In Chains Went to Germany

In Chains is my latest collaboration project with UK based artist and mental health activist the vacuum cleaner. This project raised a radical mental health community in Cianjur, West Java called Istana KSJ  into an 18-minute video.

After debuting for Festival Bebas Batas part of UK/ID Festival at The National Gallery of Indonesia last October, I had the opportunity to present this project at two different festivals in Germany.

"THE PERSONAL IS THE POLITICAL"

is part of Utopia Film Festival which held in the city of Bremen, Germany on 29 October 2018. In there James aka "the vacuum cleaner" presented his old project entitled "Madlove" Designer of Asylum, followed by our presentation about In Chains. 

At least 90 tickets were sold out!

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After Bremen, James and I flew to Munich. In there we performed at a large festival called "POLITIK IM FREIN THEATER"

 in a session called 

"Tender Provocations, The Art of a Culture of Hope" 

which was curated by James the vacuum cleaner & Jessica Huber, taken place at Kammerspiele Theater Munich, Germany on 2 & 3 November 2018.

James and I performed on the same stage with influential disability artists and activists from  UK & Europe such as Noemi Lakmaier, Katherine Araniello, Kim Noble, Jessica Hubber.

Before the show along with Noemi Lakmaier (Artist & Activist), Kim Noble (Artist), Mary Osborn (Artists' producer), Katherine Araniello (Artist & Activist).

Festival Bebas Batas

Festival Bebas Batas (which roughly translates as ‘free of boundaries’, or ‘unlimited’) will be Indonesia’s first festival of brilliant art by disabled people.

The festival is the brainchild of a group of artists, curators and activists, including artist Hana Madness, who visited the Unlimited Festival in London in 2016 and was inspired to create a festival with the same spirit in Indonesia.

Taking place at the National Gallery in Jakarta on 12-29 October 2018, the festival is designed to complement the Asian Para Games, which will be held in Jakarta, also in October.

The festival is a collaboration between Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Art Brut Collective, and British Council Indonesia.

That's me, when I gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the Festival Bebas Batas. I conveyed how I feel proud because this Festival can be realized in Indonesia and also will be a new history of Arts & Disability in Indonesia.

Along with Director of NoMa Museum Japan, Director of the British Council Indonesia, Art Director of The Ministry National and Culture of Indonesia, and The Curator of Festival Bebas Batas.

In front of my new set of painting called "Emotionally Unstable Family"

Got a chance to meet Director General of the Ministry National Education and Culture of Indonesia, Bapak Hilmar Farid.

100% Manusia Film Festival (100% Human Film Festival)

It such an honor for me to be able to design a poster for 100% Human Festival 2018. This festival is very interesting for me personally because it raises humanitarian issues such as Gender, HIV AIDS, Disability, and more... 

They have lots of interesting films that are screened in places in Jakarta from 14 to 23 September 2018.

For more info kindly visit...

100% Human Festival 

Me along with Ananda Sukarlan as a festival ambassador, the director of the festival also the director of Pavilliun 28 during the press conference and official opening on 10 September 2018 at Institut Français d'Indonésie.

Painting Workshop and Art Talk Road To Festival Bebas Batas

Road to Festival Bebas Batas

Sofar Sounds Jakarta collaborates with The British Council of Indonesia @idbritisharts at @kiosojokeos (2/9) which stars an art therapy with @hanamadness 

Also a discussion and Q & A with the speakers of this event which are:
• @hanamadness, Artist and one of the originators of the Festival Bebas Batas• @hasnna_ from @teatertujuh which is a theater for those with hearing disabilities
• @ramyaprajna, moderator and founder of @think.web

With all the participants of my painting workshop "Turning emotions into characters'

Pre Exhibition of Festival Bebas Batas

My friends, do you still remember with painting workshops that we have done in 5 different Mental Hospitals few months ago?

As we have promised, the results of their works have been officially opened and you can enjoy it at Terminal 3 Ultimate, Soekarno Hatta International Airport from August 30 to October 4 2018.

The exhibition titled "Aneka Rupa Lima RSJ" has become a pre-event exhibition of Festival Bebas Batas which will be held on October 12-29 2018 at the National Gallery of Indonesia.

The location is right in the departure lounge of Soekarno Hatta International Airport

I made a symbol of the opening exhibition

Along with the director of the ministry of education and culture, the director of Angkasapura, curator, and staff

with Mr. Director of the ministry national education and culture of Indonesia

Being interviewed by the media...

Enjoy! :D

ASYAAF & Hidden Artists Festival South Korea

I'll be representing Indonesia in ASYAAF Hidden Artists Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

ASYAAF Hidden Artists Festival is a festival for students and young artists. Will be held in Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) from Tuesday, July 24th to Sunday, August 19th, 2018.

This year, works of 400 young artists under the age of 36 (ASYAAF) and artists over the age of 36 (Hidden Artists) will be displayed together, creating more variety in this festival.

Asian artists from Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, etc. will be up putting up their art for sale and SAM (Student Art Managers) will be on-site to assist potential buyers by providing consultations and description of artworks.

Here is the list of the artists:

Japan: Junichi Ikeda, Masaomi Kato, Yuko Mori, Sakamoto Tokuro, Mari Kawai

China- Hongzhe Ma

Taiwan: Kathy Liao, Dirty Paper, Yang Yi-Shiang, Wong Mei Yin, Yip Chun Kit

Hongkong: Chan Ka yee, Sui Ying Chan

India: Priyanka Govil, Mithra Kamalam, Manali Shroff

Indonesia: Hana Madness

Thailand: Sarawut Chutiwongpeti

Philippines: Valerie Chua

Lebanon: Serge Najjar