Cooperated with PerformanceKlub Yogyakarta, HONF Foundation and Indonesia Visual Art Archive, this project was initiated as an ephemeral platform on the basis of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchanges through several program designs. This activity aims to create a knowledge exchange and conduct introspection into oneself, and exploring the critical values of the urgent needs around us, while at the same time maintaining human attitudes and awareness.
The development of machinery, science and technology in today's human civilization tends to have a complex impact, and often creates inconsistencies and unbalanced, even though the initial goal of its creation is to lead a more balanced for human life. On the other hand, the increase and rapid of human population is very fast and creates consequences for primary needs which are increasingly eroded by the power of capital. It relates to the global political and economic situation which has orientation only to the market and power, through the struggle for energy sources which then politicizes human rights, democracy, religion, ethnicity, and racial matters.
In the discourse and study of the ancient archipelago (Nusantara) our ancestor describes the principle things in living life. It mapped into three structures; Uriping Jagad (understood as the element of the creator of human beings), Uriping Angen-angen (understood as the human soul), and Uriping Roso (understood as the unified consciousness between spirit and soul with the creator). These things were then trusted and then lived and ruled the life of Nusantara people at that time.
Curated by
Iwan Wijono
Directed by
M. Haryo Hutomo
Supported by
Performance Klub, HONF Foundation, Indonesia Visual Art Archive
Program Overview
Multidimensional Performative Program
I) Opening Act
9 March 2019
Ajisaka Art House, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta
15.00 - 21.00 WIB
Folk Art Performance
At the opening action, there will be a number of performances initiated by local citizen and selected participants. Folk art performances will blend with contemporary art performances. This action is open for public.
II) Incubation
10 - 14 March 2019
Ajisaka Art House, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta
Self Purify Workshop (inner action)
Artists and practitioners gathered for four days, they served only water, fruits and vegetable soup for their daily menus. Each participant required to provide a self-purification workshop alternately and there are 3-4 workshops every day. This workshop is open to the public, and open to anyone. Self-purification, reducing material or physical dimensions (reducing eating / drinking and desire), doing relaxation, breathing, meditation, union with the universe / something holly and feeling / listening to the deepest sounds / movements, this is a common basic method , which will then be translated into different languages by participants, according to their respective backgrounds. This activity is to see how a self-purification workshop can be functions as an artworks.
III) Public Presentation
15 - 16 March 2019
IVAA, Indonesia Art Archive, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
HONF_Lab, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Multidimensional Performative Action (action out)
After reunite with the innermost self, to listen and feel their most silent inner movements, then the participants convey it to the world with new language, they produce new messages that enlighten to the public at large. The message relates to the development of human life from time to time, or as an experience during the incubation period. In the duration of two days, either the incubation participants or workshop participants perform and do action or they deliver the ideas in the form of presentation. Even though it will be a simple presentation, we hope that it reach the depth and be fully present all the experiences during the incubation time.
