Bamboo turns into inspring creations<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
Inspiring pieces of work made out of bamboo are scattered in
\nopen spaces in three Yogyakarta villages: Nitiprayan, Jeblog and
\nKersan in Kasihan district in Bantul.<\/p>\n
The pieces were created by four Indonesian artists and four
\nDanish artists for the Art of Bamboo exhibition, which is being
\njointly held by Yogyakarta's Cemeti Art House and two Danish
\nartists, Nane Kollgaard Pedersen and Christine Krabbe, until
\nMarch 19.<\/p>\n
The eight participants are Danish artists Alfio Bonanno, Jane
\nBalsgaard, Vibeke Glarbo and Britt Smelvaer; and Indonesian
\nartists Nindityo Adipurnomo, Mella Jaarsma, Anusapati and Eko
\nAgus Prawoto.<\/p>\n
Pedersen, the program's initiator, said the four Danish
\nartists were selected because they all worked in site-specific
\narts, a characteristic crucial for the Art of Bamboo project,
\nwhile the Indonesian artists were chosen due to their fascinating
\nworks.<\/p>\n
The program aims at providing the community with wider
\nartistic experience in creating bamboo artwork. Bamboo, as the
\nmain theme, was chosen to represent the meeting of two cultures,
\nIndonesian and Danish. Bamboo, for Danish artists, is an exotic
\nmaterial that promises imaginative and poetic inspiration. For
\nIndonesian artists, bamboo is part of daily life.<\/p>\n
"This project, hopefully, will be able to bridge two different
\nperceptions as well as provide both the artists and communities,
\nespecially the craftsmen, with more space for creative works,"
\nPedersen said, explaining that the project also involved local,
\nskilled bamboo craftsmen.<\/p>\n
Bonanno created a three-meter-tall bamboo structure titled
\nKeong (snail) for the exhibition.<\/p>\n
Bonanno said he was sure he would return home with lots of
\ninspiring ideas and techniques after the exhibition.<\/p>\n
Bonanno's artwork, exhibited on Jl. Nitiprayan, has a bamboo
\nbench attached. However, don't even think of sitting on the
\nbench, at least not until March 19, because dozens of live snails
\nare residing on it.<\/p>\n
The artist is fascinated with snails. "They are everywhere.
\nI'm fascinated with their beautiful shape. They inspire me,"
\nBonanno said. The snail is also part of the landscape where his
\nartwork was created.<\/p>\n
"The snail belongs to the landscape. That's why I chose the
\nsnail and nothing else," said Bonanno.<\/p>\n
Also on exhibit is Eko Agus Prawoto's stage-like structure
\nbuilt over a fishpond titled Between the Water and the Sky,
\nGlarbo's binocular-shaped structure hanging on a structure
\ncomprising four bamboo pillars built in the middle of a rice
\nfield titled A Pathway to the Sky and Smelvaer's Rice Field
\nVessels a few meters to the south. Smelvaer's creation consists
\nof five parabola-like structures of different bright colors in
\nscattered positions.<\/p>\n
Not far from their works, one can see Anusapati's Form Follows
\nTensions, which was originally a traditional bamboo structure
\nused to make bricks but changes into an unusual shape.<\/p>\n
From a distance, viewers can also enjoy Balsgaard's unique
\nwork titled A Gliding Object Between Two Palm Trees hanging
\nloosely on a rope, the ends of which are tied to two different
\npalm trees.<\/p>\n
Nindityo's work titled You Come to Free Plastic Area,
\nNitiprayan, Jeblog, Kersan is an open, giant ikrak (bamboo basket
\nused to carry garbage) with a pile of plastic garbage on it.<\/p>\n
"Through this piece I'd like to warn people of plastic waste.
\nHopefully this object could replace my hair buns someday," said
\nNindityo, who often has hair buns in his artwork.<\/p>\n
Nindityo's wife Mella Jaarsma presents Brokoh: A Bamboo Basket
\nUsed for Grass Collecting, a communications post (Posko), built
\non an intersection at the end of Jl. Nitiprayan. It was modified
\nin such a way as to allow lots of fresh air to flow in. A folding
\ntable and a bamboo musical instrument set are attached to the
\ninside part of the post's wall to allow people to play while
\nsitting there.<\/p>",
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