Tinggal* : Eight weeks that would last a lifetime.

Written as reflection to my residency period at Bumi Pemuda Rahayu. * The word to stay and leave in Bahasa Indonesia uses the same word which is Tinggal. I have to say that is quite sentimental of Indonesians using this word. Somehow it leaves a little smile once I realise the sentimental feel to it.  Since … Continue reading →

Notes of Curiousity : Where the streets, shops and animals has no name.*)

*) adapted from U2 music titled Where the streets has no name.     It caught my curiosity that people in Dlingo and Munthuk don’t name the animals they take care of. Not cats, not cows, chicken. Some of the families here has hamsters or a family of squirrels. But never did they name them. … Continue reading →

Week 2: What do you do when there is no electricity?

*) Written as part of Residency Programme at Bumi Pemuda Rahayu, October – December 2014 The 8-weeks long residency at Bumi Pemuda Rahayu requires us to present our plan to the public. This time the presentation was held at KUNCI Cultural Studies in Yogyakarta. Which means we shall drive down the mountains into the city. … Continue reading →

My first week at Bumi Pemuda Rahayu : Survival in Java (modern) mountains.

*) Written as part of Residency Programme at Bumi Pemuda Rahayu, October – December 2014 Late last month I received an invitation from Bumi Pemuda Rahayu to spend time and work within ‘Art and Ecology’ theme at Munthuk Village, Projo Tamansari, Dlingo, Kabupaten Bantul. I flew in to Indonesia ten days before the residency began. … Continue reading →