Claudia Seise

One Year on the Scene
Contemporary Art in Indonesia

Indonesian Contemporary Art is an important feature of Indonesian identity and culture. Both well known and young unknown artists and their activities in the local and national art scene form a great part of contemporary art in Indonesia.

The book focuses on the art and culture metropolis Yogyakarta where art and culture belong to everyday life. To obtain a deeper understanding about the dynamic of the current development and situation of contemporary Indonesian art, a period of around one year has been used for research in Yogyakarta. The result is this book that will be of interest to both art and Southeast Asian specialists and people interested in obtaining a better understanding of Indonesian art and culture in general.

This book takes the reader on a colourful journey full of personal stories of artists, artworks and interesting exhibitions. Through personal diary records of art events by the author, the reader will feel like being on the (art) scene in Yogyakarta. Personal accounts by Indonesian artists will make the reader feel as if they are actually meeting them. “One Year on the Scene: Contemporary Art in Indonesia” invites the reader to become part of Indonesian contemporary art for the length of the book and aims to bring contemporary Indonesian art to the world.


Format 225 x 155 mm, 170 Seiten
ISBN 978-3-940132-16-1
Preis 18,90 Euro

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Franziska Fennert und Martin Jankowski (eds)

U(DYS)TOPIA [de|en|ind]

 
"U(DYS)TOPIA – Das Auftauchen von Mythen, Märchen und Legenden in der Gegenwart – in INDONESIEN UND DEUTSCHLAND" lautet der programmatische Titel dieser Gemeinschaftsarbeit indonesischer und deutscher bildender Künstler. Im künstlerischen Dialog erarbeiten sie gemeinsame Kunstwerke, Performances und Ausstellungen, die, durch Veranstaltungen ergänzt, in Dresden, Berlin und Köln vorgestellt werden.

U(DYS)TOPIA versammelt eine junge Künstlergeneration zweier Kulturen zum Thema der Auswirkung von Mythen auf die Gegenwartskunst. Der indonesische Kurator und Kunstdozent Sujud Dartanto (Indonesisches Kunstinstitut Yogyakarta, Zentraljava) hat gemeinsam mit den Künstlerinnen Franziska Fennert (Dresden) und Lenny Ratnasari (Yogyakarta) sowie dem Berliner Kulturkurator und Autor Martin Jankowski ein Projekt entworfen, das es in dieser Form noch nicht gab.

 
"U(DYS)TOPIA – the emergence of myths, fairy tales and legends in contemporary Indonesia and Germany" is the programmatic title of this joint arts project featuring both Indonesian and German artists. In a direct artistic dialogue they collaborate on art works, performances and exhibitions – and the results of this dialogue are presented in Dresden, Berlin and Cologne.

U(DYS)TOPIA brings together a young generation of artists from two different cultures and has them explore one and the same theme: the impact of myths on contemporary arts. The Indonesian curator and art lecturer Sujud Dartanto (Indonesian Art Institute Yogyakarta, Central Java) has, together with the artists Franziska Fennert (Dresden) and Lenny Ratnasari (Yogyakarta) and the curator and author Martin Jankowski (Berlin), created a ground-breaking project.

 
"U(DYS)TOPIA – munculnya mitos, dongeng dan legenda di era Indonesia dan Jerman kontemporer" merupakan tema program dari proyek seni bersama, yang menampilkan seniman Indonesia dan Jerman. Melalui dialog artistik secara langsung, mereka berkolaborasi dalam karya seni berupa performans, dan pameran – dan hasil dari dialog ini digelar di Dresden, Berlin dan Cologne.

U(DYS)TOPIA mempersatukan seniman generasi muda dari dua budaya yang berbeda, dan membuat mereka mengeksplorasi satu tema yang sama: dampak mitos pada seni rupa kontemporer. Kurator dan pengajar seni rupa Indonesia Sudjud Dartanto (ISI Yogyakarta) bersama-sama seniman Franziska Fennert (Dresden) dan Lenny Ratnasari (Yogyakarta) dengan kurator dan penulis seni Martin Jankowski (Berlin), menciptakan sebuah proyek terobosan.


Format 21 x 21 cm, 130 Seiten
ISBN 978-3-940132-14-7
Preis 20,00 Euro

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