Festival presents women in arts<\/p>\n
Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Kartini Day, every April 21, usually evokes memories of parades
\nof little children clad in colorful national dress or various
\ncompetitions ranging from best-dressed, best-behaved, best
\nsinging, to best writing.<\/p>\n
One wonders what they all had to do with Kartini, the 19th
\ncentury Javanese woman who had supposedly sparked the first
\nwomen's emancipation movement in Indonesia with her school for
\ngirls and progressive letters.<\/p>\n
Nothing whatsoever. And therefore it is with great relief that
\nInstitut Ungu, a women's art and cultural organization, has
\norganized Festival April 2003, showcasing the progress of
\nIndonesian women in the field of arts and culture, in
\ncommemoration of this year's Kartini month.<\/p>\n
\"At Festival April the voices of women will be carried to the
\npeople through an interesting medium, arts and culture,\" Institut
\nUngu said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Festival April is the first all-women festival in the country,
\naimed at exposing a women's perspective to the general public as
\nwell as promoting the creations of female artists and authors.<\/p>\n
The five main themes of the festival -- which opened on April
\n5, 2003 at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta -- are a
\nWomen's Fine Arts Festival, Women's Film Festival, Women's
\nLiterature Festival, a public dialogue titled Seni dan Pembebasan
\nPerempuan (Art and Women's Emancipation), and a Kartini Night.<\/p>\n
The Women's Fine Arts Festival will showcase the work of 40
\nfemale artists like Kartika Affandi, Astari Rasyid, Dolorosa
\nSinaga, Sekar Ayu Asmara, Rima Melati and Rukmini Affandi, with
\nworks ranging from sculpture, photography, painting, to video and
\nhappening art.<\/p>\n
The Women's Fine Arts Festival will be held from April 5 to
\nApril 11 at TIM's Galeri Cipta II and Galeri Cipta III. Workshops
\nby the masters will be held at Galeri Cipta II from 10 a.m. to 5
\np.m. and exhibitions will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Between April 10 and April 14, The Women's Film Festival will
\nbe held at TIM's Cineplex 21 and on a wide screen on the grounds
\nof TIM.<\/p>\n
To be screened during the festival are Indonesian films on
\nwomen like Kartini, Tiga Dara (Three Women), Ibunda (Mother),
\nBudak Nafsu (Lust Slave), and Kerikil-Kerikil Tajam (Sharp
\nstones), as well as foreign movies such as Doesn't Believe in
\nTears (Russia), Rabbit Proof Fence (Iran) and To Be or Not To Be
\n(Portugal).<\/p>\n
The festival will also screen independent movies by or about
\nwomen.<\/p>\n
Cala Ibi, a book by Nukila Amal, will be launched at Aksara
\nBookstore in Kemang, South Jakarta, on April 16.<\/p>\n
The Women's Literature Festival will continue on April 17 with
\na discussion of Perempuan dalam Cerita Calon Arang (Women in the
\nCalon Arang story) by a panelists, including Gadis Arifia, Pande
\nK. Trimayuni and Max Lane.<\/p>\n
The discussion, held at TIM's Galeri Cipta II at 7 p.m. until
\n10 p.m., is based on Toeti Heraty's Calon Arang, Kisah Perempuan
\nKorban Patriarki: Prosa Lirik (Calon Arang, A Story of a Woman
\nVictim of Patriarchy: Lyrical Prose), and Pramoedya Ananta Toer's
\nThe King, the Witch, and the Priest.<\/p>\n
A short story workshop for high school students will be
\norganized on April 17 and April 18 at TIM's Galeri Cipta II with
\nLinda Christanty at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Authors Ayu Utami, Mira W, Mariane Kattopo, NH Dini, Jenar
\nMaesa Ayu and Helvi will be on hand at Galeri Cipta II on April
\n18 at 7 p.m. for a meet-the-author event.<\/p>\n
A book bazaar and exhibition A Room of Her Own will also take
\nplace during the two-day Women's Literature Festival at Galeri
\nCipta II.<\/p>\n
On April 19, a public dialogue titled Seni dan Pembebasan
\nPerempuan (Art and Women Emancipation) will be organized at
\nGaleri Cipta II between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Panelists will include Anang Hermansyah, Julia Surya Kusuma,
\nRatna Sarumpaet and Dolorosa Sinaga.<\/p>\n
Festival April will end on the eve of Kartini Day with a
\ncultural oration by two generation of Indonesian women -- Toeti
\nHeraty and Dewi Lestari -- and the launch of the Women's Literary
\nAward.<\/p>\n
For more information call Institut Ungu, Jl Otista III, Complex
\nII No. 89, East Jakarta 13340. Phone\/fax 021-8196619.<\/p>",
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