Chronicles

More than a year dealing with Covid-19 has prompted many of us to make significant habitual adjustments. With the extended WFH rituals, we require our living space to be a magical box for various a...

Accessories

The Strong Ox

This lunar year is about the Strong Metal Ox. The key to reaching our goals is all in our attitude. Understanding the totem animal's philosophy can inspire us to embody that positive perspective.

Angpao

The Lucky Red Envelopes

Gong Xi Fa Cai! In 2021, the traditional Lantern Festival will start from the evening of 11 February to 26 February. More than ever, we wish good health, a life full of imagination, and a prosperou...

Stop. Look. Go.

With all the turmoil and madness of 2020, we have managed to survive the biggest challenge of our time. It seemed that we rushed through this stressful period furiously fast without any pause. Davi...

Étude5

Étude is a short musical arrangement, usually for a specific instrument, designed as practice material for improving a particular musical skill. ‘Étude5’ is a visual study based on a contemporary m...

Jathilan

The great Java War (1825-1830) united thieves, artists, ‘santri’, noblemen, peasants, and free-thinkers to fight for one cause. A chance to be independent. When it ended, it left thousands of skel...

Sweetnite

She stands barefoot on the balcony watching the dancing soldiers of Jathilan. Some folk believe that Jathilan is a dance hiding the secret spirit of the great Java War, to blind the enemy from our ...

AIR 2020: Farand Rasyid Hazfanur

TULISAN AIR 2020 (Artist In Residence) is a curatorial program for an exclusive collection of Farand Rasyid Hazfanur (16 years old), a gifted young painter with a Cerebral Palsy disability. On 23 S...

Independence

Since 1945, we, Indonesians, have celebrated 17 August as our independence day. We have really come a long way since then. Today, more women receive equal opportunities, more access to better educa...