PERHUTANA
Established in 2005, Jatiwangi art Factory (JaF) is a community that embraces contemporary arts and cultural practices as part of the local life discourse in a rural area. Their manifold activities, always involving the local public, include a video festival, a music festival, a residency program, a discussion series, and a TV and radio station.
At the beginning of the XXth century, its clay industry made Jatiwangi the biggest roof-tile producing region in Southeast Asia. The project Kota Terakota (Terracota City) thus marks the beginning of a new clay culture for Jatiwangi, remodelling the city based on its people’s desires and their collective agreement. In this sense, Kota Terakota speaks to “terra” not only as a material, but also as land, territory, or idea.
For the past 10 years, Jatiwangi has been planned by the Indonesian government as part of a strategic industrial development zone called ‘Segitiga Rebana’. In response, JaF is developing strategies for its region to be catalogued of ecological and cultural significance, to build from that space alternative discourses to technocentrism.
PERHUTANA, part of the Kota Terakota project, consists of reclaiming an 8 hectare plot of land from the industrial development plan and turning it into sacred (conservation) land. It involves the act of creating a collectively owned forest, utilizing the transactional logic of a real estate company as a method of collective action.
By participating in PERHUTANA one gets the following: a 4m² plot of land that will later be donated for the creation of the forest, a terracotta certificate, designed and made by artists from Jatiwangi Art Factory and a digital certificate.
SWAB RADIO
Swab Radio, in collaboration with artsuper, features conversations with curators, artists, and gallerists exploring the role of art in shaping cultural identities, blending tradition with globalized perspectives, and examining our evolving connection to our roots in an increasingly homogenized world.
Tradition and innovation: the role of emerging art in Barcelona and Taipei.
Participants: Carla Jaria, Yipei Lee (curators Solo Show)
Date: Oct 5, 2024 · 12.30H
From the gallery to the city: project, community, and context from the youngest spaces.
Date and time: Saturday 5th october, 14H
Participants: Matias Romano Aleman (Mármol), Axel Balazsi (Tube), Louis Chapple (Studio/Chapple) and Diogo Ramalho (Plato)
Date: Oct 5, 2024 · 14H
New Voices, new visions: exploring emerging art in Latam.
Participants: Santiago Gasquet (curator Emerging Latam), Yuyo Gardiol (Crudo), Raúl Rebolledo (Escombro)
Date: Oct 5, 2024 · 16.30H
The space for art. Between the gallery and the digital market.
Participants: Diana Vedova (Artsper)
Date: Oct 5, 2024 · 18H
The territory in focus: art and context in the Middle East.
Participants: Mohammad Ali Ahmadifar (Yafteh), Abir Boukhari (AllArtNow), Marie-Nour Hechaime (Takeover)
Date: Oct 5, 2024 · 19.15H
On the post-global horizon: echoes of tradition from Tokyo and Seoul.
Participants: Kelvin Kyung Kun Park (curator Focus Tokyo-Seoul), Kim Inseon (Space Willing N Dealing)
Date: Oct 6, 2024 · 12.30H
Trends, future, and influences.
Participants: Enrique Suasi Carayol (Stain), Jordi Vernis López (ADN)
Date: 6 Oct, 2024 · 14H
Beyond traditional galleries: self-management and opportunity.
Participants: Aubrie Higgin (Chilli Art Projects), Juan Pablo Piñero (Casa Espacio)
Date: 6 Oct, 2024 · 16.30H