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Surat Surat
Indonesian Artist Opportunity with Japan Foundation
An opportunity exists for artists in Indonesia with the Japan Foundation in Jakarta for cross cultural art froms provided you are under the age of 45.
^NEO PioN^
Sahabat,
The Japan Foundation Jakarta memiliki misi dan visi menjalin persahabatan melalui pertukaran budaya. Di antara kegiatan yang ada, kami juga memberikan kesempatan bagi para seniman muda di bawah usia 45 tahun untuk berkarya dan mempublikasikan karyanya kepada khalayak umum. Oleh karenanya The Japan Foundation Jakarta mengajak para seniman muda Indonesia untuk bergabung dalam program ^NEO PioN^
Silakan peroleh formulir keikutsertaan di
The Japan Foundation, Jakarta.
Summitmas I lantai 3,
Jl. Jend. Sudirman kav. 61-62 Jakarta Selatan.
Setiap hari kerja pk. 09:00-16:00
Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silakan hubungi Diana di bagian Kebudayaan
Ph:(021) 520-1266
Email: diana@jpf.or.id
Conference at Flinders
Hi,
I am helping to organise an arts component during the forthcoming conference
at Flinders http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/dvst/flier.php
Placing Race and Localising Whiteness.
An opportunity for scholars from a range of disciplines in Social Sciences
and Humanities pursuing critical race research in the Australian, Asian,
and Pacific context to engage in each other's work and explore new meanings
of race and whiteness.
Do you know of any artists (music, dance, visual etc) who might be interested
in displaying, talking about or performing their work?
Probably best if this is directed at South Australian artists and it
is not expected that any artists have to talk etc (unless they want
to) just a good opportunity to share their work, ideas etc.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Amy
Amy Hamilton
Lecturer Visual Arts and Design Technology
Coordinator Bachelor of Education
School of Education
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
ADELAIDE
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5001
Phone: +61 8 82013359
Fax: +61 8 82013210
Email: Amy.Hamilton@flinders.edu.au
Artist-in-Residence 2003
Victoria University of Wellington
Every year the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) hosts an artist-in-resident,
a traditional Asian musician (generally Indonesian) who has the skills and vision
to enable them to interact effectively with, among others, our students of composition.
Over the last week we have presented two fascinating concerts of the results
of these cross-cultural encounters with this year's guest, Sundanese musician
Dody Satya Ekagustdiman. First programme was a series of compositions which
have grown out of, or been inspired by, detailed transcriptions of samples of
Cirebonese kendang, and kacapi/suling Sunda played by Dody. The second programme
featured performances by Gamelan Padhang Moncar, including an astonishing work
by Dody himself entitled Tabuh Sepuluh. This piece used slendro and pelog simultaneously
in massive harmonies that made the gamelan sound like I have never heard it
before! Also in the programme was a striking work, newly commissioned from Michael
Norris, for amplied kacapi and electronics, with Dody as soloist. Other works
in the programme were performed by the New Music ensemble GateSeven with Dody
as guest performer, including an 'surround sound' piece for ensemble and tape,
by Ludger Kisters, a work that placed the audience in the centre of the performance
space.
We - our students, our audience, and me myself - learn so much from these extended
periods (three months) of working collaboratively with these wonderful Asian
guests, who in previous years have included Minangkabau musician Rafiloza (1999),
Agus Supriawan from Bandung (2000), Benecio Sokkong (Kalingga musician from
Baguio, Philippines)(2001), and Balinese Wayan Yudane (2002).
Jack Body
Associate Professor
School of Music
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington
Tel. (64-4) 4635 853 (office) 9345 369 (home)
Fax. (64-4) 4635 157
Gun Gun in Bali
Hello, semuanya salam budaya !!!
Besok 29 July, saya mau ke Bali untuk beberapa bulan disana, saya
sangat berharap jika ada teman-teman AIAA yang ada di Bali atau
diluar Bali, yang kebetulan ada diBali, saya ingin bersiraturahmi
untuk lebih memperkenalkan diri kita masing-masing, atau lebih pentingnya,
kita bisa berbuat sesuatu yang lebih penting dalam proses- proses budaya.
Saya di Bali tinggal di Denpasar, bersama Group Soulflip Band yang baru,
kami bentuk 6 Bulan kebelakang di Thailand. Adapun bentuk konsep music
kami yaitu, beat tecno kolaborasi dengan organik music sundanes style.
Adapan personil Soulflip band diantaranya, Gungun Permana, Karsten,
Asep Bagja, Asep Black, dan dua penari Ade marliah dan Heni.
Semoga kita bisa bertemu disana, please sms or ring me, 0817420957
Salam Budaya
Gun's
Letters from Bali
June 2003
I have just spent two weeks in Bali and found the situation there very
peaceful and safe. The court case of Bali bombing suspects continues
every day without incident. I spent time in Nusa Dua, Legian, Seminyak,
Denpasar, Jembaran and Ubud - everywhere I went was the same story -
totally quiet and plenty of time to play spot the
tourist.
Catching the plane form Brisbane, I looked around at the other few travellers braving severe travel warnings to visit Bali and felt proud of them all. Just your average tourists and travellers, but every one of them deciding to go to Indonesia at a time when the Australian Government was issuing statements warning Australians to limit visits to Indonesia to essential travel only.
Personally I felt it was important to visit Indonesia right now partly to defy these exaggerated warnings and to give my personal support to our friends in Bali.
The travel restrictions, Sars reportage, the war in Iraq as well as the bombing have all combined to create an economic disaster in Bali that is felt by everyone from every sector of society.
As a recent article in the Byron News stated - Now is the perfect time to visit Bali, not only will you be enjoying the most pleasant and peaceful atmosphere that there has been in Bali for years you will also be giving support to the people who have given you support, friendship and pleasure for the last few decades.
The Balinese people are suffering what some people feel is an unofficial form of punishment for the bombing. They feel confused, distressed and abandoned by their Australian friends. I tried my best to assure people I met that I felt the situation would improve soon and that Australian people still love Bali and will return to visit again.
Meanwhile the Balinese struggle to survive day to day. Walking around Ubud, I noticed that the restaurants would have one full table for dinner if they were lucky. Most homestays were totally empty, some shops and restaurants had started closing down. I guess this situation will continue until the travel bans are lifted, which seems to be at the governor's pleasure.
All I can say is - if you have ever been to Bali or cared about the Balinese people - spread this message - Visit Bali Now! - they will remember you forever!
Love Judy
October 2003
Arriving in Bali for our second visit this year, my daughter Rosa took one look around and declared - Bali is Paradise!
Comparing the economic situation now with a few months ago and asking around among the locals, the tourist industry seems to be picking up and getting back to normal. The European mid-year tourist season brought many travellers back to Bali and the recent Memorial celebrations have helped to bring visitors to the Kuta area again.
Resting at the Dewa Bharata Hotel, Rosa and I decided to go the the shops to buy some toothbrushes, having left ours behind in Bandung. Almost directly across the main road we came upon the Bali Bomb site. Walking by we found a few local policemen removing all the Australian flags, flowers, cards and letters that had been decorating the fences enclosing the Sari Club site since the Memorial Service the week before. Rosa rushed past, not wanting to see. I stopped to pick up an Australian flag from a rubbish pile and asked the policeman standing by whether I could keep it - "oh sure, we are cleaning up since Bush is arriving tomorrow" was his woeful comment.
Passing by outside the fence I could feel an intense energy arising from the earth of the site, I kept asking myself - what is it that is creating this energy? Fear, sadness, anger, tears.... sitting here writing this I am still wondering .... whatever it is I feel that leaving the space bare and enclosed was the best thing to do. Spending even a short tine in Bali this time has renewed ny feeling of love and respect for the Balinese people. Everywhere we went people were so kind and gentle, reminding me once again how I came to spend so many years of my life there and promising my self and my friends to return very soon.
Best wishes
Salam hangat
dari Judy Shelley