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29.01.15

Aku Diponegoro Exhibition

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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29.01.15

The Unhappy Nations

Having observed the Indonesian National Football Team of 2014's run and subsequent defeat in the World Cup regional qualifiers, Dr. Freek Colombijn talks about the 1938 Indonesian team and how the current national team can take example from its predecessor.

28.01.15

A Million Ways to Travel with The Naked Traveler

Trinity has made her hobby of traveling part of her life. She has traveled to more than 60 countries and through her books she shares her stories with humor.The writer of The Naked Traveler novels declares herself as a full-time traveler and a freelance writer. In this interview, Trinity talked about her writing experience and her thoughts about traveling.

Loka Suara
27.01.15

Atlas

Loka Suara enters the year 2015 with ten selected songs from South East Asian music scene. This episode contains compiled tunes from the most alluring acts of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand to Philipines, Do take a listen to the episode and do look for the band featured if you like what you hear. We are looking to find more Indonesian bands to be featured on Loka Suara. If you would like to get your music here, do send your song’s mp3 or a link to your song online at contact@whiteboardjournal.com with the email title: LOKA SUARA. Tracklist: 1. The Venopian Solitude - Tenangkan Bontot Anda 2. Two Million Thanks - 1.9 มิติ 3. Killeur Calculator - Ta! 4. Paris in the Making - May They be Saved From the Light 5. The Psalms - I, A Nomad 6. Satan! - All Hopes Lies in Doom 7. Up Dharma Down - We Give In Sometimes 8. Yellow Fang - เอาแต่ใจ Selfish 9. Noh Salleh - Sang Penikam 10. Ajer - Pena Hitam

26.01.15

Our Voices

Representing The Murmur House-a contemporary writing collective that publish biannual print literary journal and held book club gathering from Jakarta, the founder, Rain Chudori and Syarafina Vidyadhana picks their selection of books that has strong relation to woman. Some of them are female-authored and some others are highlighting on female characters.

24.01.15

A Crowd Pleasing Show by The Pepperoni Playboy

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.

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