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Visual Arts: Green Togas, The Bandung School and Modern Art in Indonesia in the New Order Period By Anissa Rahadiningtyas

Originally posted on gerakgeraksenirupa: GREEN TOGAS The Bandung School and Modern Art in Indonesia in the New Order Period Anissa Rahadiningtyas ? Srihadi Soedarsono. Green Togas. 1971. Oil on canvas. 74 x 102 cm. Courtesy of the artist Green Togas is one of the few paintings by Srihadi Soedarsono that contains social and political narratives…

Sosmed: “Even Though Jokowi Wasn’t In Power Yet” By @kostumkomik

pic.twitter.com/PZoh2dlVV3 — kostumkomik (@kostumkomik) June 18, 2019 “I’m watching the court case about the result of the election.” “Yeah, well, the campaign committee says Prabowo lost cos Jokowi as president abused his power as president to win the presidential election!!” “But Prabowo lost the presidential election in 2014 too. Even though Jokowi wasn’t in power…

Norman Erikson Pasaribu – On literature and diversity – “Talking Indonesia” podcast on SoundCloud

New from the Talking Indonesia podcast This year Indonesia was a featured country at the London Book Fair, which followed a similar showcasing of its literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015. Is this a reflection of an expanding and globalising literary scene in Indonesia? Are more diverse voices being heard inside and outside…

Poem: Poetry is… by Amien Kamil

Poetry is…

Back from Indonesia I for the Word ~ oct 16 – SoundCloud

Listen to Back from Indonesia I for the Word ~ oct 16 by Zoë Mc Pherson on #SoundCloud

Some new old books on and from the Malay world, The British Library

“..The Library also holds printed books in languages such as Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Batak and Bugis, dating from the earliest printed examples through to contemporary publications,..”

Short Story: Respected Ulema By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

Respected Ulema was not a shaman, not a fortune-teller and neither was he a magician. Respected Ulema was simply a theater actor. To be precise, a former theater actor, one who had transferred his acting skills from the stage to everyday life. From the way he behaved, the way he arranged his facial expressions and…

“Sexy Killers: a Documentary”, WatchDoc Documentary

“Recently a lot of people have been talking about this one documentary film…”

Short Story: Bitter Beans By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

A discrete young couple are engrossed in a heated argument about bitter beans.

Short Story: The Slave of Love By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

“…What can be expressed by a pair of eyes…”

Short Story: The Death of a Translator By Wawan Kurniawan

“…A week earlier in a dream, a woman wearing a red top with shoulder-length hair had approached him at the edge of a beach unfamiliar to him. Without a chance to take a clear look at her face, the woman had immediately embraced him from behind, so tightly it felt as if his bones would…

Poem: Aku, Juga Karya Langston Hughes

Oleh Langston Hughes Aku, juga, menyanyikan Amerika. Aku saudaranya yang lebih gelap. Aku disuruh mereka makan di dapur Ketika tamu datang menjenguk. Tetapi aku tertawa, Dan makan dengan lahap, Dan tumbuh semakin kuat.

Novel: Ain’t No Night Fair By Pramoedya Ananta Toer #7

Ain’t No Night Fair By Pramoedya Ananta Toer Chapter 4 We relaxed in the front guestroom. My younger siblings who weren’t grown up yet, who still appeared so wild now began to draw near and we talked a great deal – about Djakarta, about Semarang, and about cars. The conversation was not tiresome. It…

Short Story: Fujinkai By Idrus

“..everything I have been saying, I was ordered to say by my superiors..”

The Syair Tabut of Encik Ali, Indonesia and the Malay World

This is an annotated transcription and translation of the Syair Tabut (Poem of the Tomb Effigies) of Encik Ali, a Malay-language, Jawi-script syair account of the Muharram commemorations of 1864 at Singapore.