"Perziarahan" by Antonius Danang Bramasti, SJ

Painting Exhibition
"PERZIARAHAN"
by Antonius Danang Bramasti, SJ

Opening:
Friday, August 7-2009 at 7 pm

Officiated by:
Landung Simatupang

Exhibition:
August 8 to 22, 2009
Open daily except holidays from 10 am to 5 pm

Discussion:
Friday, August 21-2009 at 7 pm

Speakers:
Donny Danardono (lecturer at Soegijapranata Catholic University of Semarang)
Rony C. Kristanto (a priest and lecturer at STT Abdiel of Ungaran)

Welcome!

Antonius Bramasti Danang, SJ is a Catholic priest. Now he is the parish Girisonta, Ungaran, since November 2008. He was inaugurated as a priest on 26 July 2007 and then served in the parish Bongsari, Semarang.

For him, painting is a kind of religiousity traveling, a faith. Often he was painting in the time being meditating. The practice of painting is done with the left hand. For this exhibition, Romo Danang, so he is called by people, re-paints a number of his earlier paintings. This time he was painting with the right hand, and in oil based paint.

There are some new works specifically prepared for the first time exhibition. Feature exhibition "Perziarahan" can be defined as travel notes as shepherds of God faith. He felt God has chosed him as a Jesuit's painter and a Jesuit priest who is also a painter.

The exhibitions and discussions are open to the public and no admission free.

the.trails.of.the.midnight.bunny II

Comic Exhibition
“the.trails.of.the.midnight.bunny”
by Ariela Kristantina
curated by Grace Samboh

Opening:
Friday, June 5, 2009

Exhibition:
June 6—20, 2009

Opening hours:
Everyday, except holidays
10 am to 5 pm

The exhibition is free for public with no admission fee.

Ariela Kristantina draws her comics in manga style. With some of her friends she makes a comic group called 7 Blue Artland and publish a quaterly comic magazine, Splash. In her first solo exhibition titled “the.trails.of.the.midnight.bunny” she introduces her role character that is “midnight bunny”. The theme of this show is “human being//traces”.

“Ariela's works will fill and cover the whole space of the gallery as a unity. Audiences should follow the trails of the works to know the story. But she doesn't force you to trace step by step all the way,” said Grace Samboh, curator.

"COLOR ME BADD" by I Made Aswino Aji

Solo Exhibition
”COLOR ME BADD”
by I Made Aswino Aji

Opening:
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
at 7 pm

Exhibition:
May 7—30, 2009

Opening time:
10 am to 5 pm

”I believe that an exhibition is not a final goal of an artist. A show is a long way process to end to better works,” said I Made Aswino Aji (32).

In his latest solo exhibition, Aji will let audiences to participate in the show by freeing them to add something or fill more colors to his works. By introducing this modus Aji, born in Bali, seems to negate personal and individualistic ways of making art works which are very glorified in the modern thought.

Audiences then will change the characteristic of his works. Aji’s works will not be the same anymore from the first look. Finally the art works can be good, better, or even worse.

The characters of his drawings are figures with long-shaped noses. His works are full of colors and some are enriched with ornaments. Those reflect kid’s worlds or fantasies. Cheerful. Refreshing. Thrilling.

Come on, let’s draw with Aji. Let’s be an artist by participating to Aji’s show. Show your own works in the gallery.

The exhibition is fully opened or public with no admission fee.

Documentary Screening and Discussion

[Photo courtesy by Tedika Puri Amanda]

Documentary Screening and Discussion:
“Gubuk Reot Di Atas Minyak Internasional”
[“Shaky Shelter on International Oil”]
Directed by Tedika Puri Amanda

Date:
Tuesday, April 28—2009
At 7:00 pm

Speaker:
Tedika Puri Amanda

Moderator:
Tubagus P. Svarajati

Free w/ no admission fee.
Do come!

This short film was one of the best five of “2007 Eagle Awards Documentary Competition” held by Metro TV. According to the director, this film was prepared and made in two years’ time.

The film was shot at Wonocolo village, Bojonegoro, East Java where almost all its villagers are working on crude oil processing traditionaly. Focusing on the struggle of Paneman, a traditional crude oil refiner, whom with local villagers developing proper education for their children among the conflict of interest on handling its oil resource.

From the Dutch colonial era, New Order regime, up till now the villagers are living under their daily allowances. It means they are living in poor standart. That’s why they cannot serve good education for their children.

This screening and discussion in cooperation between Rumah Seni Yaitu and Legal Resource Center for Human Right and Gender Issue (LRC-KJHAM).

Ketika Perempuan Bertutur

Photo Exhibition
“When Women Telling their Stories”

Collection of
Legal Resources Center
for Gender Justice and Human Right of Semarang
(LRC-KJHAM)

Opening:
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Exhibition:
February 26 to March 15, 2009

Open daily:
at 10 am to 5 pm; except holidays

This exhibition is to inform the latest situation of human right and the struggle of women in Semarang to fight the marginalisation to them. Those photos related to the issues of women with poverty, environtment, health and the LRC-KJHAM’s assistancies to women as the victims of gender based violence.

Free, no admission fee.
Welcome!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Solo Exhibition "WWW dot JAVA"

Solo Exhibition:

“WWW dot JAVA”

By Nindityo Adipurnomo

Opening:

Saturday, 20 December 2008; 07.00 PM

Opened by:

Harjanto Halim (cultural activist, Semarang)

Exhibition:

21 December 2008 - 14 February 2008

Opening time: everyday except holidays10.00 AM —17.00 PM

For Nindityo Adipurnomo this solo exhibition at the Rumah Seni Yaitu is a kind of homecoming. He was born and attended high school in Semarang. Nindityo, and his wife Mella Jaarsma who is also an artist, is widely known as founders of Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, 20 years ago.

His interest is mainly on the visualization and the cultural background of the “konde”(buns) – the various hair arrangements in the feminine beauty tradition, especially in Java and Bali. His observation is based on the (temporary) believe that there are many contents – political, cultural, religious, economic, and even gender issues (feminism as well as patriarchism) - put into buns.

Nindityo is obsessed with the ambiguity of texts, which do not have finite endings. According to Donny Danardono (lecturer at PMLP and the Faculty of Law Soegijapranata Catholic University):“Nindityo Adipurnomo’s paintings and installation works makes fun on the certainty of texts. Being playful, they certainly do not make any claim of presenting a certain truth, let’s say an emancipating truth. In short, his works are games – and therefore a postponement – of the certitude of all kinds of meanings which we find in everyday life.”

In his solo exhibition – “WWW dot JAVA” – his first in Semarang, Nindityo Adipurnomo (born in 1961) will present three installation works, three object d’art, three photographic works and three paintings. All flow into the mainstreams of culture and religion in their various visualization forms.

A post-event catalogue will be published at the end of the exhibition. It is planned that the catalogue will be launched and discussed at the closing on Saturday, 14 February 2005.

During the exhibition some side events such as lectures, discussions, and public education programmes involving the art community, students and the general public will be held.
The exhibition and related events are open for the public, free of charge.

Supported by Cemeti Art House, Prima Filateli, Margono Group, PaperOne, Illue Design College, and Calon Menantu.

Free, no admission fee.
Welcome!

Photo Exhibition "Laku Warsa"

Photo Exhibition
“LAKU WARSA”
by

Indonesian Photojournalist Association of Semarang

Opening:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
at 7 p.m.
(followed with artists’ talk)

Exhibition:
December 11—16, 2008

Open daily except holidays:
10 am - 5 pm

Free, no admission.
Welcome!

The Indonesian Photojournalist Association of Semarang was declared at April 1, 2003. It was then followed with a photo exhibition titled “Bianglala Kota Lama Semarang” (The Rainbow of Semarang’s Old City) at Sienna Gallery during April 1—6, 2003.

And now the photo exhibition “Laku Warsa” will show at least 40 photos belong to 20 photographers who are working in several local and national medias based in Semarang. Those photos are on topics of socio-politics, art and culture, crimes, environtment issues, and sport.

There is a performance art event by some of the journalists and it will be showed before the opening ceremony. A discussion on the photo show will be held afterward.

The Pleasure of the Text

Solo Exhibition

"The Pleasure of the Text"

by

Erik Pauhrizi

Curated by:
Heru Hikayat

Opening:

Friday, October 31, 2008

at 7:00 pm

Exhibition:

November 1 - 15, 2008

Open daily except holidays:

10 am - 5 pm

Free, no admission.

Welcome!

ERIK PAUHRIZI graduated from Fine Art and Design Faculty of Bandung Institute of Technology—majoring in textile craft and minor media art, 2005. Cum Laude.

There are tens of paintings (acrylic on canvases), drawings, and digital prints in his first solo exhibition “The Pleasure of the Text”—curated by Heru Hikayat. All of his works are in black and white tone, monocromatic. Actually not of its “color” he is willing to show, but he is intending to wipe up the subject or the reference where they were firstly belonged. The origin traces, for instance faces, are blurred.

According to the curator, Pauhrizi is not trying to show his personal uniqeness through his works, instead he dives into the sea of quotations’ imagery. This is not only a signs pleasure with no end—a sign to refer another sign—but also unlimittedly exchanging the position of ”reader-author”.

Sembilan Wali & Siti Jenar

Photo Exhibition
“SEMBILAN WALI & SITI JENAR”

by
Seno Gumira Ajidarma

Opening:
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 7 p.m.

(Followed with Artist Talk session.)

Exhibition:
October 11—25, 2008

Open daily:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except holidays)

No Admission. Free.
Welcome!

Seno Gumira Ajidarma is widely known as a journalist, but he is also very famous as a novelist, film critic, and art connoisseur with his major on comics or cartoon works. He has published many books among others on literature, journalism, and photography—completed his doctoral program at University of Indonesia, 2005.

The photos in “Sembilan Wali & Siti Jenar” are accompanying his bibliography study on the legendary of Walisanga whom are believed as the first persons on proliferation of Islam in Java. Those nine Wali is completed with another legend Syekh Siti Jenar. His study and journalistic report with its photos were then published as a book at September 2007—but firstly appeared in Intisari magazine, October 2005—August 2006.

Seno differenciate between historical facts and any historic views on those nine saints. By reading his report, seemingly the readers are brought to the past but in the same time they also criticise the myth of the tombs which Seno described.

Those exhibited forty five photos could be read as a companion to the texts, as arbitrary visual stories, or only as the photographer’s interpretation on the pilgrimage artifacts he visited. But maybe those are the pilgrimage journey itself.

This exhibition is intended to show how important ideas or discourses in the photography field.

Supported by Intisari Magazine and Sampoerna Foundation.