“SELAMETAN” LANGGENG ART FOUNDATION

SELAMETAN Digital
All Night Long Video and New Media Arts

This is a 12-hours only event!
From Thursday, 12 May 2011, 16:00
Until Friday, 13 May 2011, 04:00

The first video will be screened on 18:00.

“SELAMETAN” is a Javanese-Indonesian concept of a community gathering, where neighbors and friends are invited to a celebration of an important occasion, to pray and hope for a better future and, most of all, to gather in a convivial sphere. In Yogyakarta, the city where LAF resides, an all night-long wayang performance (shadow puppet play) usually becomes the central part of “selametan”. SELAMETAN Digital is our own version of such long and deep-rooted tradition.

As much as this tradition is still practiced, we are also witnessing that in many ways our life activities and artistic expression drawn by and into digital technology. We are embracing all new forms of art and cultural expressions which in the process of ‘becoming’. We are witnessing, with enthusiasm, how new technologies becoming part of our daily lives, and shaping our contemporary culture. SELAMETAN Digital is an all-night long video and new-media works viewing session to inaugurate Langgeng Art Foundation.

The inauguration speech by the founder of Langgeng Art Foundation Mr. Deddy Irianto and our first director Mr. Enin Supriyanto will start at 19:00 and ends at 19:30.

The people in the foundation are:
Mr. Deddy Irianto, founder and advisory board; Mr. ST Sunardi, advisory board; Mr. Hendro Wiyanto, advisory board; Ms. Tanty Edowaty, steering committee; Ms. Aisyah Hilal, steering committee; Mr. Enin Supriyanto, director; Ms. Grace Samboh, executive director; Ms. Ditya Sarasiastuti, operational manager; Mr. Tony Godfrey, academic board; Mr. Goenawan Mohammad, academic board

Participating artists are:
Ade Darmawan (Indonesia); Anggun Priambodo (Indonesia); Douglas Davis (USA); Genevieve Chua (Singapore); Harwan “Aconk” Panuju (Indonesia); Joseph Beuys (Germany); M. Adel Pasha (Indonesia); Miltos Manetas (USA); Muhammad Akbar (Indonesia); Nam June Paik (Korea); R.E. Hartanto (Indonesia); Reza “Asung” Afisina (Indonesia); Sara Nuytemans (The Netherlands); Su Tomesen (The Netherlands); Tromarama (Indonesia); Wimo Ambala Bayang (Indonesia); Wok The Rock (Indonesia); Yusuf Ismail (Indonesia); 10 Years of Video Art in Indonesia (curated by Hafiz, Indonesia); Green Papaya Projects (selected works, Philipines); akumassa (selected works, Indonesia); OK Video Militia (selected works, Indonesia); Video Battle (selected works, Indonesia)

We would be very honored if you are interested in coming down to Yogyakarta for our inauguration night.

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Langgeng Art Foundation

Postal address:
Jl. Suryodiningratan 37
Yogyakarta 55141
Indonesia

[p] (62)274-417043
[f] (62)274-317712

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MIAN TIARA : COMFORT SPACE AND COMFORT WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

MIAN TIARA: COMFORT SPACE
A musical performance
and
COMFORT WOMEN
A joint project of photographer Jan Banning
and journalist Hilde Janssen

MIAN TIARA: COMFORT SPACE
A musical performance

PERFORMING WITH:
Airport Radio
Kartika Jahja
Risky Summerbee

FRIDAY, 25 MARCH 2011
Langgeng Art Foundation
Jl. Suryodiningratan 37
Yogyakarta
19.30 - 21.00

STAGE INSTALLATION:
I Gusti Ngurah Udiantara
I Made Aswino Aji
S. Teddy Darmawan

HTM: 15.000 IDR

COMFORT WOMEN
A joint project of photographer Jan Banning
and journalist Hilde Janssen

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
at Langgeng Art Foundation
Jl. Suryodiningratan 37, YK

OPENING CEREMONY
26 March 2011, 19.30

EXHIBITION PERIOD
27 March - 11 April 2011

ON-SITE PROGRAMS
29 MARCH 2011
16.00 Presentation by ANTI-TANK Project
19.00 Breaking the silence: Indonesian Jugun Ianfu
(A discussion by InSI and etnohistori.org)

30 MARCH 2011
16.00 Screening “Because We Were Beautiful”
19.00 Discussion by Cephas Photo Forum

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KUOTA! at LANGGENG ART FOUNDATION REVIEW

Kuota ! and Langgeng Art Foundation

Kuota! Is an exhition project inviting several artists who we thought have created intriguing works in the las few years.
Kuota! Is an initiative by the curator Hendro WIyanto. Who takes a “flashback” approach with regards to the art activities in Indonesia so far-be it exhibitons or art far-be it exhibitions or art practices by Indonesia artists.

S. Teddy Darmawan
Love Tank (2009)

Titarubi
Surrounding David (2008)

Eddie Prabandono
Luz #3 Membangun etos (2009)

Kanwa Adikusumah
Lost Soul (2011)

Baihaqi Hasan
An Accidental Harmful Stillness At The Darkest Hour (2011)

Baihaqi Hasan
Accidental Memory in the Case of Death (2008)

Faisal Habibi
Sculpture IV (2010)

Wiyoga Murhandanto
A Space formely Known as a Graveyard (2008)

Narpati Awangga
Itil Payung (Clitoris Umbrella) (2011)

Narpati Awangga
Samsudin (2001)


Not merely recording or remembering the past. Kuota! Also contains the idea to select and put emphasis on certain art works. As a project that we can consider “an exhibition of exhibitions”. Kuota! Will also be able to make presentations and practices of discourse that are different from the original exhibitions.
The retrospective exhibition was initially held regularly by Langgeng Gallery. The first Kuota! Exhibition was held in 2005 (Langgeng – Icon Gallery. Jakarta), Followed by the second one in 2007 (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta), From 201 onwards, Langgeng Art Foundation (LAF), An initiative by the owner of Langgeng Gallery, Deddy Irianto, turns Kuota! As one of the foundation’s routine event. LAF holds the 2011 Kuota! In collaboration with curator Henro Wiyanto, who is also a member of LAF’s board of advisors.


Public Lecture
On visuality & phenomenology
By F. Budi Hardiman
14 April 2011, 4.00pm

A dialogue with the curator
15 April 2011, 4.00pm

Exhibition Period
20 March – 7 May 2011

LANGGENG ART FOUNDATION

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KUOTA! KUOTA! KUOTA!

Kuota! is an exhibition project inviting several artists who we thought have created intriguing works in the last few years. Kuota! is an initiative by the curator Hendro Wiyanto, who takes a “flashback” approach with regards to the art activities in Indonesia so far—be it exhibitions or art practices by Indonesian artists.
Not merely recording or remembering the past, Kuota! also contains the idea to select and put emphasis on certain art works. As a project that we can consider “an exhibition of exhibitions”, Kuota! will also be able to make presentations and practices of discourse that are different from the original exhibitions.

The retrospective exhibition was initially held regularly by Langgeng Gallery. The first Kuota! exhibition was held in 2005 (Langgeng-Icon Gallery, Jakarta), followed by the second one in 2007 (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta). From 2011 onwards, Langgeng Art Foundation (LAF), an initiative by the owner of Langgeng Gallery, Deddy Irianto, turns Kuota! as one of the foundation’s routine event. LAF holds the 2011 Kuota! in collaboration with curator Hendro Wiyanto, who is also a member of LAF’s board of advisors.

ARTIST :
- Baihaqi Hasan
- Eddi Prabandono
- Faisal Habibi
- Kanwa Adikusumah
- Narpati Awangga
- S. Teddy Darmawan
- Titarubi
- Wiyoga Murhandanto

LANGGENG ART FOUNDATION
Jl. Suryodiningratan 37
Yogyakarta 55141
Indonesia
p.+62 274 417043
f. +62 274 371712
e. info@langgengfoundation.org

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