One of fascinating subjects that I always explore in my creative process is identity. And the best example this time is by watching the recent The Great British Menu program that I watch in the food channel. This is a glossy production reality TV, where several chefs across Great Britain representing their region competing four dishes to be served at Heston Blumenthal restaurant at The…
My biggest encounter with Javanese Osing culture is when I met my best friend in the 80’s. He is Uwong Osing from Banyuwangi. Through him I learnt more about Javanese Osing culture that I dearly love but I knew only a little. We had various discussions, starting from Sumiati, the kendhang kempul artist to the Osing dance (Tari Gandhrung) that we…
I remember clearly, the first movie that I saw in the cinema was “Jesus of Nazareth”. It was really great. I spent nearly 3 hours in the cinema in my hometown which always overcrowded and hot - incomparable with the cinema today, but what matter was the experience. Because right after that, were the days that I spent back from school in the afternoon in…
‘twas the persistence that gone wrong
succumbed in the proliferation of hope and despair
nothing really matters, at the end
‘twas so cold and quiete outside
and the leafes are falling.
still and silent
nothing’s changed but waiting.
and keep waiting.
silent.
the sky turns grey
and the last straw
‘twas so heavy so suffocating
…
I join some internet forum discussion. Mainly forums that talking about programming. I met a lot of people in that virtual world : young, old, normal, or weirdo. I found some closed friends there too - that from initial conversation we are bonded and generates many projects. I found this is a trully good example of international-collaboration that I might apply them in the art…