As Indonesian citizen and museum enthusiast I felt a little embarrassed that it took me years for me to visit Museum Nasional Indonesia in Jakarta. Mostly because I am guilty in underestimating quality of public service (and that includes museum institutions) in Indonesia. Long story short, on a fortunate afternoon during my stay in Jakarta, … Continue reading
It is #MuseumWeek on Twitter and many are posting things that made impression on people about any museum and objects in the world. My timeline is filled with images of objects and testimonials about Twitterians impressions. While I think it is lovely to see of course, I can’t help but noticing one thought at the … Continue reading
Since the dawn of the Internet, the idea of digitising, well, everything, became an obsession for many including museum and other collecting privates and institutions. And then as these datas being digitised there is also desire to make available for the public, or, what we know these days as Open Data. For example today, thanks to … Continue reading
I have been observing museum practice, or rather the changes in cultural policies, in The Netherlands for the last five years ever since the economic crisis hit Europe in late 2009. What this crisis means for the cultural sector is that the government will need to shift around on what the country is spending as … Continue reading
I was very happy to learn that the exhibition of 19th Century fashion, Mr Darcy meets Eline Vere, Romantische Mode has finally taken place. Apart from history books and films, you don’t get to see attires like these close and personal. Entering the exhibition we were greeted by a video loop of history … Continue reading
Impakt Festival HQ, Utrecht I’ve been meaning to visit Impakt Festival for, about a year now, but only now I managed to make time and appointment to visit their headquarters. The festival itself had been a part of Utrecht for 25 years, now. Impakt aims to present critical and creative views on contemporary media … Continue reading
I’ve written a thorough analysis of a masterpiece from S. Sudjojono, it was written in Bahasa Indonesia. I hope I will have the time to translate it into English. But, meanwhile : Perjalanan Waktu S.Sudjojono, Telaah lukisan Sultan Agung Melawan Jan Pieterzoon Coen 1628-1629 (1973-1974) Continue reading
I bought tickets to the museum in May last year, as part of birthday gift to my lover. We did not get to use it until yesterday. (Yes, we could linger for very long to execute a plan.) Since then, the subject of Rijks (space) Museum came about and it’s always an average review, some … Continue reading
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