Jazz gunung adalah pagelaran musik tahunan yang diadakan tanpa putus sejak 2009 di kawasan wisata Bromo atau Taman Nasional Tengger Semeru, Jawa Timur. Musisi yang pernah tampil di antaranya adalah Djaduk Ferianto, yang pada awalnya juga adalah penggagas konsep acara ini. Ia hampir selalu tampil setiap tahunnya bersama sekian musisi seperti Kua Etnika, Trie Utami dan Idang Rasjidi. Continue reading Jazz di alam Indonesia
Tak banyak yang bisa diperbuat untuk memadamkan api di ketinggian gedung baru Neo SOHO hingga puncaknya di lantai 42. Meski pemadam senantiasa memadamkan api, namun semprotan air tak mampu mencapai ketinggian di atas 20 lantai. Asa dan keberanian para pemadam harus berhenti di batas ketinggian tangga otomatis. Jauh di atas sana, api merambat semakin tinggi, dan sesaat setelah terlihat sudah padam, panas yang belum pupus membuat api kembali menyala. Continue reading Telaah kebakaran pencakar langit
Eko Supriyanto draws the inspiration from ethnic groups traditional value and social setting, then reconceptualizes them in his work, such as clearly demonstrated in the Balabala. Continue reading Jailolo in Eko’s bold conception
Judul tinjauan seni yang klise, namun rangkaian pertunjukan seni di SIPFest 2016 mengundang pertanyaan dan pernyataan yang sama menyangkut komentar khalayak tentang perkembangan seni tari yang dikurasi oleh Komunitas Salihara tersebut. Menarik untuk disimak kembali anggapan bahwa seni kontemporer, khususnya tari, tidak pernah beranjak dari unsur tradisional. Continue reading Quo vadis tari kontemporer?
Di balik koridor yang menjebak udara dingin, para buruh harian berhadapan dengan beban yang terus menanti untuk dipikul setiap hari. Ini bukan saja pekerjaan berat, tapi merusak tubuh. Continue reading Coretan para pemanggul keramik
In one of the most intense art performance in SIPFest 2016, the ARICA Theater Company draws an inspiration from a mundane cycle of life which conveys a universal message about a vivid impression of everyone’s life that often failed to be notice. Continue reading 20 years of kubikukuri
Ever since it underwent major interior makeover a couple of years ago, the restaurant, which is housed in a conserved building in Menteng – the Dutch remainings of urban housing complex with ecological concept arguably the maiden project of its time in Asia – quickly became one of the most celebrated culinary stops in town. Continue reading Kuntskring Paleis
Komunitas Salihara’s traditional bienalle festival, held consecutively ever since its opening in 2008, then called Festival Salihara, begins in October with a more significant merit to be an internationally recognized art stage showcasing its well curated exhibitions so far under the new name SIPFest 2016, said the Program Director Nirwan Dewanto. Continue reading Sipfest 2016 to find a relevance in the host country
At the north-end of Jatiluhur Dam, Purwakarta, lush trees at the foothill of Mount Lembu that descends to the giant reservoir makes perfect habitat for bird and lizard. Shading between the trunks and wriggling roots, these animals once in a while appear to seek food and water, and that is precisely when the danger awaits them. Continue reading Bird hunt in a giant reservoir
Indonesia’s first and biggest dam gets more critical each year as the waste from fish farm continues to accumulate and the illegal population sprawled out of control to its peak at some thirty thousands, a number that had caught the governor’s attention, vowing to reduce it to the accepted quota at 4,000. Continue reading The village in a reservoir
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