universitas Pelita Harapan for her undergraduate, and School of Visual Arts (New York) for her masters. As she has observed associations abroad, Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia Jakarta's Rege Indrastudianto asks her what she has learned and how can one approach the field of graphic design.
Taking a look at one of the best batik makers, history of batik and its relation to the Indonesian history. Understanding the characteristics of the fabric's color and pattern to took a closer glimpse of the perspective of batik as the representation of Indonesian culture.
Yesterday night (5/02/2015) the Aku Diponegoro exhibition was officially opened and starting today is open for public. The procession was opened with speeches by the Director of Galeri Nasional, Goethe Institut in Indonesia Heinrich Blömeke, and Indonesia's Minister of Education Anies Baswedan, who officially opened the exhibition with a symbolic sounding of the gong.
Surprising the guests, right before the sounding of the gong the organizers announced the return of a national treasure which will be displayed: Prince Diponegoro's staff. The staff became part of a private collection of the Baud family in the Netherlands since the 1930s (after Diponegoro's exile to Makassar by the Dutch). According to Radio Pelita Kasih, the Baud family didn't know the significance of the staff but it was kept safe and in good condition. The family was approached by Dr. Peter Carey, one of the curators of Aku Diponegoro, and after a thorough examination at the Rijksmuseum, it was confirmed that the staff was Diponegoro's. The Baud family was in attendance at Aku Diponegoro and announced that they will transfer ownership of Diponegoro's staff to the government of Indonesia, and proceeded to hand over the staff to Minister of Education Anies Baswedan to the applause of the guests.
The Aku Diponegoro exhibition is one shouldn't miss if living in the Jakarta area. Featuring the recently restored Raden Saleh masterpiece, The Arrest of Pangeran Diponegoro, Aku Diponegoro is a showcase of perspectives on the national hero. Divided into three sections - from his personal belongings, explicit portrayals of the prince's excursions, contemporary interpretation of his persona and everyday objects sporting his likeness, Aku Diponegoro gathers interpretations of the Javanese Prince in one exhibition hall to form a collective identity. Whiteboard Journal will have a detailed feature article on the exhibition soon, so I won't go into the works in this blogpost. Better than waiting for our article, though, is to visit Aku Diponegoro and enjoy the works for yourselves.
Aku Diponegoro
The exhibition from Raden Saleh to the present revisits the extraordinary story of Diponegoro (1785-1855), as presented through the eyes of classical painters, contemporary artists as well as the general public. The exhibition aims to encourage a deeper understanding of cultural and commemorative memory, allowing the Indonesian public to build a narrative picture of the past and therefore develop a certain image and identity for themselves.
Curators:
Dr. Wener Kraus
Jim Supangkat
Dr. Peter Carey
The exhibition will run from 6 February until 8 March 2015.
Free Entry
For information about the exhbition and programs visit Akudiponegoro.com
On the third episode of her column, Dwiputri shares her perspective of hygiene, with all of her traveling experience she founds that there's some interesting philosophy behind the sanitation of every culture. Including the diverse of western and eastern practice of the hygiene and its relation to their mental outlook.
Direktori: Di Makassar, Melihat Harapan dari Indonesia Timur
Di episode ketiga Direktori, kami berkunjung ke Makassar untuk belajar tentang bagaimana semangat literasi menghidupkan budaya kota juga tentang kebersamaan dalam keberagaman.
Di episode ketiga Direktori, kami berkunjung ke Makassar untuk belajar tentang bagaimana semangat literasi menghidupkan budaya kota juga tentang kebersamaan dalam keberagaman.
Di episode kedua mini seri Direktori, kami berkunjung ke Bali untuk mencari apa yang tersembunyi di balik deru pariwisata dan melihat bagaimana keberagaman hidup di sana.
Episode pertama untuk mini seri terbaru kami untuk campaign #Direktorikota, kami memulainya dengan pertanyaan besar, apakah semangat kebersamaan masih ada di keseharian kita?