Finally we’ve finished editing the video documentation of Nu-Substance Festival 2007. Held since early 2007, Nu-Substance Festival 2007 is the first regular program that is dedicated to cultivate the development of electronic arts and media culture in Bandung. For this program, we’ve organized various programs and activities that involving artists, musician, computer programmer and local audience in Bandung – Indonesia.
From 23 – 25 February 2007, we initiated the first series of Nu-Substance Festival 2007 with series of programs and activities that is consist of instrumental instrument exhibition, DIY music workshop and electronic music concert. Visit this archive for related information about the first series of Nu-Substance Festival 2007.
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Pada tanggal 29 September s/d 1 November 2007, Common Room bekerjasama dengan Divisi Robotika Unikom melakukan kunjungan ke beberapa SMA di kota Bandung. Program ini berkaitan dengan kegiatan Common Room Fun Education Program 2007: Robot Goes to School. Khusus untuk program kali ini, diperkenalkan aplikasi dan perkembangan teknologi robotika yang menampilkan beberapa robot cerdas karya mahasiswa Unikom. Sebagai informasi, Divisi Robotika Unikom selama 2 tahun terakhir telah meraih gelar juara Kompetisi Robot Cerdas Indonesia (KRCI).
Beberapa SMA yang dikunjungi dalam kegiatan ini adalah SMAN 2, SMAN 5 dan SMAN 24 Bandung. Selama beberapa hari, dipandu oleh Yusrila Kerlooza (Koordinator Divisi Robotika Unikom sekaligus pendiri Club Robot Bandung), para mahasiswa yang tergabung dalam Divisi Robotika Unikom mempresentasikan berbagai informasi dan pengetahuan yang terkait dengan perkembangan dan aplikasi teknologi robot cerdas. Dalam presentasinya, dijelaskan bagaimana teknologi robot cerdas sangat berguna untuk menggantikan tugas-tugas yang tidak dapat dilakukan oleh manusia. Para siswa SMA yang berkesempatan menyaksikan sesi presentasi dan tanya jawab mengikuti kegiatan dengan antusias.
Dalam kegiatan ini, Divisi Robotika Unikom menampilkan karya robot cerads berkaki (Tarantula 116) dan beroda (DU 114). Keduanya dilengkapi dengan mekanika elektronik dan teknologi sensor yang dipergunakan untuk melacak titik api. Dalam sesi tanya jawab, beberapa siswa SMA melontarkan beberapa pertanyaan yang terkait dengan aplikasi dan program yang dikembangkan untuk membangun teknologi robot cerdas. Kegiatan pengenalan teknologi robot ini telah dirancang sejak tahun lalu, namun baru dapat direalisasikan tahun ini. Ke depan, kegiatan Common Room Fun Education Program akan dijadikan kegiatan rutin sebagai wahana penyebaran ilmu pengetahuan dan informasi di bidang teknologi dan media baru. Berita terkait ada di halaman ini. Foto dokumentasi kegiatan bisa dilihat di Heterologia.
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Date
29th – 31st October 2007
Place
Visiting program in various places
Exhibition & Public Discussion at Common Room, from 29th – 31st of October 2007 (open for public)
Introduction
In conjunction with the seminar of International Education & Employability – Developing the Creative Industries that is held in Bandung from 29th – 31st October 2007, this program is being requested by the British Council Jakarta, which later on are being prepared and organized by Common Room in partnership with Bandung Experience Project team. Besides visiting program, there will be a showcase that presenting some works from local creative community and young entrepreneurs in Bandung. All recommended venues & participants are some of the few important nodes that are known as the pioneer for the new and emerging creative scene in Bandung in the recent decades, particularly in the field of youth fashion, music, art, architecture, design & media arts. Brief information about all designated venues & exhibition participants are as follows:
Monik House/MonikCeltic
Established in December 1998, MonikCeltic focused itself to be the leading local brand, which started from making girlie bags, apparel, wallet, hat, and other accessories. Later on, its products spread from a wide variety of bags (backpack, hand bag, messenger bag, travel bag, waist bag, etc), shirts (tee’s and polo), jackets, sweaters, raincoats, pants, caps, wallets, beauty case, hand phone pouch and sandals. Targeting market to young, active, and fashionable youth, MonikCeltic always pushes itself to improve MonikCeltic products trough exclusive and original simple pop designs by using high quality materials.
MonikCeltic understands that every individual are unique and have an urge to be different from others, therefore MonikCeltic items maintain its exclusivity by limited production. Within our young and active designers, MonikCeltic products maintain to be up to date and fresh for the youngsters. MonikCeltic products are distributed trough its main shop house, named Monik House, that is located at Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 56 Bandung, Jl. Trunojoyo #19 Bandung. Some products also can be found at some distro (distribution store) in most of big cities in Indonesia, uncluding two authorized dealer in Surabaya (East Java Province) and Singapore. More info about MonikCeltic product can be found at www.monikceltic.com. Contact: info@monikceltic.com.
FFWD Records
FFWD Records (Stands for Fast Forward Records) is a small record company based in Bandung – Indonesia. The label was founded back in 1999 when three old friends decided to form a record company to fulfill their passion to their interpretation of good music. The label has released some foreign releases and produces many good tunes from their local scene. The breakthrough came when they released Mocca’s (www.myspace.com/moccaofficial) debut album, My Diary back in 2002. The record was sold for almost 100.000 copies nationwide. It also brought the label to make some arrangement with some foreign record company to release their own releases.
Up until now, FFWD Records has been working with some recording company from Japan (Apple Crumble Records/ Rosemary Records – http://www.applecrumble.com), Thailand (SmallRoom Records – http://www.smallroom.co.th), Australia (Caveman Records/ Reverberation Distribution – http://www.reverberation.com.au), Malaysia (Little Records), Singapore (Fruit Records – http://www.fruitrecords.com), South Korea (Beatball Records), and Spain (Elefant Records – http://www.elefant.com). Currently the label is growing faster and starts to gain good reputation from its local music industry. Meanwhile, they are still working based on their passion of music from their small-but-homey headquarter in Bandung, not Jakarta, the centre of industry in the country. More info about FFWD Records can be found at http://www.ffwdrecords.com | http://www.myspace.com/ffwdrecordsindonesia. Contact: contact@ffwdrecords.com, felixdass@ffwdrecords.com
UNKL347
In 1996, a group of designers and artists gathered and shared their love for surfing, skateboard and design, where, at that time were not as developed as today. They create ideas of a ‘playground’ and a label called 347boardrider.co. Their initial designs described their love for surfing and street wear, also conveyed information about the life they were living. Starting with selling clothing through special orders and catalogues, they finally opened a store in 1999, thus became the pioneer of Indonesia’s own label of clothing. 347boardrider.co blossomed and matured as its owners’ life continued, then the name changed into just 347. Not only inspired by surfing, their design got the influence from music, nightlife, art, and with avant-garde nuance that made them to their success in such young ages. More info about UNKL347 can be found at www.unkl347.com. Contact: markdiv@unkl347.com.
Common Room (Common Room Networks Foundation)
Common Room is a platform for various activities that are organized by Bandung Center for New Media Arts (est. 2001) and anyone who are interested to initiate their own activities in this particular place. Since 2003, Bandung Center for New Media Arts has decided to utilize Common Room as an anchor to serve diverse individuals, communities and organizations in Bandung – Indonesia. It is the place where people can add, edit and execute their activities based on their own purpose and interest, which mainly focused in developing public knowledge and creativities.
Until now, Common Room has been facilitating numerous exhibitions, screening, workshops, lectures, discussions, small music concerts, cultural festivals, etc. It has becoming a place that bridging dialogue and multi-disciplinary cooperation intended to connect numerous individuals, communities and various organizations both in local and international context. Common Room activities conclude a vast sphere, starting from documenting and exploring phenomena, ideas, models, and new concept born from interdisciplinary approaches in the field of visual arts, design, urban architecture, music, fashion, literature, new media, further study for urban culture & urban ecology. More info about Common Room can be found at www.commonroom.info. Contact: info@commonroom.info.
Denny Willy/ Apikayu Foundation
Apikayu was founded in 1999 by Deny Willy (Design, ITB) and Krissandi (Wooden craft SMSR) to promote campus innovation especially in furniture design to craft subject to local craft industries. After participated in many community development activities to Small and Micro Enterprises (SME’s) including youth groups finally Apikayu received funding award and advisory, and become a legal business entity under CV. APIKAYU named throughout Young Entrepreneurs Start-up (YES Programme). The programme is a joint implementation between Shell Company (Shell-LiveWire International Programme and Youth Business International a division of IBLF), Indonesian Business Links, Standard Chartered, McKinsey, Progressio Foundation, and ILO.
While considering most activities under the domain of philanthropy action and community development activity, we decided to transform as a not-for profit institution called Apikayu Foundation. We support the SME’s and artisan around Indonesia by bringing the new ideas of improving and developing craft design, technology and production process, where in the same time commercializing campus innovation. A few projects funded by Ministry of Research and Technology, Institute of Research and Community Services (LPPM ITB), Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI), Industry and Commerce Office, Higher Education Directorate, as well other related parties. More information about Apikayu Foundation can be found at www.yayasanapikayu.org | www.manikmayacraft.com. Contact: Deny Willy willydeny@yahoo.com
VideoBabes
Founded in 2004, VideoBabes is an artist-run non-profit organization, which focuses on amplifying the development of video-based art in Indonesia. VideoBabes aims to work together with local and international institutions/organizations and also individuals to initiate video-related programs and events (exhibitions and screenings, production and distribution, lectures and workshops). Contact: walailaa@bdg.centrin.net.id | walailaa@yahoo.com.
BUSA
BUSA is a design collective, which started in 2006 by five persons from four different educational backgrounds (graphic design, interior design, product design and sculpture). They developed this collective as an act of their nation that product design should not only talk about its techniques, systems and functions, but moreover to give the user an experience in its own way. Busa in Indonesia means a sponge. Just like a sponge that absorbs water, they try to absorb and aware their surroundings in their daily life experience and they translate it into an inspirational and fun-experimental design.
Busa held their first exhibition in May 2007 with title BUSA – a Prelude of Our Vision through Design at Elysium (a street culture & vintage shop) in Bandung. In their early years they successfully exhibited their works in Wake up to design! 100% Design Indonesia, last August in Jakarta. It is a product and furniture exhibition, which exhibited latest Indonesian furniture and product design by some Indonesian designer. Now they are preparing their next exhibition with some Bandung creative industries in early 2008. More information about Busa can be found at www.busabusabusa.multiply.com. Contact: busadesign@yahoo.com
NO LABEL STUFF
Formed in Bandung City when monetary crisis has lurking on every corner of life, among the anxiety of young folks for their own lifestyle fulfillment, NLS – No Label Stuff – has been and will always fulfill the local needs of fashion. In its decade of presence, NLS still oriented towards the main elements of youth culture in general, such as hardcore music, extreme sports, street art and technological advancements. By doing so, NLS will always be able to stay up to date and adapt through its product and graphic designs to cope with young people’s ever changing taste of fashion. Starting their work from mid 2005, the NLS Company assembles a special design unit in their workgroup, AERWORX (Anti Estetika Worx). The purpose is to update any current information and issues in the world’s design graphic trend. The goal is to keep NLS as the leading company in Indonesia, specifically in the graphical design trend. Aided by AEWORX, the existence of NLS in local fashion industries’ competition becoming more and more firm. AEWORX indirectly acts as a filter to synchronize the idealism of its designers with the dynamic needs of the market. Contact: nolabelstuff@yahoo.com
SUAVE
Suave Free Catalogue is an informative media, which is able to enter the young-targeted market effectively and also provide the latest fashion info and young lifestyle relating with it. Because of that, Suave Free Catalogue is the right alternative for your company to promote to the market widely. Contents of Suave: Product info, Fashion, Advertise Quiz, Designer profile, Showcase, Snapshot, Checkpoints, and Suavershot (interactive media for readers who want to have his/her photos printed on Suave, as long as he/she uses products that had been advertised on Suave). More information about Suave can be found at http://www.suavecatalogue.com/. Contact: info@suavecatalogue.com
WWWW.DEATHROCKSTAR.INFO
DEATHROCKSTAR is a webzine that covering mostly music from the independent scene. Started as a personal blog that write about noise and avant garde music in 2002 mid winter season, but then encouraged to spread it wider to cover Indonesian independent music scene. While it gather more attention the website itself needs some improvement and that’s the time a new team mate come and research some new engine. And now we still stand and keep the music spirit, while trying to embrace the new era of network technology. Contact: eric@deathrockstar.info
Tinkerbell Graphics
Around February 2006, from the difference of experiences and specialty, comes to an idea of forming a team that could produces creative minds, visions, and effective works. Tinkerbell Graphics was formed in Bandung, by three college student in design department after working as a team, creating visual introduction for a new production house in Jakarta. Since then they set its aim as a team that converge design, animation, visual effect, video exploration, and visual performance. More info about Tinkerbell Graphics can be found at http://tinkerbellgraphics.multiply.com/ | http://tinkerbellgraphics.wordpress.com/. Contact: tb_graphics@yahoo.com
AIRPLANE SYSTM
Airplane Systm is a clothing company based in Bandung, West Java – Indonesia. Created in1998 on the basis of originality and creativity, Airplane Systm is begin from group of young people who want to make something creative in fashion industry inspired by music, skateboards, and pop art. We have become determined to introduce the best and most unique products to the youth culture through our products. Airplane Systm create products, which offer personal and unique insight within this complex society. As a growing clothing company we developed a strong following due to mixture design themes and our attention to creating quality products. Airplane Systm produced t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, jacket, underwear, denim, and most notably is Manchester shoes. More information about Airplane Systm can be found at http://www.airplanesystm.com/. Contact: contact@airplanesystm.com
URBANE INDONESIA
PT. URBANE Indonesia was established on 2004 in Bandung by M. Ridwan Kamil, award winner of British Council International Young Design of The Year 2006. URBANE’s ideas and visions for the built environment have a long journey in shaping most places both local and overseas. With the creative minds, URBANE brings to its worldwide clientele a team of several talented and visionary professionals that provide innovative solutions to complex problems. The firm has been involved in a broad variety of projects including large urban and suburban master- plans; mix use, a part of residential complex, entertainment, etc. Principal of the firm, who are recognized as a leader specializing in the clients needs, is intimately involved through completion of work and is committed to excellence in design and to serving our clients with unique solutions. The firm is dedicated to partnering with the clients to create places and architecture where the function and aesthetics work together, while responding to critical environmental and social issues, including ecology, visual impacts and economic viability. More info about URBANE can be found at http://www.urbane.co.id. Contact: urbane@cbn.net.id
CERAHATI ARTWORKS
Cerahati is one of the pioneers in local creative community in Bandung. Since 2000, they started to work together as a collective who have common interest in the world of audio-visual. From the very beginning, Cerahati already involve in the local creative scene for producing numerous music video clip for local indie band. Later on, they also started to produce music video clip for major label and other artists, including some projects for their distinct creativity in working with digital media. They are known for their collaborative approach in generating various creative outputs. Up until now, this Bandung based production house has released more than 200 music videos. In 2003, they’ve received the best video of the year award from MTV Indonesia for their experimental music video entitled Me and My Boy Friend from Mocca (FFWD Records, 2003). Cerahati core team consists of Moro, Pumpung, Xonad and Edy Khemod. Most of them are studied and graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts & Design, Institute Technology of Bandung. Contact: khemod@yahoo.com
Selasar Sunaryo Artspace
Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (SSAS) is a non-profit institution that aims to hold and support art and cultural activities in Indonesia by regularly holding activities such as exhibitions, discussions, film screenings, workshops, artist residencies as well as performing arts. Its programs cover various disciplinary approaches that are not limited to modern and contemporary art, but also design, architecture, craft, literature and film. Besides holding special exhibitions designed annually by the board of curators, SSAS holds regular exhibitions showing permanent collections that mostly consist of works of a prominent Indonesian painter and sculptor, Sunaryo.
SSAS was opened in 1998 and up until now has ceaselessly held a number of local and international art exhibitions. The organization has a long-standing dream to become one of the most active cultural centers in Indonesia and a resource for accessing information concerning Indonesian artists. It is open for international networking and cooperation with other institutions that have similar concerns towards building a better art infrastructure in Indonesia. More info about Selasar Sunaryo Artspace can be found at http://www.selasarsunaryo.com. Contact: selasar@bdg.centrin.net.id.
BANDUNGEXPERIENCE (www.bandungexperience.com**)
BANDUNGEXPERIENCE is a social networking website with information on the creative industry in Bandung as the main information provided in the website. The idea arose from a big concern upon the existence of an online mapping of the industry. BANDUNGEXPERIENCE acts as a space, which integrate the whole information. Furthermore, it also acts as a social network within and outside Bandung by providing various applications for online social interactions. BANDUNGEXPERIENCE project team is working closely with Common Room Networks Foundation, MonikCeltic and UNKL347. Contact: D. Christina Siahaan <dame_christina@yahoo.com>
** To be released by the end of 2007
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“Nobody knows what will happen in the future.
We have to propose something anyway…”
– Diskusi peserta IYDEY 2007
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Ajang International Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007 (IYDEY 2007) baru saja berakhir beberapa waktu yang lalu. Melalui inisiatif dari British Council, sejak tanggal 10 s/d 21 September 2007 kompetisi ini mempertemukan 10 finalis dari 10 negara yang terdiri dari Argentina, China, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Polandia, Slovenia, Thailand, dan Venezuela. Berbeda dengan kompetisi desain yang selama ini kita kenal, IYDEY 2007 melibatkan peserta yang memiliki latar belakang pengetahuan dan profesi yang beragam sehinga kita diajak untuk membayangkan dunia desain sebagai sebuah disiplin pengetahuan yang memiliki pengertian yang luas dan sangat cair.
Hal ini misalkan tercermin dari beberapa peserta semisal Manuel Rapoport (Argentina), Ruttikorn Vuttikorn (Thailand) dan Martin Bricelj (Slovenia). Manuel Rapaport adalah seorang desainer mebel yang juga bekerja sebagai aktifis pemberdayaan masyarakat dan pemeliharaan lingkungan yang berkelanjutan di Patagonia, sebuah daerah terpencil di Argentina bagian selatan. Lewat studionya, ia kerap melibatkan komunitas masyarakat setempat untuk terlibat dalam pengembangan desain yang ramah lingkungan. Ruttikorn Vuttikorn adalah seorang desainer boneka yang juga kerap aktif terlibat dalam berbagai kegiatan yang mengupayakan pengembangan desain boneka untuk anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus. Sementara Martin Bricelj adalah seniman new media yang kerap berkarya di ruang publik dengan memanfaatkan pengetahuan di bidang desain dan teknologi baru untuk mengekspresikan berbagai pandangan tentang berbagai persoalan yang ada di masyarakat.
Selama kurang lebih 10 hari, kompetisi ini mengajak para peserta terlibat dalam serangkaian kegiatan kunjungan, wawancara, dan diskusi dengan berbagai pihak dan organisasi yang terkait dengan bidang desain dan industri kreatif di London dan Glasgow. Sejak hari pertama, para peserta diajak untuk mengunjungi berbagai biro desain, studio arsitektur, toko, butik, agensi publik, lembaga riset, universitas, museum, galeri maupun berbagai institusi dan komunitas lokal yang memiliki kaitan yang khusus dengan perkembangan desain maupun industri kreatif di Inggris. Melalui program ini, para peserta diajak untuk melihat secara langsung pranata dunia desain dan industri kreatif Inggris yang begitu komplit. Mulai dari institusi formal, lembaga pendidikan, agen, studio, toko sampai pada keberadaan berbagai komunitas dan institusi yang kerap melakukan kegiatan penelitian dan pengembangan untuk menghimpun berbagai pengetahuan dan informasi yang terkait dengan perkembangan desain maupun industri kreatif secara umum.
Diakhir program, sebagian peserta berkesempatan untuk menampilkan karya terbaik dari negara masing-masing dalam pameran 100% Design yang diselenggarakan di Earls Court London mulai tanggal 18 s/d 21 September 2007. Acara tahunan ini merupakan ajang istimewa yang mempertemukan para pelaku industri desain produk dan interior dengan berbagai pihak yang secara langsung berkepentingan dengan industri ini. Selain menampilkan karya desain dan penemuan terbaru di bidang material dan teknologi, kegiatan ini juga menyelenggarakan berbagai konferensi, presentasi dan diskusi yang melibatkan para pelaku industri kreatif dari berbagai negara. Sayang dalam kesempatan ini Indonesia urung menampilkan karya craft kontemporer dari Ahadiat Joedawinata karena mendapat masalah dalam proses pengiriman karya ke Inggris.
Sementara itu, Sigal Cohen (Venezuela) tampil sebagai pemenang untuk kompetisi IYDEY 2007. Sigal adalah seorang desainer multimedia yang kerap bekerja dengan menggunakan media digital. Untuk kompetisi ini, ia secara khusus melakukan penelitian mengenai perkembangan budaya visual dan desain grafis di Venezuela. Selain itu, ia juga merancang sebuah platform online yang akan dikembangkan menjadi database visual dan sumber inspirasi artistik bagi para desainer di Venezuela. Yang menarik, platform ini juga dapat digunakan secara interaktif, sehingga setiap orang dapat berkontribusi dan terlibat secara aktif dalam setiap proses penyusunan content. Untuk proyek ini, Sigal mengadaptasi perkembangan web 2.0 dan aplikasi social networking yang memang sedang marak berkembang di jagat internet selama beberapa tahun terakhir ini.
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Sehari setelah pelaksanaan kegiatan IYDEY 2007 selesai, saya kemudian menjadi peserta dalam sebuah konferensi yang bertajuk PICNIC’07/Cross Media Week yang diselenggarakan pada tanggal 25 s/d 29 September 2007 di kota Amsterdam. Penyelenggara kegiatan ini adalah Cross Media Week Foundation yang terdiri dari sekelompok orang yang berasal dari beragam disiplin pengetahuan dan institusi yang saling berbeda. Organisasi ini didirikan oleh Bas Verhart (CEO Media Republic) dan Marlen Stikker (Direktur Waag Society), dengan anggota yang terdiri dari para peneliti, konsultan dan pelaku bisnis yang terkait dengan perkembangan teknologi dan industri kreatif di negeri Belanda. Diselenggarakan untuk yang ke dua kali, PICNIC’07 merupakan sebuah acara tahunan yang secara khusus mencermati perkembangan teknologi dan industri media terkini di wilayah Eropa, Amerika Utara dan Asia.
Dalam program ini, dilaksanakan serangkaian konferensi yang menghadirkan para pembicara yang terdiri dari seniman, desainer, arsitek, peneliti, programer, hacker, sampai pada para pelaku bisnis yang terkait dengan perkembangan di bidang teknologi dan industri media. Beberapa pembicara yang hadir antara lain adalah Prof . Dr. Emile Aarts (Philips Research Laboratories), David Silverman (Sutradara The Simpsons), Stefan Sagmaeister (Desainer pendiri Sagmeister Inc.), Sir Richard Branson (Pemilik Virgin Records), dsb. Di depan ratusan peserta, selama beberapa hari para pembicara ini memaparkan berbagai aspek yang terkait dengan pengembangan kreatifitas, mulai dari sisi proses sampai pada berbagai informasi dan pengetahuan yang berhubungan dengan perkembangan di bidang kreatifitas, teknologi dan bisnis.
Diantara sekian banyak pembicara juga hadir Woody Gershenfield, seorang aktor yang dikenal sebagai pemeran Larry Flynt dalam film The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). Selain bekerja sebagai seorang aktor, Woody Gershenfield juga seorang aktifis yang banyak terlibat dalam kegiatan sosial dan lingkungan hidup yang memperjuangkan kelestarian hutan dan mencegah penebangan kayu liar. Kehadirannya dalam acara ini terkait dengan salah satu agenda PICNIC’07, yaitu program kampanye pelestarian lingkungan hidup dan antisipasi perubahan iklim global. Untuk itu, khusus dalam PICNIC’07 diselenggarakan Picnic Green Challenge yang mengajak berbagai pihak untuk berkompetisi menciptakan teknologi yang berguna bagi perbaikan kondisi lingkungan hidup yang saat ini tengah mengalami kerusakan yang parah. Dalam kompetisi ini Igor Kluin tampil sebagai sebagai pemenang setelah bersaing dengan 439 peserta dan berhak mendapatkan hadiah sebesar 500.000 euro. Igor merancang QBox yang berfungsi sebagai instrumen penunjang jaringan energi alternatif yang dapat memonitor dan mengoptimalkan penggunaan energi rumahan secara otomatis.
Selain konferensi, acara ini juga menampilkan serangkaian presentasi, diskusi, pameran, pemutaran film, konser musik dan berbagai kegiatan yang memungkinkan para pelaku yang berasal dari beragam latar belakang disiplin pengetahuan dan profesi untuk saling berkenalan dan membangun jaringan kerjasama, baik dalam konteks lokal maupun internasional. Untuk kegiatan ini – atas dukungan Hivos (Sebuah organisasi non-profit yang berasal dari Belanda) – kesertaan saya dalam program PICNIC’07 juga terkait dengan upaya untuk membangun jejaring kerjasama selatan-selatan yang rencananya akan melibatkan beberapa medialab yang berada di wilayah India, Indonesia dan Brazil. Melalui inisiatif yang dimotori oleh Sarai Media Intiative (India), gagasan ini juga mendapatkan sambutan positif dari Waag Society (Belanda) dan Metareciclagem (Brazil). Upaya untuk membangun jaringan kerjasama selatan-selatan ini terutama ditujukan untuk menjembatani kesenjangan informasi dan pengetahuan yang masih menjadi endemi diantara komunitas masyarakat sipil di negara-negara yang terletak di bagian selatan dunia. Diharapkan melalui jaringan kerjasama selatan-selatan, Indonesia dapat menjadi salah satu motor penggerak yang menjembatani berbagai bentuk kesenjangan yang terjadi diantara negara maju dan negara berkembang.
Salah satu program yang banyak menarik perhatian publik dalam kegiatan ini adalah demontrasi mengenai perkembangan teknologi radio frequency identification device (RFID) yang dipresentasikan oleh kelompok Mediamatic (Belanda). Salah satu karya ciptaan mereka adalah Trace Table yang mampu menghimpun berbagai informasi personal yang dimiliki oleh setiap orang melalui piranti RFID yang mereka punya. Selama beberapa tahun terakhir, aplikasi perkembangan teknologi RFID telah memicu banyak kontroversi yang terkait dengan isu dibidang keamanan dan privasi. Sekeping sirkuit logam tembaga yang dapat memancarkan dan menerima sinyal berisi data dan informasi ini memang mulai banyak digunakan untuk berbagai keperluan. Di beberapa negara, teknologi ini mulai dimanfaatkan sebagai kartu cerdas yang dapat memuat data dan informasi yang spesifik – mulai dari passport sampai pada pemindai pola sirkulasi produk industri – sehingga dicurigai dapat membobol informasi yang bersifat sangat pribadi.Program lain yang tidak kalah menarik adalah presentasi dari FabLab (www.fablab.nl) yang menampilkan workshop mengenai cara merakit printer 3 dimensi secara mandiri.
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Berkaca dari kedua kegiatan di atas, secara jelas kita dapat melihat bagaimana penguasaan di bidang informasi, pengetahuan dan kreatifitas saat ini tengah menjadi titik sentral dalam perkembangan budaya secara global. Hal ini setidaknya juga ikut mengarahkan perkembangan di bidang teknologi dan bisnis yang memanfaatkan kreatifitas manusia sebagai ujung tombaknya. Sejak pertengahan tahun 1990-an, perkembangan di bidang informasi, pengetahuan dan kreatifitas juga ikut memicu lahirnya wacana mengenai industri kreatif yang saat ini telah menjadi fenomena global. Selain di negara maju, perkembangan industri kreatif setidaknya juga tumbuh secara pesat di beberapa negara berkembang semisal Cina, India, Brazil, Argentina, Meksiko dan bahkan Burkina Faso yang terletak di daratan Afrika. Di beberapa negara ini konon sektor ekonomi kreatif memberikan sumbangan GNP sebesar 3% (OAS Culture Series, 2003).
Di Inggris dan Belanda, sektor ekonomi kreatif tercatat memberikan kontribusi bagi penciptaan lapangan kerja baru sampai sebesar 30% (Richard Florida & Irene Tinagli, 2004). Tidak mengherankan kalau pemerintah di masing-masing negara menggenjot perkembangan sektor ekonomi kreatif dengan mendorong berbagai inisiatif masyarakat sipil untuk meningkatkan kemampuan di bidang kreatifitas dengan menciptakan berbagai kebijakan publik yang mengambil fokus pada peningkatan kualitas sumber daya manusia dan perkembangan teknologi. Selain itu, di banyak negara maju pemerintah setempat kerap menjalin hubungan kerjasama dengan berbagai elemen masyarakat sipil agar dapat mendorong penguasaan di bidang informasi dan pengetahuan secara luas. Untuk itu diciptakanlah berbagai kebijakan dan insentif yang dapat memicu pertumbuhan di bidang sektor kreatif dengan melibatkan pemerintah, lembaga keuangan, institusi pendidikan formal, dan berbagai kelompok independen yang menjadi tulang punggung bagi perkembangan ekonomi kreatif.
Di Indonesia, perkembangan sektor ekonomi kreatif juga disinyalir tengah berkembang pesat di beberapa kota besar selama kurun waktu 10 tahun terakhir. Melalui inisiatif komunitas anak muda di beberapa kota semisal Jakarta, Bandung dan Yogyakarta, berbagai benih yang memicu pertumbuhan ekonomi kreatif di tingkat lokal telah mampu melahirkan karya film, animasi, fesyen, musik, software, game komputer, dsb. Beberapa diantara pelaku ekonomi kreatif ini malah telah mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menampilkan karyanya di ajang internasional dan diterima dengan tangan terbuka. Yang mengagetkan, keberadaan talenta baru ini muncul tanpa infrastruktur yang memadai dan bahkan minim akan fasilitas. Berbeda dengan perkembangan sektor ekonomi kreatif negara maju yang didukung penuh oleh pemerintahnya, perkembangan sektor kreatif di Indonesia kebanyakan dipicu oleh terbukannya akses informasi dan pengetahuan yang didapat melalui internet. Selain itu kemunculan berbagai komunitas kreatif ini juga berkembang berkat intuisi untuk bertahan hidup di tengah masa-masa sulit. Oleh karena itu, tidaklah mengherankan apabila ditengah segala keterbatasan beberapa komunitas ini mampu melahirkan karya yang berkualitas, walau beberapa diantaranya disinyalir tercipta melalui penggunaan software bajakan.
Pemerintah sendiri akhir-akhir ini terlihat getol menyuarakan pentingnya mengembangkan sektor ekonomi kreatif sebagai salah satu upaya untuk keluar dari krisis ekonomi yang berkepanjangan. Dalam Pekan Produk Budaya Indonesia, Presiden SBY menyatakan kalau ekonomi kreatif merupakan modal utama pembangunan ekonomi di gelombang empat peradaban (11/07/07). Hal ini tentu saja dapat kita artikan sebagai angin segar, walaupun wujud kongkrit bagi pengembangan sektor kreatif di dalam negeri masih merupakan tanda tanya besar. Setidaknya sampai saat ini sudah ada banyak pameran, seminar, workshop, usulan dan artikel di media massa yang membicarakan perkembangan ekonomi kreatif secara panjang lebar. Namun sayangnya upaya ini belum menunjukan kalau perkembangan ekonomi kreatif mendapatkan dukungan yang berarti dari berbagai pihak. Kalaupun ada, hampir semua mengambil fokus pada pembangunan infrastruktur (fisik) dan minim sekali perhatian pada peningkatan sumberdaya manusia melalui peningkatan akses terhadap informasi dan pengetahuan. Oleh karena itu, keinginan Presiden SBY untuk menjadikan ekonomi kreatif sebagai sektor unggulan yang dapat memberikan kontribusi penting bagi ekonomi nasional di masa depan bisa dikatakan masih merupakan mimpi yang entah kapan bisa menjadi kenyataan.
Kyai Gede Utama, 12 Oktober 2007
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After having a huge success for series of program and activities in the last two rounds of Nu-Substance Festival 2007, Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records presents the final round of Nu-Substance Festival 2007. Following its previous events, this time the festival is equipped with another series of DIY media workshop, multimedia performance, electronic music concert and party events that presents a wide range of artist, designer, programer and musician from the field of electronic music and media arts.
PARTICIPANTS:
Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA), Java Bass (JKT/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), DxxxT (BDG/INA), Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA), Chainsmokingbastard (BDG/INA), Bayu/Motion Ninja – UVG (JKT/INA), Erik M. Pauhrizi (BDG/INA), Gigi Priadji (BDG/INA), Indra Nugraha (BDG/INA), Sir Dandy (BDG/INA), Ryan Koesuma (BDG/INA), Bramantya Rachman (BDG/INA) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia/ ADGI (JKT/INA)
PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES
Friday, 31st of August 2007, 18.30 – 21.00 WIB
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8
REALTIME CINEMA PROJECT: REALITIES.RMX
Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)
**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)
Saturday, 1st of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8
DIY Media Workshop (Podcasting, Multimedia Blogging and Graphic Design)
Featuring: Ryan Koesuma (www.deathrockstar.info), Bramantya Rachman (www.qinkqonk.com), Sir Dandy (www.monikceltic.com) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia (ADGI)
**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)
Saturday, 1st of September 2007, 22.00 – 03.00 WIB
Kyooki Lounge, Jl. Braga No: 21
Electronic Music Gathering
Featuring: Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA) & Java Bass (JKT/INA)
Visual by Bayu/Motion Ninja – UVG (JKT/INA)
Sunday, 2nd of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8
Public Discussion
Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)
**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)
Sunday, 2nd of September 2007, 18.30 – 22.30 WIB
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8
Costume Party: Protean Calling!!!
Featuring: Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA) & DxxxT (BDG/INA)
**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)
For more information please call Common Room at +62.22.70800620 or visit us at
Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No. 8, Bandung – Indonesia
Bandung 40132
West Java – Indonesia
URL: www.commonroom.info
This program is being initiated by Bandung Center for New Media Arts/Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records and supported by Arts Networks Asia (www.artsnetworkasia.org), a group of independent artist, cultural workers and arts activists primarily from Southeast Asia that encourages and supports regional artistic collaboration as well as develops managerial and administrative skills within Asia.
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IntenCity/ LOWAVE Video Art & Experimental Cinema Screening presenting works from 10 artists who came from 9 countries, which working in the context of urban situation. IntenCity is a compilation of works that is never been published before and offering a new perspective on cityscape and its artistic perception on video art and experimental cinema.The program is being prepared by LOWAVE, an independent distribution label that offers a new approach in working on urban issues in the context of contemporary cinematography. Some films that is included in this compilation are reflecting a rich and original view from its respective artists, mostly collected in the past three years from various sources and compilation such as City2City, Visions Urbaines, HC Gilje: Cityscapes, and Valerie Pavia.
Within this hybrid mix, most of the artists explores their work from the stream of crowded human interaction, modern buildings and cityscape. Working with fragment of pictures and noises, most of artists tries to reconstruct without neglecting narrative aspect in city life, with realistic, poetic, and Utopian views.
LOWAVE is an independent DVD label with the objective of discovering and promoting contemporary film and video art. Its ambition is to create a new marketplace for the work of cutting-edge artists and filmmakers, under recognized by the traditional distribution channels, by making them accessible to the public via the DVD format. With DVD, experimental film can finally find an audience beyond the film festival circuit. (More info please visit: www.lowave.com).
Besides showing some works from LOWAVE artists, this program is also equipped with special screening that is coordinated by VideoBabes, which will show 10 works from local artists that presents diverse perception on cityscape based on their own perspective. From this compilation, VideoBabes invite us to explores various form of cityscape through rich collection of building blocks and personal memory, besides reflection of urban souls that is appear in public toilets and TV screen, which stuck in the corner of city space. While exploring a distinct form of urban surroundings, this compilation also offers an intimate approach in understanding city life from its inhabitants.
IntenCITY/ LOWAVE video compilation:
HC Gilje (Norwegia) / H.K. Mark I
Marina Chernikova (Russia) / Crossings
Kentaro Taki (Japan) / Exchangeable Cities
Nose Chan (China) / Nil
Valérie Pavia (French) / Esquisses : Berlin – Pigalle – Moscou
Vincent et Franck Dudouet & Adolph Kaplan (French) / Hors Chants
Stefano Canapa (French/ Italy) / Promenaux
Roger Beebe (USA) / The Strip Mall Triology
Ulrich Fischer (Swiss/ Germany) / Es geht auch schneller
Egbert Mittelstädt (Germany) / Fall In Fall Out. Timaios 3rd and 5th Moment
VideoBabes video compilation:
Prilla Tania / A Short Story from Mom and Me
Rizaldi Fakhrudin / One Creative Way to Live in a Creative City
M. Akbar / My Little Corner of the World
oQ Adiredja / Me vs. Angkot
Yusuf Ismail / Flushed Memory
Muhammad Reggie Aquara / Album: Traveling Without Moving
Yusuf Ismail / I hate to be in the middle of the crowd during Saturday night in Dago street
Ariani Darmawan / City of Desire
R. E. Hartanto / City Series No. 2
Andi Bini Fitriani / Urban Puppet
In conjuction with screening program, there will be public discussion that is presenting two artists from LOWAVE:
Silke Schmickl
Silke Schmickl was born in Germany in 1974. She studied Art History and Intercultural Communications in Munich and in Paris where she completed her diploma at the University of Paris (Sourbonne) in 2001. She’s been a researcher at the German Center for Art History in Paris since 2000. She has published a book on Museum Photographs by Thomas Struth. In 2002, she co-founded LOWAVE where she is responsible for the conception and production of art projects as well as their distribution in partnership with international cultural organizations.
Thomas Lambert
Thomas Lambert was born in France in 1977. A film buff since his early days, he’s been exploring different technical aspects of cinema. He completed a degree in cinema in 2004. Since then he’s been working on a number of projects as cameraman, editor, and musician. He is responsible for DVD authoring and project managing the technical requirements of Lowave’s projects.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES
Wednesday, 29th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
Auditorium CCF Bandung
Jl. Purnawarman No: 32
Video Screening:
IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 1
Presentation IntenCITY – LOWAVE:
1. Silke Schmickl
2. Thomas Lambert
Thursday, 30th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8
Video Screening:
IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 2
Public Discussion:
Presenting some artists from IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes.
29 – 30 August, 11.00 AM – 06.00 PM
Rumah Buku, Jl. Hegarmanah No: 52
Video installation (loop)
This program is being organized together by CCF Bandung, Goethe-Institut Indonesia , VideoBabes (Rumah Buku) & Common Room Networks Foundation.
More information please contact:
CCF – Bandung, +62.22.421.2417 (Windie)
Rumah Buku, +62.22.203.9615 (Rani)
Common Room, +62.22.70.800.620 (Mbak Nunung)
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