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Gramedia Expo, Jl. Basuki Rachmat Surabaya
27 Mei – 2 Juni 2009

Beberapa buku borongan:

1) Gunawan Maryanto (2005) Bon Suwung. Yogyakarta: AKY & INSISTPress

Kumpulan cerpen Gunawan yang diangkat dan diolah dari teks-teks yang sudah ada sebelumnya, entah legenda, novel, puisi ataupun penelitian. Dikelola dengan bahasa yang berirama, menggoda dan renyah, dengan karakter dan peristiwa yang saling bertautan. Menarik juga di sini adalah  endnotesnya yang terasa bukan hanya sekedar “tempelan” pameran pengetahuan, tapi juga bagian komplementer; bagian, lanjutan, bahkan flashback, dari cerita itu sendiri yang sama asyiknya.

Membaca buku ini saya jadi teringat buku J. L. Borges, Kisah Aib. Kebetulan baru saja dipinjami teman saya. Kalau suka Bon Suwung boleh tuh dicoba Kisah Aib, terbitan LKiS.

Pertama kali tau karya-karya Gunawan Maryanto sebenarnya dari puisinya. Cerpen-cerpennya ternyata juga amboi…

2) Afrizal Malna

3) Hatib Abdul Kadir Olong (2007) Tangan Kuasa dalam Kelamin: Telaah Homoseks, Pekerja Seks dan Seks Bebas di Indonesia. Yogyakarta: Insist Press.

Sebelumnya saya sudah familiar sedikit dengan tulisan-tulisan negro_manis satu ini, antara lain Tato, artikel-artikelnya di majalah GN…

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otik-05_coloured

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).

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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 scale, from ‘gendhing alus’ (refined) to ‘gendhing soran’ (loud style) to ‘gendhing gecul’ (humorous).

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I played the saron barung for the whole repertoire, except for Manyarsewu (in which I majorly screwed up by haphazardly hitting the gong and the kempul).

Langen Suka is grateful to the Australian Museum, the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia and the University of Sydney for the use and loan of the gamelan instruments.

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Siblings

1st showing: Bowraville Grants Hall
High St., Bowraville
Wed 14 June 2006, 12.30pm – 2.30pm

2nd showing: Redfern Community Centre
29-53 Hugo St., Redfern
Tue 27 June 2006, 6.00pm – 7.30pm

With its origin in dreaming, the story of siblings unfolds, a bird starts losing its feathers, a girl eats them and the Storm Sisters intervene. Siblings is inspired by the myth of the Waugeluk Sisters. It situates elements of this myth within our modern day world. Siblings traverses the line between certainty and mystery, history and story, past and present.

Siblings was initially conceived of as a travelling puppetry show. The show has been designed to pack up into two travelling trunks and can be viewed in halls, classrooms or theatres. The diverse puppetry styles and visual impact of siblings, with its original voice, can be combined with puppetry workshops to pave the way for communities to tell their own stories.

Maddie
“Is that a bird on my window?”


“She’s going to eat another feather.” You can also download a short video of the scene (AVI, 4.1 MB)


“Harry! He’s got my packet of biscuit!”


The final scene

Some puppet photos:

Slightly larger-sized collage photo here. And not forgetting the embittered bird(s) of compassion.

This creative development is generously supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, the City of Sydney through the Redfern Community Centre, Bowraville Youth Club, Bowraville Community Alliance, and ERTH Visual & Physical Inc.

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The Magic Flute is now playing at Sydney Opera House. If you see our dragon (which only appeared for 5 minutes of ooh-aaahs and flashlights), say hi. Here are some publication photos from the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Magic Flute at Sydney Morning Herald The Magic Flute review at Sydney Morning Herald

Full coverage from The Sydney Morning Herald.

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