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  • blauloretta 2:43 pm on August 25, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Nu-Substance Festival 2007: Final Round, Bandung – Indonesia 

    Nu-Substance 2007 Webflyer

    After having a huge success for series of program and activities in the last two rounds of Nu-Substance Festival 2007, Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records presents the final round of Nu-Substance Festival 2007. Following its previous events, this time the festival is equipped with another series of DIY media workshop, multimedia performance, electronic music concert and party events that presents a wide range of artist, designer, programer and musician from the field of electronic music and media arts.

    PARTICIPANTS:
    Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA), Java Bass (JKT/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), DxxxT (BDG/INA), Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA), Chainsmokingbastard (BDG/INA), Bayu/Motion Ninja – UVG (JKT/INA), Erik M. Pauhrizi (BDG/INA), Gigi Priadji (BDG/INA), Indra Nugraha (BDG/INA), Sir Dandy (BDG/INA), Ryan Koesuma (BDG/INA), Bramantya Rachman (BDG/INA) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia/ ADGI (JKT/INA)

    Nu-Substance 2007 Webflyer

    PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES

    • Friday, 31st of August 2007, 18.30 – 21.00 WIB
      Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

    REALTIME CINEMA PROJECT: REALITIES.RMX

    Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)

    **Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

    • Saturday, 1st of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB

    Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

    DIY Media Workshop (Podcasting, Multimedia Blogging and Graphic Design)

    Featuring: Ryan Koesuma (http://www.deathrockstar.info), Bramantya Rachman (http://www.qinkqonk.com), Sir Dandy (http://www.monikceltic.com) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia (ADGI)

    **Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

    • Saturday, 1st of September 2007, 22.00 – 03.00 WIB

    Kyooki Lounge, Jl. Braga No: 21

    Electronic Music Gathering

    Featuring: Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA) & Java Bass (JKT/INA)

    Visual by Bayu/Motion Ninja – UVG (JKT/INA)

    • Sunday, 2nd of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB

    Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

    Public Discussion

    Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)

    **Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

    • Sunday, 2nd of September 2007, 18.30 – 22.30 WIB

    Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

    Costume Party: Protean Calling!!!

    Featuring: Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA) & DxxxT (BDG/INA)

    **Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

    For more information please call Common Room at +62.22.70800620 or visit us at Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No. 8, Bandung – Indonesia
    URL: http://www.commonroom.info

    This program is being initiated by Bandung Center for New Media Arts/Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records and supported by Arts Networks Asia (http://www.artsnetworkasia.org), a group of independent artist, cultural workers and arts activists primarily from Southeast Asia that encourages and supports regional artistic collaboration as well as develops managerial and administrative skills within Asia.

     

     

     

  • blauloretta 8:20 am on August 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    IntenCITY/ LOWAVE Video Art & Experimental Cinema Screening , Bandung – Indonesia 

    IntenCity: Lowave Poster

    IntenCity/ LOWAVE Video Art & Experimental Cinema Screening presenting works from 10 artists who came from 9 countries, which working in the context of urban situation. IntenCity is a compilation of works that is never been published before and offering a new perspective on cityscape and its artistic perception on video art and experimental cinema.

    The program is being prepared by LOWAVE, an independent distribution label that offers a new approach in working on urban issues in the context of contemporary cinematography. Some films that is included in this compilation are reflecting a rich and original view from its respective artists, mostly collected in the past three years from various sources and compilation such as City2City, Visions Urbaines, HC Gilje: Cityscapes, and Valerie Pavia.

    Within this hybrid mix, most of the artists explores their work from the stream of crowded human interaction, modern buildings and cityscape. Working with fragment of pictures and noises, most of artists tries to reconstruct without neglecting narrative aspect in city life, with realistic, poetic, and Utopian views.

    LOWAVE is an independent DVD label with the objective of discovering and promoting contemporary film and video art. Its ambition is to create a new marketplace for the work of cutting-edge artists and filmmakers, under recognized by the traditional distribution channels, by making them accessible to the public via the DVD format. With DVD, experimental film can finally find an audience beyond the film festival circuit. (More info please visit: http://www.lowave.com).

    Besides showing some works from LOWAVE artists, this program is also equipped with special screening that is coordinated by VideoBabes, which will show 10 works from local artists that presents diverse perception on cityscape based on their own perspective. From this compilation, VideoBabes invite us to explores various form of cityscape through rich collection of building blocks and personal memory, besides reflection of urban souls that is appear in public toilets and TV screen, which stuck in the corner of city space. While exploring a distinct form of urban surroundings, this compilation also offers an intimate approach in understanding city life from its inhabitants.

    IntenCITY/ LOWAVE video compilation:

    HC Gilje (Norwegia) / H.K. Mark I
    Marina Chernikova (Russia) / Crossings
    Kentaro Taki (Japan) / Exchangeable Cities
    Nose Chan (China) / Nil
    Valérie Pavia (French) / Esquisses : Berlin – Pigalle – Moscou
    Vincent et Franck Dudouet & Adolph Kaplan (French) / Hors Chants
    Stefano Canapa (French/ Italy) / Promenaux
    Roger Beebe (USA) / The Strip Mall Triology
    Ulrich Fischer (Swiss/ Germany) / Es geht auch schneller
    Egbert Mittelstädt (Germany) / Fall In Fall Out. Timaios 3rd and 5th Moment

    VideoBabes video compilation:

    Prilla Tania / A Short Story from Mom and Me
    Rizaldi Fakhrudin / One Creative Way to Live in a Creative City
    M. Akbar / My Little Corner of the World
    oQ Adiredja / Me vs. Angkot
    Yusuf Ismail / Flushed Memory
    Muhammad Reggie Aquara / Album: Traveling Without Moving
    Yusuf Ismail / I hate to be in the middle of the crowd during Saturday night in Dago street
    Ariani Darmawan / City of Desire
    R. E. Hartanto / City Series No. 2
    Andi Bini Fitriani / Urban Puppet

    In conjunction with screening program, there will be public discussion that is presenting two artists from LOWAVE:

    Silke
    Silke Schmickl
    Silke Schmickl was born in Germany in 1974. She studied Art History and Intercultural Communications in Munich and in Paris where she completed her diploma at the University of Paris (Sourbonne) in 2001. She’s been a researcher at the German Center for Art History in Paris since 2000. She has published a book on Museum Photographs by Thomas Struth. In 2002, she co-founded LOWAVE where she is responsible for the conception and production of art projects as well as their distribution in partnership with international cultural organizations.

    Thomas
    Thomas Lambert
    Thomas Lambert was born in France in 1977. A film buff since his early days, he’s been exploring different technical aspects of cinema. He completed a degree in cinema in 2004. Since then he’s been working on a number of projects as cameraman, editor, and musician. He is responsible for DVD authoring and project managing the technical requirements of Lowave’s projects.

    PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES

    Wednesday, 29th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
    Auditorium CCF Bandung
    Jl. Purnawarman No: 32

    Video Screening:
    IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 1

    Presentation IntenCITY – LOWAVE:
    1. Silke Schmickl
    2. Thomas Lambert

    Thursday, 30th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
    Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

    Video Screening:
    IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 2

    Public Discussion:
    Presenting some artists from IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes.

    29 – 30 August, 11.00 AM – 06.00 PM
    Rumah Buku, Jl. Hegarmanah No: 52

    Video installation (loop)

    This program is being organized together by CCF Bandung, Goethe-Institut Indonesia , VideoBabes (Rumah Buku) & Common Room Networks Foundation.

    More information please contact:
    CCF – Bandung, +62.22.421.2417 (Windie)
    Rumah Buku, +62.22.203.9615 (Rani)
    Common Room, +62.22.70.800.620 (Mbak Nunung)

     

  • blauloretta 7:07 am on August 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT II: DAILY DISCLOSURES, CALL FOR ENTRIES 

    The End Frame Video Art Project II: Daily Disclosures calls for entries to the Philippines ’ video art festival taking place at Shangri-la Plaza on 12 – 16 October 2007 after its first run last year. Presented by Visual Pond, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Listening in Style, Shangri-la Plaza and Rodriguez de Alba Foundation for Creative Advocacy in partnership with Pablo and The One Minutes, the End Frame Video Art Project aims to call attention to and create discussion on video art done by Filipino artists and experimental filmmakers, both here and abroad.

    The theme of this year’s video art festival Daily Disclosures calls attention to art in the everyday, particularly the increasing relevance of video art in the face of the constant bombardment of heightened technology in people’s daily activities. Adding an international dimension to the project is the collaboration with The One Minutes, an organization based in the Netherlands that collects one minute video artworks all over the world. As the Philippine partner, Visual Pond is collecting Philippine one minutes through End Frame to enter in The One Minutes Awards in November 2007. All one minutes entered in End Frame will also be eligible for a screening of Philippine one minutes for the Olympic One Minutes exhibit to take place in Beijing in 2008 right before the Summer Olympics.

    Those wishing to enter the festival can enter a video artwork of any theme. An artist may opt to submit a one minute work or a work of any length. Filipino citizens/residents as well as those of other nationalities may submit. The videos will be screened by a selection committee composed of Peque Gallaga, Fatima Lasay, Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Jun Sabayton and Kidlat Tahimik.

    Submission forms along with more detailed information are available at the End Frame website at http://endframe.visualpond.org. Mail or drop off entries, submission forms and resumes in sealed short envelopes at Listening in Style, 5F, Shangri-la Plaza , EDSA, Ortigas.

    Deadline for one minute entries is 5 September 2007 and entries of other time lengths must be submitted before or on 12 September 2007. For inquiries, contact Lisa or Rica at +639175357955/ +639178170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com.

    *Alternative drop off point: Ateneo Art Gallery, G/F Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines 1108.

     

  • blauloretta 6:18 am on August 23, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Submit Your Video On FALSE Channel #1 – Global Warming 

    FALSE Management kembali menyelenggarakan program kompilasi video sebagai sebuah perluasan apresiasi dan distribusi seni video kepada publik secara lebih luas.

    Kali ini adalah sebuah program kompilasi video reguler yaitu FALSE Channel dimana edisi pertama bertemakan global warming.

    Kami mengundang segenap khalayak untuk turut berpartisipasi dan mengikuti program kompilasi video ini.

    Informasi lengkap mengenai program ini dapat di akses pada alamat berikut: http://falseblog.multiply.com

    Persyaratan:

    1. Mengisi formulir pendaftaran dengan lengkap dan jelas

    2. Karya dikirim dalam bentuk CD / DVD file [data]

    3. Format AVI PAL, DV AVI PAL, MPEG 2 PAL, MOV dengan resolusi 720 x 576

    4. Durasi maksimal 5 menit, minimal 30 detik

    5. Karya yang memiliki dialog dalam bahasa lokal wajib diberi subtitle bahasa Indonesia

    6. Dibuat dengan teknik / artistik yang baik

    7. Memiliki unsur2 : gagasan yg segar, nakal, menggelitik, eksperimentatif ataupun pemikiran dari sudut pandang yg tidak biasa

    8. Kategori yang diterima : film pendek, film dewasa, iklan layanan masyarakat, video art / eksperimental, video musik, video dokumenter

    9. Karya sesuai dengan tema yang diangkat dalam setiap edisi kompilasi FALSE Channel

    Formulir pendaftaran dapat diambil di:

    1. False Management cp Andre : JL Majapahit Timur 19 Tmn Royal 2 Cipondoh Tangerang [08125215963]

    2. ruangrupa, Jl Tebet Timur Dalam Raya 6 Jakarta

    3. Common Room, Jl Kyai Gede Utama 8 Bandung

    4. ruang mess 56, Jl Nagan Lor 17 Patehan Kraton Jogjakarta

    5. DKV Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya cp Diah Ari Tapaning Tyaz

    6. Sensorry Film Distribusi cp Arfan Adhi Perdana, Jl Randu Jaya 6 Sukun Klayatan Malang

    Atau langsung didownload di http://falseblog.multiply.com/photos/ album/1/entry_ form_FALSE_Channel_1_edition

    Batas akhir pendaftaran yaitu 30 September 2007 [cap pos]

    Karya dapat di kirim ke

    FALSE Management
    d/a Andreas Eko, Jl Majapahit Timur 19 Taman Royal 2 Cipondoh Tangerang
    Ph. 08125215963

    One world order, stop global warming, submit your video to FALSE Channel

    Regards,
    FALSE Management

     

  • blauloretta 2:47 pm on August 13, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Surat Terbuka Mengenai Kasus Sajak Malaikat 

    Sabtu, 4 Agustus 2007, Khazanah––Lembaran Khusus Budaya di koran Pikiran Rakyat (PR) memuat sajak-sajak Saeful Badar. Senin, 6 Agustus 2007, di halaman depan PR, tepat di sebelah foto besar aksi penjaga gawang Manchester United, ditayangkan kolom kecil “Permohonan Maaf”. Redaksi PR meminta maaf atas pemuatan sajak berjudul “Malaikat” pada Khazanah 4 Agustus 2007. Dikatakan PW Muslimat NU Jabar dan “sejumlah ormas Islam” telah memprotes sajak tersebut karena dianggap menghujat akidah Islam. Redaksi PR dalam pernyataan itu mencabut sajak tersebut dan menganggapnya tidak pernah ada.

    Saya sudah beberapa tahun malas membaca sajak. Saya pun tidak membaca rubrik sajak di Khazanah 4 Agustus lalu. Justru pernyataan pencabutan sajak itulah yang membuat saya membaca dan berusaha menyimak baik-baik sajak-sajak Saeful Badar.

    Jumat 10 Agustus 2007 sekitar jam 9 pagi saya terima pesan pendek dari Rahim (redaktur Khazanah), “Heru, saya sudah tidak di Khazanah lagi, penggantinya belum ditetapkan, terima kasih atas kerjasamanya selama ini”. Sejak mulai disiarkan sekitar tahun 2000an, tulisan saya memang paling banyak dimuat di Khazanah, termasuk pada masa Rahim menjadi redaktur. Pagi itu saya tidak mencium persoalannya. Sore harinya, saat menghadiri diskusi Kekerasan (di) Media Massa di Pusat Kebudayaan Perancis (CCF) Bandung, dan bertemu beberapa kolega penulis, baru saya mulai menghubungkan pesan Rahim dengan pemuatan sajak Malaikat. Hikmat Gumelar dari Institut Nalar (penyelenggara diskusi) menutup pembicaraannya pada pembuka forum diskusi dengan mendeklamasikan sajak Malaikat.

    MALAIKAT

    Mentang-mentang punya sayap

    Malaikat begitu nyinyir dan cerewet

    Ia berlagak sebagai makhluk baik

    Tapi juga galak dan usil

    Ia meniup-niupkan wahyu

    Dan maut

    Ke saban penjuru.

    (2007)

    Ada 3 sajak Saeful Badar lain disamping sajak Malaikat. 2 dijuduli “Pantai Cimanuk”. Satu lagi dimuat paling bawah dijuduli “Penyair”.

    Saya punya sejumlah penafsiran atas sajak-sajak Saeful Badar. Tapi dalam surat ini saya akan langsung melompat pada soal paling prinsipil: apa sih artinya sajak itu? Apa artinya sebuah karya seni? Sepanjang pengalaman saya, orang sering sekali mengkonfirmasikan pertanyaan ini pada seniman. Jika bisa berbincang langsung dengan seniman, kelihatannya kesempatan ini amat baik untuk menyoal “arti” karya. “Mas/Mbak, apa sih maksudnya bikin karya seperti itu?”. Bagi saya pribadi pertanyaan kepada seniman ini, sekalipun bisa dianggap informasi dari tangan pertama, tetap tidak bisa dijadikan faktor paling determinan untuk memaknai karya seni.

    Ketika karya telah disiarkan, baik pengarang maupun pembaca punya kedudukan setara dalam praktek pemaknaan. Si pengarang dipengaruhi berbagai faktor dalam merumuskan ide dan mewujudkan karya, demikian pula pembaca dalam memirsa karya. Siapakah yang paling berhak memaknai karya seni? Tidak ada. Persis di sini indahnya dunia seni, yaitu suatu alur diskursif. Makna merupakan hasil negosiasi, melalui proses diskusi. Semua orang setara.

    Pernyataan bahwa sajak Malaikat menghujat akidah Islam merupakan kesimpulan dari proses memaknai karya dari sebagian pihak. Kesimpulan mengenai makna sebuah karya seni tidak bisa dipaksakan kepada khalayak. Sebagian pihak tidak bisa memaksakan pemahamannya atas sesuatu kepada pihak lain. Pemaksaan semacam ini hanya terjadi di bawah rejim otoriter. Dan kita banyak belajar bahwa di bawah rejim otoriter seni justru sering muncul sebagai oase dari apa yang biasa dikumandangkan sebagai “kebebasan berpendapat”. Kenapa? Sederhana saja, karena prinsip kesetaraan dalam memaknai karya seni.

    Saya tidak tahu apakah redaksi PR sebelum mencabut sajak Malaikat berdiskusi terlebih dahulu dengan Saeful Badar. Saya juga tidak tahu apakah memang benar Rahim dicabut kewenangannya sebagai redaktur Khazanah karena memuat sajak Malaikat. Dan kalau ya, saya juga tidak tahu apakah Rahim diajak berdiskusi sebelum pihak redaksi mengambil keputusan. Yang penting adalah, pihak redaksi PR tidak bisa “mencabut” sajak yang telah disiarkan. Ini kan mustahil; bagaimana bisa suatu teks tertulis yang telah dicetak banyak-banyak dan disebarkan kemudian dianggap tidak ada?

    Redaksi PR mencabut sajak dengan alasan bahwa ada protes dari sementara pihak. Artinya redaksi PR mengakui bahwa bukan dirinya sendiri yang berkepentingan dengan ruang di PR. Walaupun pihak redaksi adalah pengelola media massa, tetap saja ruang tersebut merupakan ruang publik, artinya banyak yang berkepentingan. Dan makin kentara ke-publik-an di ruang itu makin bagus kualitasnya.

    Terakhir, hari ini Senin 13 Agustus 2007 sekitar jam 4 sore, Aminudin TH. Siregar, seorang kolega kurator, mengirim pesan pendek, “sebaiknya penulis-penulis mogok nulis di Khazanah, kalau memang Rahim dicopot karena memuat sajak, jelas enggak fair…saya pribadi bersedia mogok nulis di PR”. Saya sampai sekarang masih ragu apakah boikot merupakan tindakan yang paling efektif. Tapi sesuatu memang harus dilakukan, sebab, sungguh merupakan hal yang sangat tidak wajar jika redaksi PR mengambil keputusan dengan hanya memperhatikan satu warna pendapat dari sebagian pihak. Sungguh merupakan ketidak-adilan jika redaksi PR mencabut sajak dan mencabut kewenangan Rahim tanpa melalui diskusi.

    Bandung, 13 Agustus 2007

    Heru Hikayat
    Kurator seni rupa, tinggal di Bandung

     

    • Gustaff H. Iskandar 3:26 pm on August 13, 2007 Permalink

      Saya mendapatkan artikel ini dari milis BPAC (Bandung Performance Art Community). Semula saya tidak begitu ngeh kalau artikel ini sesungguhnya membicarakan masalah yang beberapa tahun terakhir ini terjadi secara berulang di Indonesia. Ambil contoh misalkan tuntutan penutupan beberapa pameran seni semisal Dadang Christanto di Bentara Budaya (2002) dan CP Biennalle (2005). Kedua-duanya terjadi atas desakan sekelompok masyarakat yang menyatakan keberatan mereka akan materi yang ditamplikan di dalam pameran. Hal yang sama tercermin melalui tulisan Heru. Kali ini yang jadi korban adalah karya puisi.

    • Ni'ang 4:48 am on August 21, 2007 Permalink

      Taff, ada link ke site artikel aslinya? Thx!

    • blauloretta 7:59 am on August 23, 2007 Permalink

      Linknya gua gak ada Ang. Artikelnya langsung dapet dari milis. Atas persetujuan si Heru gua publish di Common Room. Mungkin lu bisa minta langsung ke si Heru.

    • atmoon 7:44 am on August 31, 2007 Permalink

      Memang di Indonesia ini umat beragama masih kekanak-kanakkan mas. Jadi tafsir atas malaikat pun maunya seperti maunya sendiri. Padahal, menurut Malaikat Jibril dia sendiri heran dan mencak-mencak sama saya kok kemalaikatanya dicatut buat membungkam kreativitas orang lain. Saya sendiri terus terang telat menerima info dari si Jibril. Kira2 sebulanlah telatnya. Nah, surat protesnya sekarang saya tampilkan di blog saya karena menurut Jibril kalau dikirim ke koran PR gak bakal dimuat. :)

    • kebebasan ekspresi tai ucing 3:04 am on September 27, 2007 Permalink

      nu kumaha nu disebut bebas teh. kabeh umat ge pasti kasigeung ari nyeureud-nyeuredud kana akidah mah. tong boroning urang islam, urang hindu atawa buda ge, komo karesten,sok gancang pundung lin ari agemanana dihina mah. baraleg sia barudak pro liberal. ngaku sastrawan rejeun mindeng ngahotbah (pesen moral) di satukanging sajak, cerpen, atawa novel, padahal jinisna mah puasa ge tara. nu aya kalah marabok, ngajarinah. ngarti siah. tai anjing kebebasan bereksfresi. baroga keneh nurani teu? ulah hayang katangar wungkul. tobat geura, bisi diajab manten ku nu kawasa.

      kebebasan bereksfresi tai anjing sia teh. hayangna bebas marabok, jarinah, atawa ngekeak agama wungkul sarilaing mah. heueuh kawas di utan kayu atawa di ciputat.

      sakitu heula keur saayeunaeun mah. memangna kami teu bisa ngocoblak kawas sarilaing

    • Ni'ang 7:46 am on October 9, 2007 Permalink

      “sakitu heula keur saayeunaeun mah. memangna kami teu bisa ngocoblak kawas sarilaing”

      ngocoblak tiasa? sae atuh.. upami ombeh tiasa? tah sungutna ombehan heula saacan ngocoblak meh rada tertib… hahahahahahahahahhahaah

    • Ni'ang 7:59 am on October 9, 2007 Permalink

      Sok atuh upami a’a teh bade dialog, hayu atuh urang dialog, diobrolkeun upami aya kalepatan teh palih mana. Upami di puisi eta teh aya anu ngahina agami, tepangkeun ku A’a teh dina palih mana. Bilih ieu mah, bilih ternyata ieu teh saukur salah paham. Leres teu A’? Ayeuna a’a tulas tulis anu kirang sae kabacana, mun kabaca ku batur pan ngagonggoreng agama sorangan sanes? Sok atuh tunjukeun ku A’a bahwa A’a teh umat beragama anu sopan jeung berbudaya, sanes jeger terminal anu budak baduk bautr, kalakuan siga budak leutik ambekan pundungan.. kirang sae panginten A’?

    • blauloretta 8:02 am on October 9, 2007 Permalink

      Hallo Kang,
      Maaf kalau tulisan di atas menyinggung perasaan akang. Tapi saya juga merasa berhak untuk mengajukan keberatan karena akang telah memaki dan menggunakan kata-kata yang menurut saya sangat kasar. Terus terang saya sangat percaya kalau perbedaan pendapat adalah sesuatu yang wajar dan kalau kita mau saling bicara dan membuka diri dapat membuat kita menjadi dewasa.

      Saya dibesarkan oleh keluarga yang taat beragama. Sejauh yang saya tahu, kedua orang tua saya selalu mengajarkan untuk berlaku santun dan menggunakan kata-kata yang sopan apabila berkomunikasi dengan orang lain. Kalaupun ada perbedaan, tidak perlu mempermasalahkan perbedaan dengan makian dan caci maki. Apalagi dengan menggunakan kekerasan.

      Sementara itu saya yakin sekali pada dasarnya semua agama mengajarkan kita untuk saling menghargai dan mencintai sesama, walaupun kita saling berbeda. Menyikapi perbedaan dengan kebencian dan kekerasan tidak ada gunanya kang. Leih baik kita berteman dan menyikapi perbedaan sikap dengan cara yang lebih manusiawi. Mari kita bicara baik-baik, agar perbedaan sikap dapat menjadi jalan menuju pengetahuan, bukan kehancuran.

      Salam,
      -Gustaff

    • digitalove 8:14 am on October 9, 2007 Permalink

      Bebas berekspresi boleh, tapi ada batasannya…masalahnya kita kan hidup di Indonesia yang masih kental dengan budaya dan norma…jadi, jadilah seniman yang peka tapi tetap bisa realistis dan berpikiran terbuka serta dewasa. jadi kalau ada sesama seniman yang ternyata terlalu keluar jalur sebaiknya diingatkan, bukan dihakimi dan sebaiknya dengan bahasa yang lebih terpelajar…Maaf saya bukan seniman, tapi saya sangat menikmati seni.

    • mahesa 5:48 am on October 17, 2007 Permalink

      hik..hik..asyik pada berantem..
      hidup demokrasi..

    • mahesa 5:57 am on October 17, 2007 Permalink

      satu lagi,

      asyik juga jadi tau siapa yang berlagak malaikat /..punya sayap/..nyinyir dan cerewet/ia berlagak sebagai mahluk baik/..
      silahkan direnungkan dan ditobati.

      hik..hik

  • blauloretta 2:12 pm on August 7, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Roundup: Multimedia Blogging & Podcasting Workshop @ r-ICT / Portable.MediaLab 

    By Ryan Koesuma (http://www.deathrockstar.info)

    Just finishes the workshop this afternoon. It turned up to be a meaningful experience. What I thought was gonna be a simple and casual Q&A (based on what Gustaff described to me before) turned up to be a really really serious seminar in a meeting room. I was panicked as shit, since I didn’t really prepared any arranged materials. So I had to improvised and let the adrenaline and narcissism do the talking. On the other hand, beside the mumbling habit, I think I do fine.

    About 50 people or so showed up, the meeting room is quite full. The crowd varies, from highschool students to middle-aged citizens. I didn’t noticed that much. But there were no questions at all in sessions, only after that people started coming to me to ask for questions. I guess it’s a normal habit for the people here.

    Thanks to Gustaff, Reina, Mbak Nunung, Bram and the rest of the folks. I hope someday we could do something like this again.

    If you haven’t come to the conference, please come, there will be a screen print workshop by Luki, VJ workshop by Niang, and music-making workshop by Dina, also performances by Polyester Embassy and Rock N Roll Mafia this afternoon.

     

  • blauloretta 8:35 am on August 7, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Indonesia Raya, YouTube, Roy Suryo, and the whole Government Bandwagon 

    By Ryan Koesuma (http://www.deathrockstar.info)

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    As you all may know about the hottest buzz of the year over the weekend, our national self proclaimed “telematics expert” charlatan, Roy Suryo, has led the world of Indonesian news and media, digital culture, government officials, historians and debunkers up side down. Here is the speed I gathered after I was away on weekend and didn’t catch the buzz.

    Roy Suryo, the charlatan, declares over the weekend that he found a celluloid footage of what seems to be some sort of a national treasure that contained the original historical video version of Indonesia Raya with 3 verses. He claimed to he found it along with the team of Air Putih Nasional from a server somewhere in the library of Leiden University, Netherlands. He insist that government high officials and historians makes a move about his discovery, contacting through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Information and Communication. To a further length he intended to bring WR Supratman’s Niece to meet with the President for further authentification.

    What really happened is this. He didn’t actually discover anything. The celluloid footage from the foreign server (I know, I know, it didn’t made any sense) that he claimed, was actually a video uploaded on YouTube sometime by the end of last year by a person related to Marhaenist movements. That video from YouTube was downloaded by a person within Air Putih, and stored in his harddisk. Roy Suryo, by the chance, copied some files from the particular harddisk, and when he saw it, he exclaimed “Eureka!” with joy and running naked through the ruins of Rome. The video itself has gained quite a notoriety on YouTube and has already been viewed almost 60,000 times.

    The song itself wasn’t really the long lost version. Forgotten, maybe, but you might wanna check your books from elementary school, and you could still find it there. So what’s the discovery all about?

    Being who he is, Roy Suryo managed to held a press conference and made the buzz over the weekend. And when his plan gets unravelled and debunked as the confirmation goes along the way, he compares himself as Columbus that found America, not the Indians. Touche, my friend, touche…

     

  • blauloretta 3:52 pm on August 2, 2007 Permalink | Reply
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    Portable.MediaLab At r-ICT 2007 

    Portable Medialab - click to enlarge

    Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with monikceltic & FFWD Records presents:

    Portable.MediaLab

    At r-ICT 2007 (International Conference on Rural Information and Communication Technology 2007) / Digital Culture Exhibition
    AULA BARAT ITB, 6-7 August 2007

    Portable.MediaLab is being initiated to host several projects & activities in the public sphere in order to develop network of creative resources/ knowledge in the public domain. Portable.Medialab program & activities consist of:

    • DIY Media Workshop: Short training on ‘how to’ produce/distribute information & knowledge with simple medium and technology that is embedded in our daily life & surroundings. (ZINE, podcasting, blogging, etc.)
    • Video Screening: Showing wide range of video works, started from music videos, short films, experimental videos, etc. This program will engage local video artists, besides showing some works from regional and international artist/film producer.
    • Live Performance: Street music/sound/visual performance that present some work from young artists/collective.

    Program Schedule:
    Media Experimentation (6-7 August 2007)
    Video Streaming Project (6-7 August 2007, in collaboration with TV KAMPUS & USDI-ITB)
    DIY Media Workshop (7 August 2007):

    • Multimedia Blogging
    • Podcasting
    • Graphic Design
    • Screen Printing

    Multimeda Performance (7 August 2007)

    Participating artists & collective:

    *More information & workshop submission please call Nunung at +62.22.70800620, or visit us at:

    Common Room
    Jl. Kyai Gede Utama 8
    Bandung 40132
    West Java – Indonesia

    URL:
    http://www.commonroom.info
    http://www.monikceltic.com
    http://www.ffwdrecords.com
    http://www.projektheterologia.wordpress.com

    **This project is also supported by ANA – Arts Network Asia (http://www.artsnetworkasia.org), group of independent artist, cultural workers and arts activists primarily from Southeast Asia that encourages collaboration initiated or site in Asia and carried out together with Asian artists.

    r-ICT Program Schedule:

    Monday, 6 August 2007

    • 08.30 – 09.00
      Opening r-ICT, Digital Culture Exhibition, Launching ITB-TV
    • 09.30 – 11.00
      Workshop Program: Thumbdigital
    • 11.00 – 11.45
      Collaborative Performance: Terah and Pandhyta
    • 13.00 – 15.00
      Wayang Golek Performance: Dadan Sunandar Sunarya (Puppet Master)

    Tuesday, 7 August 2007

    • 09.00 – 10.30
      Thumbdigital Screening
    • 10.30 – 12.00
      Workshop Program: Multimedia Blogging and Podcasting
    • 12.00 – 13.30
      Workshop Program: Graphic Design
    • 13.30 – 15.00
      Workshop Program: Screen Printing
    • 15.00 – 15.45
      Music Performance: Polyester Embassy
    • 15.45 – 16.30
      Music Performance: RNRM
     

    • arhror 6:04 pm on August 17, 2007 Permalink

      Thanks for the tip

    • blauloretta 10:14 am on August 23, 2007 Permalink

      You welcome :) Looking forward for your participation in our next workshop program…

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