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.

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 Fa, Perjalanan Menuju Cahaya, Pandaya Sriwijaya, Untung 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 Chronicle, The 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.

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

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta - Upcoming Program

Gedung Kesenian Jakarta

 

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

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Sabtu – Minggu, 19 & 20 Mei 2012, Pkl 20.00 WIB

Republik Performing Arts: Teater “Anarkis itu Mati Kebetulan”

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Selasa, 29 Mei 2012, Pkl. 19.30 WIB

Konser Musik “Le Poéme Harmonique” – Venezzia

Terselenggara atas kerjasama dengan Institut Prancis di Indonesia (IFI)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JULI

1 Juli 2012

Resital Opus 78

7 – 8 Juli 2012

Pesta Kesenian Anak-Anak (PESKA) “Mutiara Indonesia” IX - 2012

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Agustus - September 2012

Festival Schouwburg

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.

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

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

“OCHRE AND INK”, a documentary film

Ochre and Ink recently won the Special Jury Prize at FIFO (Film Festival Oceania) in Tahiti, after screening at the Guangzhou International Film Festival in China.

Ochre and Ink tells the extraordinary story of Chinese artist Zhou Xiaoping, and his inspiring and sometimes controversial 23 year collaboration with Aboriginal artists in outback Australia.

Trained as a traditional Chinese brush painter in Anhui Province, Xiaoping arrived in Australia in 1988 knowing almost nothing about the country. On a whim, he travelled to the heart of the outback, where he was surprised to see Aboriginal people for the first time. He became fascinated by their art and culture, and they welcomed him into their communities where the artists showed him their techniques of painting with ochre on bark.

Now Xiaoping is visiting the famous artist Johnny Bulunbulun and his family in Arnhem Land, working on paintings for a major exhibition to be held in Beijing, on the theme of the 300 year trade in Trepang (sea cucumber) from the Aboriginal people of northern Australia via Macassan traders to China. 

Johnny is keen to travel to China for the exhibition, but tragedy strikes before he can make the journey.

Ochre and Ink is a story about friendship and art that crosses boundaries and breaks the rules. 

Writer/Director/Producer: James Bradley

Producer: Rachel Clements

Director of Photography: Murray Lui

Sound Recordist: David Tranter

Editor: Karen Johnson

Sound Designer: Liam Egan

Composer: Caitlin Yeo

Copyright Nirvana Films and Yellow Mountain Films

Produced with assistance from Screen Australian, Screen Territory, Screen NSW

Broadcasters ABC1 and NITV

For more details, contact:

Rachel Clements

Brindle Films Pty Ltd

PO Box 5188

Alice Springs  NT  0870

Ph: 0414-484-472

E: rachelclements@ozemail.com.au

META-META calling for expressions of interest

Meta-Meta  A retreat for intercultural practitioners
11th to 15th June 2012, Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia

Meta-Meta is a retreat for practitioners in community cultural development, intercultural and socially engaged practice. Mid-career professionals working across Australia, Indonesia and South-East Asia will meet with other intercultural innovators who work across faiths, genders, nationalities, economies, sexualities, cultures of origin, generations and abilities.

You have the opportunity to submit an expression of interest to be considered for invitation.

Opportunities Page On Asia Desk

The newest addition to Asia Desk is an Opportunities page. To find information and links to funding, residencies, job vacancies and more head to 'Opportunities'.

Welcome to Asia Desk!

Welcome to the first post of Asia Desk NT. This is a blog site designed to promote Asian arts events happening in Darwin, and to network artists and arts orgs of the Northern Territory with artists throughout Asia.


At Arts Desk you'll find regular updates on local performances, exhibitions, events, workshops, and visiting Asian artists. There'll also be articles, funding opportunities, image libraries, and the chance to make your own contributions.


Asia Desk is a voluntary service, driven by my interest in Asian arts. While I'll aim to keep the site as up-to-date and interesting as possible, I'd love to hear from the local community to help make this a dynamic service.


Stay tuned for the beginning of a new adventure....

Fiona

Darwin Artist, Katie Saunders, reflects on her residency in Beijing

In June-July 2011 I spent two months in Beijing as part in the Huantie Art City Artist in Residence program through 24HR Art & Asia Link.

Being a regional artist based in Darwin, it was an amazing experience just to be exposed to the vast, incredibly vibrant and at times overwhelming art scene in a city like Beijing.

Everyone's experience in a residency is completely different. I didn't have an agenda when I was there & simply enjoyed the 2 months of studio time with the aim of beginning the development process of a new body of work. To just let the city itself, its people and culture to wash over me was an important part of my process. The studio felt very isolated at first but it's so close to 798 & Chao Chang Di art districts, being a 5minute bike ride from those areas was enough for me. Every now & then I'd get a bit of cabin fever & have to remind myself that I was actually in Beijing! So I'd head out to see a monastery or temple or both in a beautiful park. After a while the perceived isolation of the studio location became a blessing, as Huantie Art City is probably one of the quietest areas in all of Beijing & a great place to work.

Being disposed to hanging out in the studio, cooking a lot at home was the order of the day. Early on in my stay there I went for a bike ride to clear my head & see what was around us & happened across a nearby village/town with a fantastic fresh produce market and delicious street food in the mornings and evenings for snacks. This town, Hei Chao, was a noisy, smelly and refreshing discovery to the antiseptic lack of sound and movement in Huantie Art City but the contrast of the haves and have nots was startling and disturbing to say the least. While people queued at night with large kettles to get their hot water not 500 metres away is a new polo club being built along side a retirement village for the super rich complete with swimming pool, golf course and guards out the front to keep out the riff raff. Such are the anomalies in Beijing, every time I walked out of the gate of the residency the place blew my mind.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the residency. I was challenged in so many ways, and as is the way with any international residencies challenged in the most unexpected manner. In 2004 I spent a year in China as an English teacher in Guangdong province so didn't feel too overwhelmed culturally but the art scene was incredibly overwhelming for me and greatly influenced my work.

Among the frenzied advancement towards capitalism there is a booming contemporary art scene, where artists are just as much of a product as their work and the market is king. The art, like everything else in Beijing is BIG. And there’s a lot of it.  Two months of exposure to the new wealth on display, the sheer quantity of art and the levels of consumption that goes with the sudden influx of funds in Beijing left me with sensory overload, like I’d eaten too much and needed to lie down to digest but what I’d just consumed was sticking in my throat. I didn’t feel so good. So, naturally I felt the need to pull back, lighten the palette and try to counter-balance too much with what might be too little.

(excerpt from artist statement for Banquet exhibition).

This experience has culminated in a solo exhibition Banquet at 24HR Art, Darwin, 10 February -10 March 2012.

Introducing Phare Ponleau Selpak - Cambodia

Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS)

Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS), meaning “the brightness of art”, originated in 1986 in Site 2 Refugee Camp on the Thai border. The idea of a creative association, which would use art and expression to help young refugees overcome the trauma of war, emerged from drawing workshops held for children in the camps. This original idea continued after the refugees returned to their homeland, and PPS was formally founded in 1994 by a group of former Site 2 children. 


Phare Ponleu Selpak is a Cambodian non governmental organisation. It aims to support community development through providing social, educative and cultural services to children and their families. Each child is unique and requires specific action tailored to their needs. 
Phare Ponleu Selpak’s action is centered around artistic practice. Arts are used not only as a tool to foster expression, but also as a complete set of tools aimed at answering children’s psycho-social needs. This includes education, life skills, social skills and personal development.