Category: Art
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Minggu Siang
Galeri Salihara, February 2015; On Pameran Seni Perempuan Norwegia: Extensive – The Other Side. Apa yang terjadi di luar manusia, hal-hal yang mengelilinginya; apa yang ada di sekitar saat kira merasa, apa yang “murka” saat kita jumawa? Mungkin – mungkin sekali – pilihan kata-kata tadi cuma sepotong pikiran yang tidak tuntas, yang tidak punya rasa untuk diperpanjang karena…
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‘The Look of Silence’ and Acknowledging the ‘Ugly’
“Senyap” (The Look of Silence) is Joshua Oppenheimer’s second documentary movie after Jagal (The Act of Killing). Both movie took Indonesia’s harrowing social-political turbulence in the years following 1965. The abolishment of communism through the annihilation of people who were connected or thought to have any connections with the communist party took place, It was said to have taken…
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Inside Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake accompanied Roald Dahl as my childhood heroes. The image of Matilda sitting on top of piles of books with her feet dangling from the floor, and the way she took a big cup of chocolate while she read through the pages of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, I knew Matilda could have…
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Moominsummer Madness
I was the only adult in the room that was there without any children company but was equally excited to meet Tove Jansson’s characters came to life. My only concerned? The stare. I would definitely looked like I was out of place. Every adult in the room had at least a young fellow – and they were the…
