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.

Creativity and Global Networking

(Photo courtesy of Cemeti Art House)

Art Discussion
w/
Nindityo Adipurnomo
on “Creativity and Global Networking”

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
at 7:30 pm

No admission, free!
Welcome!

Nindityo Adipurnomo was born in Semarang. He was trained as artist (major in painting) and graduated from The Art Institute of Indonesia, Yogyakarta. He also studied at The State Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1986—1987). With his wife Mella Jaarsma, he founded Cemeti Art House (since 1988).

He is going to present the concept of his latest works especially the collaborative one (with Mella) “The Last Animist 2008” showed at International Sculpture Exhibition 2008 “Grandeur” which was exhibited at Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, The Netherlands, last summer. They were among 28 international artists from around the world who took part in.

The discussion is to show how artist not only relating to his own aesthetic sense and ratio but also embracing public as part of his art works. Nindityo also will tell us how important must artists spread their international networking in the global world.

The discussion is opened for public with no admission. The management of RSY invite young artists, art-workers, journalists, and art lovers to join it.

Supported by Cemeti Art House.

Outside the Words

Painting Exhibition
“Di Luar Kata” / “Outside the Words”
by:
Acep Zamzam Noor
Sitok Srengenge

Opening:
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Officiated by:
Nugroho Suksmanto

Exhibition:
September 6—15, 2008

No admission, free.
Welcome!

ACEP ZAMZAM NOOR is a trained painter but also known as a poet. He studied visual arts in Faculty of Art and Design of Bandung Institute of Technology. Receiving fellowship for producing artworks in Italy and took part in workshops in the Philipines and Netherlands. From the year of 1980’s Acep had shown many exhibitions, solo or join events, in several cities in Indonesia and abroad.

SITOK SRENGENGE is one of 20 exceptional people in Asia choiced by Asiaweek as a leader for the millenium in society and culture. Sitok is famous as a poet or writer, has published some books, got several awards in literary, and joined with some international literary festival in the world.
In 2001 he received a Honorary Fellow International Writing Programme from University of Iowa, USA. In 2005 he got Honorary Fellow International Writing Programme from Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
In visual arts’ field Sitok ever ran The Essence Gallery. The join exhibition titled “Outside the Words” at Rumah Seni Yaitu, Semarang, is his second exhibition after the one at Millenium Gallery in 2000.
Now, along with his counterparts in Utan Kayu Community, Sitok founded Salihara Community where he works as literary, theater, and visual arts curator.

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The Normal Chaos of Love

The Normal Chaos of Love
A Visual-Poems Exhibition
by
Elfrida Fera and Kris Budiman

Opening:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008; 7.30 PM
[there will be poetry reading and music performance]

Exhibition till:
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Supported by:
Yayasan Umar Kayam
Prima Filateli
Gramedia Book Store
Calon Menantu
Illue Design School

Free, no admission.
Welcome!

On Landing Soon

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On Landing Soon

Presentation and Discussion
with
Ellen Rodenberg (artist, the Netherlands)
Maarten Schepers (artist, the Netherlands)
Wimo Ambala Bayang (artist, Indonesia)
and
Nindityo Adipurnomo (artist, owner of Cemeti Art House)

Topic:
Anything on artist-in-residence “Landing Soon”,
the artists’ works and how to join it.

Tuesday, July 8-2008 at 7 pm

Free, No Admission.
Welcome!

ADVY Photo Expo C4C

Photography: Lucky Djoko

Opening:
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
at 7:30 pm

Discussion:
Agus Leonardus (photographer)
Tubagus P. Svarajati (art critic)
Friday, June 20, 2008
at 7:00 pm

Exhibition: June 12—28, 2008

Open daily: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Except holidays

Free, No Admission
Welcome!

Late Edition: Direct Documentary Video Project

This project handled by Rizki Lazuardi. Some university students, and they are also grouped as films lovers, took part to the project. The participants made some, say, experimental documentary videos. They took pictures without any editing processes.

Six videos were screened to public at May 9. In general, all the videos were lack of excellent technical. I thought they miss the logic of how to present good moving images. They did not make strong pictures. The video makers only paid their attentions on the stories. In this kind of videos, which is more important: the pictures or the auditive stories?

Well, as the firstly works Rizki and friends had showed good works, anyway.