Sunday 27 May 2012

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta - Jakarta International Performing Arts Festival 2012

PROGRAM JUNI 2012
The 11th IDF: Jakarta International Performing Arts 2012

www.indonesiadancefestival.org

Sabtu, 2 Juni 2012, pkl. 20.00 WIB | Saturday, June 2, 2012 – 8 p.m.
Anter Asmorotedjo (Jogyakarta – Indonesia)
“KISS”

“Kiss” merupakan sebuah ungkapan kasih sayang seorang ibu pada anaknya, sebagai seorang berada jauh dari tanah kelahirannya. Ketika seseorang berada jauh dari tanah kelahiran muncul perasaan rindu padanya.
Anter Asmorotedjo, penerima grant dari Asian Cultural Council untuk berpartisipasi dalam American Dance Festival di Durham, North Carolina, Amerika Serikat, di mana beliau belajar tari dengan beberapa Koreografer tari Kontemporer maupun tari Modern. Sampai saat ini sudah 50 karya lebih telah dipentaskan, dan beberapa karyanya dipentaskan di luar negeri, antara lain Amerika Serikat dan Rusia.

“Kiss” is an expression of love of a mother to her child, as a person who is being away from their homeland. When someone is away from the birth land brought the sense of longing to it.
Anter Asmorotedjo, grant recipient of the Asian Cultural Council for participating in American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, USA, where he studied dance with contemporary and modern dance choreographers. Up to now, there are over 50 dance works of him, several of them are performed overseas; USA and Russia.

Thursday 10 May 2012

Public forum: Writers from Indonesia and China


The School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University, is pleased to present a public talk by three renowned writers from Indonesia and China: Linda Christanty, Yudhi Herwibowo and Ouyang Yu. The authors will discuss their latest literary works and activities in the context of current political, social and cultural trends and issues in contemporary Indonesia and China. All welcome!

Date: Monday, 14 May 2012
Time: 1000-1130
Venue: building ORANGE 6.1.8 (Performance Room next to the Indonesian Garden)

About the writers:
Linda Christanty is an Indonesian author and journalist. She has written short story collections, essays and reports, winning several awards for her works. Her latest book (non-fiction), Jangan Tulis Kami Teroris (Don’t Write Us Down As Terrorists) talks about religious, political and sexual issues in Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries.
Yudhi Herwibowo was born in Palembang, South Sumatra and studied architecture at Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. He has won several national literary competitions, and published novels including Lama FaPerjalanan Menuju CahayaPandaya SriwijayaUntung Surapati, and a collection of his short stories, Mata Air Air Mata Kumari [published also in English as ‘Spring of Kumari Tears’]
Ouyang Yu has published 62 books of poetry, fiction, non- fiction, literary translation and criticism in English and Chinese languages. Award-winning novels include The Eastern Slope ChronicleThe English Class, his translations into Chinese: The Man Who Loved Children and The Fatal Shore, and his collection of poetry, Songs of the Last Chinese Poet.

In organising this event CDU would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia, Darwin and the NT Writers' Centre and the WordStorm Festival of Australasian Writing.

Saturday 28 April 2012

Boomalli members invited to exhibit in the 18th JAALA International Art Exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan, August 2012.


JAALA Biennial was founded in 1978 titled "reinstatement of man and nature" at the Metropolitan Art Museum Biennial, including countries such as Palestine, China, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Pakistan, Kenya and others.  The 2012 JAALA Biennial will include a new focus on other countries: South Korea, China, Kurdistan, Taiwan and Aboriginal Australia.


Abnormal Cells features Eukarote Cells which are common in all living creatures: plants, animals and humans and are therefore known as the building blocks of life.  Once damaged by the likes of Yellow Cake Uranium, cells are mutated, never to be the same. This idea is explored through an attempt at painting notions of toxicity.

As the title suggests Cells Views are a cells eye view of the world, in this instance a fractal pattern of the sunset from East Point in Darwin, ironically named after Charles Darwin, of 'Survival of the Fittest' fame.

These Series were produced for the exhibition 'The Creative Cell of Life' which was an Art/Science response to the following quote:

She gave birth unto the first female of life of flash and blood, the mold and pattern for all the mothers of the Earth. She endowed her Infant Female Child with faculties and powers to conceive just what the human race is today.” David Unaipon, Native Legends

Monday 9 April 2012

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta - Upcoming Program

 
MEI
Rabu, 16 Mei 2012, Pkl. 19.30 WIB
Konser Musik Jazz PAOLO FRESU QUINTET
Kerjasama dengan Istituto Italiano di Cultura Jakarta
Tiket: Rp. 100.000,- danRp. 75.000,-
Informasi: Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
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Sabtu – Minggu, 19 & 20 Mei 2012, Pkl 20.00 WIB
Republik Performing Arts: Teater “Anarkis itu Mati Kebetulan”
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Kamis, 24 Mei 2012, Pkl 20.00 WIB
Tari Introdans
Kerjasama dengan Erasmus Huis Jakarta
Tiket: Rp. 150.000,- Rp. 100.000,- dan Rp. 75.000,-
Informasi: Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
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Selasa, 29 Mei 2012, Pkl. 19.30 WIB
Konser Musik “Le Poéme Harmonique” – Venezzia
Terselenggara atas kerjasama dengan Institut Prancis di Indonesia (IFI)
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JUNI
1 – 8 Juni 2012
The 11th IDF: Jakarta International Performing Arts Festival 2012
Siti Soelaiman, Anterdans, Danang Pamungkas, Zan Yamasita (Jepang), Fitri Setyaningsih, Hartati, Nacera Belaza (Perancis), Tom Ibnur, Areo Renz (Belgia), Amrita Cambodia
12 – 30 Juni 2012
Jakarta Anniversary Festival X – 2012
Sirkus Camille Boitel (Perancis), Pantomim Septian Dwicahyo, Keroncong Orchestra, Konser Dik Doank& Kandang Jurang, Teater Aquila, Teater Betawi Getapri
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JULI
1 Juli 2012
Resital Opus 78
7 – 8 Juli 2012
Pesta Kesenian Anak-Anak (PESKA) “Mutiara Indonesia” IX - 2012
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Agustus - September 2012
Festival Schouwburg

Sunday 1 April 2012

Postgraduate Presentation at CDU

The Faculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts invites you to an oral presentation by Postgraduate Student

Asriana Kebon
School of Creative Arts and Humanities

Thursday 5th April, 2012 at 12.30pm

“The socio-economics of people smuggling and human trafficking at the grassroots level in Indonesia”

Globalisation has transformed the world; we are currently experiencing one of the greatest migrations of people in history. Population movements, both legal and illegal are impacting on Australia and neighbouring Indonesia with increasing significance. This movement of population includes legal migration, people smuggling and human trafficking. Human trafficking in Indonesia has experienced a 30% rise on a yearly basis whereas people smuggling has seen a significant rise since its resurgence in late 2008. There have been numerous campaigns executed by Government agencies and NGOs as well as research conducted into the field of people smuggling and human trafficking however these campaigns and research are targeted at the asylum seekers and criminal syndicate organisers. This research project aims to document the socio-cultural aspects of people smuggling and human trafficking at the grassroots level in Indonesia as well as the overlap between the two crime types. Finally an analysis of the socio-cultural factors will be presented to provide insight into why Indonesian’s from remote impoverished communities become enticed into people smuggling and human trafficking ventures

BIOSKETCH
Asriana Kebon is a PhD Candidate. Asriana has previously completed a Bachelor degree with honours at Charles Darwin University. She is a NAATI qualified translator and has worked in Indonesia as a language and culture consultant for the private sector and law enforcement agencies.

Monday 12 March 2012

LAST WEEK FOR ENTRIES: 'Composite' Sister Cities Photographic Competition

To all budding photographers, do you have a picture of Darwin's local environment that you are proud of?
Then why not enter it to:
COMPOSITE: A Sister Cities Photographic Competition
Council is now accepting entries for a very unique photographic exhibition.  The people of Darwin and Haikou, our Sister City in China, are invited to submit photographs of their local environment to a touring photographic exhibition that will be shown in Darwin and Haikou.  Through this Sister Cities initiative we aim to highlight the similarities and uniqueness of Darwin and Haikou.
For more information visit our website: http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/council/sister-cities/haikou
Entry is free and all amateur photographers are encouraged to enter.  This includes you!
Submissions close 16 March 2012.

Hayley Barich
Senior Community Development Officer – Liveability
Community and Cultural Services Department
City of Darwin

Thursday 23 February 2012

Australia-Korea Foundation: 2012-13 grant round now open

The Australia-Korea Foundation 2012-2013 grant round is now open and will close on April 2, 2012 at midnight (EST-Sydney time)
Objectives
The objectives of the Australian-Korea Foundation are to:
- Increase public awareness of Australia in Korea, and of Korea in Australia, and the importance of the bilateral relationship
- Develop partnerships in areas of shared interest in the bilateral, regional and global context
- Increase Australians' capacity to effectivbely engage with Korea. 

In 2011-12, funding priority will be given to projects and programs that strengthen Australia's relationship with Korea through people-to-people engagements across a diverse range of sectors.

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU to the arts community of the NT and beyond for your wonderful (and overwhelming) response to AsiaDesk!! 
In reply to the information flowing in from Alice and the wider Territory I've expanded my blog to say Northern Territory. Thanks to everyone for your contributions so far - please keep them coming!
Fiona