Silent Film Orchestration at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Originally, silent film was simply tracked by a single pianist as its sound theme. Then, in its development, silent film follow by an orchestra. Newest compositions are then, perform. Last wednesday, May 14th 2008, an ensemble from Vietnam...

WALL-E: Receding to Human’s Primordial Side
Monday, 08 June 2009
Upon seeing the people as depicted in Pixar/Disney’s WALL-E, I was instantly reminded of a day in anthropology class back in my university days. That day, the professor elaborated human physical evolution which is only predictable to...

Filem Pendek Sudah Mati, Tapi Tidak di Oberhausen
Sunday, 10 May 2009
(Only in Bahasa Indonesia) Selama 55 tahun festival filem pendek Oberhausen telah menjadi ajang bertemunya sutradara, distributor, pembeli dan peminat filem pendek dari seluruh dunia. Sebagai bekas kota industri, dengan tingkat pengangguran yang...

Video: The New Wave
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Tracing the Genealogy of World’s Video Art The development of Indonesian video art in the last decade has been satisfactory. Several visual art events have included video art as part of contemporary art exhibition. Video art has even invaded...

Jean Epstein: First Avant-garde Director
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Jean Epstein (1897-1953) One of the foremost directors of the French silent cinema, Epstein is also remembered as a cinematic theorist whose writings such as Ecrits sur le cinema examined the philosophical impact of film. Epstein's works, considered...

Aminuddin TH Siregar: We Excel Other Countries in Southeast Asia
Monday, 03 August 2009
Why do you pick the theme ‘Comedy’ for the fourth OK. Video?We believe the theme comedy correlates to the socio-political state our country is now in. It’s an attempt to look for collective ways of catharsis, not to burden ourselves with...

One Day We'll Only Memorizing The Celluloid
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
What film struck you most? Fiction and documentary: film. Until two years ago, when I stepped out my room to watch The Mirror, a film of Jafar Panahi, I was feeling awakened to the category of certain films that for a long time quieting my mind. If...

The Endless Steps: Transaction of Sign Agreement
Monday, 24 November 2008
‘Is there any sign?’This question asked four times by a caller in the video The Endless Steps from Maulana Adel Pasha. Question which is so important for the caller to find the house. The transaction of sign thus occur. A bargain of subjective...
Sejarah Seni Sebagai Seni (9): Pelajaran Rusia
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Aneka No. 21 THN VI, 20 september 1955 (Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Tahun 1927 pertama kali dipertunjukkan filem-filem Rusia di Eropa. Filem-filem seperti The Battleship Potemkin (1925) buatan Sergei Eisenstein, Mother (Ibunda, 1926)...

Menilai 3 Doa 3 Cinta Melalui Mata Penonton
Monday, 26 January 2009
“Demi masa depan, aku harus tinggalkan. Ah…abang, demi cita-cita…” Ini adalah salah satu potongan lirik lagu dangdut yang dinyanyikan Dian Sastrowardoyo saat berperan sebagai Dona Satelit di filem 3 Doa 3 Cinta. Goyang pinggul dan riasan...
Comedy: Leave go of Sociopolitical Anxiety
Monday, 03 August 2009
The opening of OK. Video—4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2009 held in the National Gallery, Jakarta on July 28, 2009, was jam-packed. That night, Hafiz, Festival Director, along with Tubagus “Andre” Sukmana (Director of Indonesia...

Info Festival Film Purbalingga 2010: “Melihat Kita”
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Pada penyelenggaraan Festival Film Purbalingga (FFP) keempat ini, FFP menghadirkan tema “Melihat Kita”. Melihat Kita adalah sebuah ajakan untuk melihat dan menilai kembali kejadian-kejadian di sekitar kita dalam aspek sosial dan budaya....

Pernyataan Politik Godard dalam La Chinoise
Thursday, 15 January 2009
(This article temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) La Chinoise bisa dianggap semacam pamflet politik sekaligus pamflet artistik dalam bahasa sinema Jean-Luc Godard. Melalui adaptasi lepas dari novel Fyodor Dostoevsky tahun 1872, The...

Massroom Project Catalogue
Friday, 03 July 2009
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Mimicking Mimicry: Notes on the 4th Purbalingga Film Festival 2010
Thursday, 03 June 2010
According to Teshome Gabriel, the first period of third world cinema is Hollywood films. The second is by mimicking Hollywood films, i.e. identifying themselves to Hollywood films. We can see traces of mimicry in the early production of Dutch Indies...

Bilal: Between Freedom and Fascism in Punk Ideology
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Bilal (2006) is a first and important work of Bagasworo Aryaningtyas. The work also appeared to be a confirmation of Bagasworo identity as a true punker. His next works such as Memanjakan Tubuh/Spoiling the Body (2006) and Lingkaran X/The X Circle...

Arkeologi Seni Media
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Percakapan antara Jussi Parikka dan Garnet Hertz Artikel asli berbahasa Inggris bisa dibaca di www.ctheory.netOriginal text in English on www.ctheory.net Pendahuluan Arkeologi media merupakan suatu pendekatan studi media yang mengemuka sejak...

Film Nyai Siti Atau De Stem Des Bloeds (Suaranya Darah)
Friday, 12 June 2009
(only available in Bahasa Indonesia) Film Nyai Siti Atau De Stem Des Bloeds (Suaranya Darah)1Keluaran The Cosmes Film Corporation di BandungPanorama2, No. 175, 10 Juni 1930, Tahun ke 4Pada malam Minggu tanggal 22 Maret telah kita saksikan film...
Video Mashup: A Remix Culture
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Few times ago, I was shown a video from YouTube. It was a music video Metallica Tribute to Rhoma Irama1. It may sound impossible, but all my expectations turned upside down and inside out watching this video. It’s originally a video of...

Sejarah Filem Sebagai Seni (2): Pengaruh Sandiwara
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
(Available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Jurnal Footage akan memuat kembali tiga artikel tentang sejarah filem yang ditulis oleh tiga penulis berbeda: Herman Pratikto dan H. Asby (Indonesia) dan B.J. Bertina (Belanda) yang sudah diterjemahkan oleh...

Realisme Sinematik dan Mazhab Pembebasan Italia
Friday, 24 October 2008
(This article is a translation and not available in english) Kepentingan historis filem Paisa Rossellini telah sepenuhnya diperbandingkan dengan sejumlah mahakarya filem klasik. Tanpa ragu, George Sadoul menyebutnya sejajar Nosferatu, Die...
Paranormal Activity: A Terrifying Sound Pollution
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Haxan, a work of a Swedish director, Christensen, is a horror film full of strong social political issue. Haxan does not only picture human apprehension to all things supernatural. More than that, Haxan is a historical documentary portraying social...

Benny Wicaksono: Surabaya Harus Mengejar Ketertinggalan
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
(Temporarily Available Only in Bahasa Indonesia) Berawal dari mengejar "ketertinggalan", Globalappleworks dan Surabaya New Media Art Center, membuat sebuah festival video bertajuk VIDEO:WRK – Surabaya International Video Festival 2009. Festival...

Soal-soal Seni Pada Filem Disaat Ini
Thursday, 12 June 2008
(This article is only in Bahasa Indonesia) Dimuat di MINGGUAN SIASAT edisi Minggu-12 Nopember 1950, Minggu-19 Nopember 1950, Minggu-26 Nopember 1950, dan Minggu-3 Desember 19501927 adalah tahun yang sangat berarti bagi dunia filem. Tahun itu menutup...
Doa yang Mengancam: Potret Pergulatan Iman Kaum Subaltern
Thursday, 16 July 2009
(Temporarily available only in Bahasa Indonesia) Di blog pribadinya, Hanung Bramantyo menyebut filem Doa yang Mengancam memiliki pesan untuk bercermin diri. Menurutnya, filem ini bertema keikhlasan. Manusia menjadi bersahaja karena dirinya ikhlas....

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