Journey to Wonderland

Journey to Wonderland

My piece for our studio’s group exhibition, Journey to Wonderland, a queer comic & illustration exhibition, part of Q! Film Festival Jakarta 2009. Photos and details available at Seven Blue Artland’s website.

 

Ruang-ruang Dalam Kepala

Ruang-ruang Dalam Kepala

[ 08.06.09 to 08.06.20. ] One coloured page of my short comic, Otik, is exhibited as part of Ruang-Ruang Dalam Kepala: A Visual Exhibition – comic, painting, drawing, animation and installation, 9 – 20 June 2008, Japan Foundation, Gd Summitmas II Jakarta. A3 digital print, poster colour & digital media (Painter & Photoshop).

 

C2O library

C2O library

The current progress of my latest project — C2O library slash cinematheque. It wasn’t what I had in mind (I had visualised what every gazillion people probably imagine when the phrase “small, cozy bookshop” pops up), but we are working on it. With a tremendous help from Danny’s technical notes, I’m [...]

 

Pierrot no. 3 – L’idiot

Pierrot no. 3 – L’idiot

Old sketch coloured. Pencil and photoshop. Inspired by G.

 

The Man from London (Béla Tarr, 2007)

The Man from London (Béla Tarr, 2007)

Although replete with gorgeous mise-en-scene characteristics of his later works, The Man from London falls frustratingly short to Tarr’s previous works. Tarr’s usual late bag of tricks — richly-textured, gorgeous long takes, Mihaly Vig’s cyclic music (which is rather annoying this time compared to his previous transcendental scores), along with the dance-in-a-bar, unblinking, silent characters [...]

 

New reviews

New reviews

New at books @ cc. Iranian Cinema: A Political History (EN) by Hamid Reza Sadr * The Story of Film (EN) by Mark Cousins Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination (EN) by Edogawa Ranpo The Suns of Independence (EN) by Ahmadou Kurouma Kampus Kabelnaya (ID) by Koesalah Soebagyo Toer The Piano Teacher (EN-ID) by Elfriede Jelinek Kembang Jepun (ID) by Remy Sylado A [...]

 

Untitled (Otik)

Untitled (Otik)

PLEASE READ FROM RIGHT TO LEFT Other info: Tools: Pencil, ink on paper, photoshop Photo of the main character, Otik, in puppet form

 

Langen Suka at Soundwaves – Ripple

Langen Suka at Soundwaves – Ripple

Sunday 29 April 2007, 1:00-3:00 pm, Dee Why Beach, Sydney. Langen Suka Sydney Gamelan Association Thomas Stewart, Director Tabitha Williams, Dancer A Performance of Javanese Gamelan Music and Dance as part of the Soundwaves – Ripple Festival, Warringah Council featuring the solo dance ‘Gambir Anom’ in Central-Java style, and a selection of traditional instrumental gamelan pieces in the pelog [...]

 

International Puppet Carnival

International Puppet Carnival

internationalpuppetcarnival.com.au 26 June-2 July at Federation Square, Melbourne Genghis (Phil) and Khan (Cam), supposedly professional rhino (Adam) herders by ERTH. ERTH (Adam Kealy, Cameron Searle, and Phil Downing) performed in Puppet I-Doll at the BMW Edge in Federation Square. Uhm, yeah, Australia’s own… Puppet Idoll, Pup-pup-puppet Idoll, deemed safe enough for the kiddies. (We had that song stuck [...]

 

Mother, hallelujah

Mother, hallelujah