Empu Sendok Arts Station

23/02/2023

The summary of our Webinar

Me-llennials? the Fast Changing Reality for Gen Y and Z

14/02/2023

1 day to Healthy Discourse

We are back with “Me-llennials? The fast-changing reality for Gen Y and Z"

Wednesday, February 15
5 PM WIB (Jakarta), 11 AM (Germany), 9 PM (Sydney), 4 AM (Mexico)
📌 Zoom Webinar

Generation Y and Z concerns "Post-covid thinking, relationships, technology, and work-life balance expectations" will be discussed by speakers from four different nations (Indonesia, Germany, Australia, and Mexico).

Then why wait any longer? Sign up today!
Visit https://bit.ly/HealthyDiscourseRSVP

You can also find the RSVP link on our Instagram story,
and discover an idea of discussions between critical young people sharing a diversity of viewpoints.

20/01/2023

Nano and Ratna Riantiarno founded Teater Koma in Jakarta in the year 1997. The philosophy behind the name is to be continuous, never to be finished, and never ever to stop. With Teater Koma he skyrocketed as one of the plays in the world of Indonesian theater.

In Teater Koma’s early days, he wrote most of his stage works, including; Paper House, J.J Atawa Jian Juhro, Sorry. Sorry. Sorry, Contest 1980, Cockroach Opera Trilogy (Time Bomb, Cockroach Opera, Opera Julini), Burisrawa Conglomerate, Golden Triangle Broker, Succession, Prima Donna Opera, Sampek Engtay, Sissy Sue, Opera White Snake, Asylum or Mental Hospital, Greedy Love, Semar Sue, Constipation Opera, President of the Birds, Republic of Bagong, Signs of Love

As an actor, he performed in Woyzeck/Georg Buchner, The Threepenny Opera and The Good Person of Shechzwan/Bertolt Brecht, The Comedy of Error and Romeo Juliet/William Shakespeare, Women in Parliament/Aristophanes, Animal Farm/George Orwell, The Crucible/Arthur Miller, New Rich People and Tartuffe or Republic of Togog/Moliere, The Marriage of Figaro/Beaumarchaise.

During the regime in Indonesia in the 90’s his works were constantly banned but he never stopped, just like said he would.

Farewell Nano Riantiarno….

13/01/2023

Friends deemed him a Modernist, a true Rennaissance man. He is an architect, a designer and a publisher. His work ranges from creating a curved steel espresso machine to super light furniture, designing buildings in 13 countries, 25 years of teaching; fought fascim in both WW1 and WW2. His artistic disciplines has always been open to experimentation as “innovation was a natural fact of evolution”, Ponti reiterates and believed that art was a quotidian necessity – something that should be accessible and functional.

Giovanni “Gio” Ponti was born in Milan, Italy, (1891-1979)

source of picture and quote: Parco Dei Principi, Sorrento, Italy

 

10/01/2023

is a vision of the future necessarily grounded on the reality of today?

It is always a good idea to start the year with fundamental questions.

What is emerging in our hearts?

What are aspirations?

expectations?

Start neutral

clean slate

clarity

Visions may or not be grounded on the reality of today, but may inspire and fill this world and next.

📷 JUNGFRAUJOCH
TOP OF EUROPE
by ESAS 2022

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24/12/2022

With the spirit of Christmas, regards from the ESAS team to our friends in Indonesia, Mexico and the world over.

[photo taken by ESAS in Grindelwald, Switzerland 2022]

22/12/2022

A time for reflection…

Photo taken by ESAS in Grindelwald, Switzerland 2022.

12/12/2022

Astari’s latest work last 29 March 2022 exhibited at Galeri Nasional. Farewell and Rest in Peace, dear Astari. Your essence and your work remain in our lives.

07/12/2022

Artists are essentially truth seekers and they are moved by major disruptions in their surroundings or the universe at large or they are moved by a certain irrepressible vision of what is to emerge. They can’t help themselves other than to express their beliefs in some art form or rolled into an influencing movement.

Their voices are evocative, in fact disruptive, evoking discomfort in societies but most often for the better.

05/12/2022

Dutch born visual artist, Mella Jaarsma has made Indonesia her home base. She is very much engaged with the artistic sphere in Yogyakarta where much of her art pieces are created, and exhibited in important platforms from the National Gallery Jakarta to the Venice Bienalle. Her work takes on an anthropological perspective: curious and respectful but, of late, deeply social if not political. In its expression, it is subtle, non-confrontational, clearly decolonizing - triggering us, the viewer, to ask questions, especially when the reality of the past makes for an unsettling feeling when seen from the context today. Her pieces are complex costume installations which reflect her peculiar way to address issues that captures her attention. From everyday objects, to almost extinct animals. Mella also brings to fore her subjects in a way that is evocative, enveloped with a strange or quirky sense of humor. Her focus is on forms of cultural and racial diversity out of the function of clothing and the way applied on the body.

For full version of podcast, link is on bio!

02/11/2022

El Dia de los Mu***os (Day of the Dead) is one of the most prominent syncretic form, a fusion of pre-Hispanic religious rites and Catholic feasts, to conmemorate the transitory return to earth of deceased relatives and loved ones.

It's a festive celebration of remembrance and togetherness. The tradition is celebrated thoughout Mexico but it's yearly dedicated place is in the cemeteries in Michoacan México.

29/10/2022

Arco Renz, performance artist and founder of Kobaltworks Dance Company shares his

24/10/2022

22/10/2022

Suproapto Suryodarmo (Prapto) studied free movement, Vipassana and Javanese Sumarah meditation techniques placing these practices within the nature, temple and human field. He developed a movement practice "Joged Amerta" based on improvisation and perception of our relationship with the natural world and the environment which cultivates an attitude towards life.
 
In 2017 Ines joined Prapto and a group of artists at his uniquely landscaped garden in Solo, Central Java for a whole week. That was the first time that Ines went to Candi Boko and practiced with Prapto. A session that marked her in such way that she has prepared this video as a tribute to the 1,000 days of his passing.

"When he invited me to move it hit me that we, all living creatures, come from one, singular consciuosness. That we are all one" Ines said.
 
As IDF Indonesian Dance Festival 2022 starts today, ESAS remembers Pak Prapto in this special way.
 
Please go to the link in the bio to view the whole film.
 







Suryodarmo

06/10/2022

Deepest condolences on this human tragedy in Kanjuruhan Stadium, East Java. Our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.

To find clarity is an absolute necessity not only to heal but to avoid incidents like these from recurring.

10/09/2022

Back to Jogja!
The incredible display of local art was astonishing in ArtJog 2022, ESAS was there to witness the spirit of hope in Expanding Awareness.

Artists Ipeh Nur X Enka Komariah, based Naif Band's lyric on an idea of a dream house – the artist questioned the idea of a 'freedom' in 1965 part of a speculative narrative of Indonesia's history of Pacific War.

02/09/2022

This three-day experience was conducted by a team of experts in U Theory and Mindfulness where they encourage each one of the future leaders to express themselves through social arts.

For ESAS it’s important to stimulate these creative minds with fresh initiatives be able to see their projects come true.

02/09/2022

ESAS Dialogue Lab is a space where future leaders can experienced a shift in perspective, moved by the integration of the mind and the heart, encountering and sensing our 'present' moment with enjoyment.

09/07/2022

Do we sacrifice the planet or do we sacrifice ourselves?

On this special day of commemorating Eid Al-Adha we contemplate ‘climate’.

Whether as a crisis or opportunity, or simply our everyday experience, it is an all-embracing subject for Self expression and realization.

Run without interruption since 1769, the Summer Exhibition showcases art in all forms from painting, sculpture to archtecture by invited artists, Royal Academicians and emerging talent.

The theme chosen by the exhibition’s coordinator, Alison Wilding RA, is ‘Climate’.

Quote inspired by Shams Tabrizi.

30/06/2022

ESAS is observing and learning how local communities in Kampung Papring are looking to revive local traditional ‘lumbung’ food systems to anticipate food security and safety

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08/06/2022

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02/06/2022

𝐀 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐦, 𝐚 𝐕𝐏 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐓𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐑. 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

Tisha () is an Indonesian born, Killara based performer and has appeared in over 25 theatrical productions across Sydney.

Principal roles Tisha has played include Magda, Ladies in Black; Lady Thiang, The King & I Mother Abbess, The Sound of Music; Guido's Mama, Nine; and George’s Mother in Sunday in The Park with George. Moreover, she is a lyric soprano and has performed for Willoughby Symphony Choir, Jubilate Singers, Chatswood Musical Society, and various corporate & community events as a featured soloist.

When not performing, Tisha assumes her most fulfilling roles as Mother to Jared, Spouse to Andres as well as serves as Board Member for not-for-profit theatrical company D2 Productions.

To fund her passion projects, she is the VP, Customer Business APAC for Pearson’s Workforce Skills Division.

“Please watch and support independant theatre”, Tisha cries out loud!

This will mean you support not only the artists but the theatre arts ecosystem so severely impacted by the pandemic.

20/05/2022

“In the food sector by and large, women are the ones who are making food choices, women are the ones who are buying food for their families, preparing food, is an integral part of their lives. Although we might be doing also some other roles as well, but they are still the main carers.
This is the opportunity to include more female voices at the top…"

ESAS highlights the Oliver Wyman Forum “Leadership Re-imagined: The Role of Women as Climate Changemakers"

14/05/2022

Sometimes new beginnings can really shift the course of a lifetime. That is the case of Jean Pascal when he travelled to Indonesia in 1991 to work for École Francaise d’Extrême Orient, a Jakarta based research center established by Louis Charles Damais; the one that inspired Jean’s recent writings for his Cultural Studies Master.

Graduated from La Sorbonne University in Paris, his past as a journalist for contemporary publishers seems far in the distance.

Not only opportunities kept Jean Pascal in Indonesia, but his fascination for a living culture, always moving and that prioritizes social relationship. Indonesia is home to him where he's found a chosen family of friends.

Amongst works he's translated is the Javanese Epic of the 19th Century: Serat Centhini.

Today he divides his professional time between writing essays and articles, translating books, subtitling films, and lecturing about Javanese culture and literature, about the spice route and Borobudur Temple.

27/04/2022

“You have to believe first to allow what we cannot see, come out as our words because we do not know or do not want it to exist. After all, intelligence is also the ability to adapt to change and choosing, when possible, is a wonderful act.” said Carla Faesler in one of her writings.

With artistic blood flowing from her family of artists, she began her aesthetic side in 2000-2010 with the art and literature group; Motin Poeta. Later on, she maintains her works as writer and experimental poet following her award-winning "Anábasis maqueta" poetry book in Owen National Literature Award and "Formol" novel as the best book by La tempestad magazine in 2014.

The interdisciplinarity characteristic of Carla brought her to experiment with a different form of dialogue through photo poems, video poems, and cine poems. She has shown her work in several international literature festivals and has collaborated with artists such as Melanie Smith, Mariana Castillo Deball, and Francis Alys.

She studied Political Science and Administration, and later on she got her Masters in Development Studies, and Aesthetics & Theory of Arts. The love of academia which preceded her to political activism career and experimental poetry.

06/04/2022

Tita Djumaryo’s () has a passion for the arts and believes that the ability to express artistically, connecting the hand, heart, and mind, can unleash one’s creativity and open innovative mindsets so relevant and important in the face of today’s complexity.

With a degree in arts studies from ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology) Tita a practicing artist, founded Ganara Art in 2002, to provide art classes to people of all ages and needs. According to her, In order for Ganara Art to be sustainable, it has to become a ‘movement’. And with that in mind, Ganara Art has opened several spaces in Jakarta, including its presence in malls for the outreach program. Soon branching out to Bali and exploring other cities.

In 2014, she jump started the Gerakan Sosial Mari berbagi Seni , making available arts education for street children, orphans, terminally ill patients, remote children, and people with special needs and disabilities.

Tita incorporates critical thinking into the youth leadership program convinced that the ability to express develops strength of character.

The pandemic did not stop their movement, in fact, they have managed to carry out more than 700 online activities.

Tita also collaborates with other organizations and initiatives such as Koalisi Seni, that advocates for gender equity and education. She founded .untuk.indonesia and .untuk.indonesia to spread the spirit of diversity by raising the local culture.

She’s an active speaker both at home and abroad.

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01/04/2022

The start of fasting commencing this month of Ramadhan is determined by the first sight of the crescent moon (hilal) that appears above the western horizon.

Over time different methods of observing the start emerged, one other example referring the Hijri* Calendar, giving rise to much discussion if not debate what is right or preferred.

The hilal, as the beginning of a new cycle is auspicious for agriculture. It started 26 centuries ago in the new Babylonian period in Mesopotamia and continues to be used in other civilizations.

In any event, the passion to abide by what is the most proper, is a welcome rite, a beautiful Islamic tradition.

*Hijri calendar: Islamic lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months.

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆.

See also https://www.kompas.com/sains/read/2021/04/12/110000823/mengenal-hilal-penentu-awal-bulan-ramadhan-dan-sabda-nabi-saw?page=all