Rare Angon, a young man turned into king. then he met Lubangkuri, his lover. They both were incarnation of god of Shiva and goddes of Uma. The play originally from Balinese mythology about Shiva. Then turned into a play by Balinese-Yogyakarta director, Ibed Surgana Yuga with several interpretation on it scenes. I was able to […]
Read more "Rare Angon; A story of Shiva"My photo diary from Nothern Territory in February 2016. Gongu. A little boy with spear on his right hand and the thrower in his left hand, staring the glassy ocean. his Mamla watch him while she walked on the beach. A stingray hit. That was the first time he hunt the fish with spear. […]
Read more "Yirrkala and a boy called Gongu"December 2005 was the important moment in my life which turned me as an artist whom work internationally. When I met with Robert Wilson -the towering figure of avant garde theater whom originally from Waco, Texas, USA- in Teater Tanah Air, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah when Change Performing Art and Bali Purnati presented Wilson’s I […]
Read more "HOW I MET ROBERT WILSON"Back to Makassar after Residency at Accademia Mutamenti in Tuscany-Italy, with my fellow artistic director in 5ToMidnight, Ethan Chia, we managed to devised a work-in-progress for Anthon Chekhov’s IVANOV scene I. During ten days training plus rehearsal, we devised the play with talented young dramatists from Makassar: a young female actress-Hana Sephiyang, dedicated theater-maker-Askar, […]
Read more "IVANOV a la Makassar: a work-in-progress at Performance Lab#2, Rumata’ Art Space’s International artist-in-residency"Undisclosed Territory adalah festival internasional performance art di Indonesia. Digagas oleh dua performance artists kelas dunia; Melati Suryodarmo asal Solo-Jawa Tengah dan Boris Nieslony, seorang performance artist pendiri Black Market International, sebuah kolektif seniman performance international di Jerman. Festival tahunan ini menjadi forum diskusi, presentasi dan sharing bagi seniman performance di berbagai negara. Program genre seni […]
Read more "My works at Undisclosed Territory: an international performance art festival in Indonesia."This a copy-paste post. I took from http://www.5tomidnight.org , a theater collective with members from multi-nations in Asia and Europe. The post was about a work-in-progress we did at Accademia Mutamenti in Cinigiano, Tuscany-Italy during winter 2016. We devised a play from Craig Thompson’s graphic novel HABIBI. Under 10 to 15 degree celcius, I was […]
Read more "HABIBI: a work-in-progress at Accademia Mutamenti, Cinigiano, Tuscany-Italy"Juli 2015 lalu, atas prakarsa Kedutaan Besar Australia, seniman Aborigin asal Yirrkala dari wilayah Nothern Teritory, Australia, melakukan kunjungan ke Makassar di Rumah Budaya Rumata’ di mana saat itu saya bekerja sebagai Direktur Pengembangan dan Kerjasama. Kunjungan ini menghadirkan Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra beserta Jamie, cucu Nawurapu dan didampingi oleh Will Stubbs dari Yirrkala Art Centre, Alison […]
Read more "BUDJUNG: mempertemukan kembali Makassar-Marege| BUDJUNG: reunite Makassar-Marege (Makassar-Australia)"
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