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Droog Design: A Human Touch

Start:	Jun 7, '07 7:30p
End:	Jul 5, '07
Location:	Erasmus Huis, Jakarta

Pameran Droog Design "A Human Touch"

Kamis, 7 Juni 19.30

Pembukaan Pameran Droog Design ‘A Human Touch’

(Hanya para undangan)

Droog Design dari Belanda bukan sekedar rangkaian produk dari sekelompok disainer, tetapi lebih merupakan sebuah mentalitas. Setiap produk merupakan olahan dari sebuah konsep dan sekaligus juga meletakan tanda tanya pada pencapaian dan tujuannya. Pendekatan ini telah menghasilkan sebuah bunga rampai dari keseluruhan produk, dimana setiap obyek mempunyai tujuan fungsional dan juga menjadi bagian dalam perdebatan tentang konsep.

Produk-produk Droog Design sangat istimewa dan dapat diakses kapan saja. Sebagian dari produk itu tampak tidak asing, terkadang produk itu dapat membangkitkan kenangan. Sebagian dari produk tersebut tampak kurang sempurna, lainnya justru tampak sempurna dalam kesederhanaannya. Beberapa produk mengandung unsur humor, sebagian lagi ada unsur puisi. Semua produk itu mengungkapkan cerita yang dapat dimengerti di seluruh dunia. Demikianlah produk-produk itu memiliki ‘A human touch’.

Droog Design didirikan pada tahun 1993 oleh ahli sejarah disain Renny Ramakers dan disainer produk Gijs Bakker. Mereka telah mengkurasi banyak obyek yang terdiri dari 180 disain karya lebih dari 100 disainer dari segala penjuru dunia. Dengan selalu memandang segala sesuatu dengan kritis dan lucu, Droog Disain (droog artinya garing seperti dalam ‘humor garing’) mampu bersaing dengan gaya disain mewah yang mendominir pasar.

A Human Touch adalah pameran pertama Droog Disain di Indonesia. Pameran ini menjadi tonggak dalam pertukaran budaya kedua negara.

Pameran ini diadakan berkat dukungan dari Netherlands Culture Fund, Kementerian Luar Negeri Belanda dan Kementerian Pendidikan, Budaya dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Belanda.

External link www.droogdesign.nl


Jum'at, 8 Juni – Kamis, 5 Juli
Pameran Droog Design 'A Human Touch'

Jam Buka:
Senin - Kamis, 09.00 - 14.00
Jum'at, 09.00 - 14.00
Sabtu, 09.30 - 12.30

Gratis

Tanggal: 7 Juni 2007 - 5 Juli 2007
Lokasi: Erasmus Huis

Klabkomik: "Saat Gambar Berbicara"

Start:	Jun 7, '07 7:00p
Location:	Aksara Kemang, Jakarta

Dear All,
Seiring dengan terbitnya Kumpulan Komik Pendek Memorabilia Gempa Jogja, maka kami menyelenggarakan diskusi dengan kontributor, pengamat dan pembaca komik di acara:

Klabkomik Aksara

"SAAT GAMBAR BERBICARA"

Bersama:
Frigidianto Agung (fotografer)
Oyasujiwo (Komikus)
Arief AshShiddiq (Visual Arts Magz)
Surjorimba Suroto (komikindonesia.com)

Moderator
Akademi Samali

TB Aksara
Jl Kemang Raya 8B
Jakarta Selatan

Kamis, 7 Juni 2007
Jam 19.00 - Selesai

Dateng ya, THX

Beng Rahadian
http://kondefest.org

[Alumni SR ITB] Peringatan 60 tahun Senirupa ITB

Meneruskan woro-woro dari milis x-sr itb, sbb:

HALO REKANS XSR-ITB DIMANAPUN...

dalam rangka memperingati ultah SeniRupa ITB yang ke 60, maka FSRD-ITB berencana menyelenggarakan serangkaian acara yang megah dan asyik, dan sekaligus mengharapkan seluruh alumninya yang tersebar di segala penjuru dunia, negeri, kota, kecamatan, desa, kampung untuk turut berpartisipasi dalam segala bentuk bantuan agar acara ini dapat terselenggara dengan baik dan lancar.
Sebagai langkah pertama, panitia mengirimkan Formulir Pendataan yang WAJIB diisi dan dikembalikan kepada panitia secepatnya. Data Alumni dibutuhkan untuk kepentingan pengiriman informasi apapun. Demikianlah pemberitahuan awal, berita selanjutnya akan menyusul.

Mohon bantuan untuk menyebar luaskan formulir ke rekan XSR-ITB lainnya, terimakasih.

Hendriani Madewa-Ketua IASR.ITB


Formulir dalam format .doc (Microsoft Word, 132 KB) dapat di-download dari lampiran jurnal ini. Mengutip dari formulir:

SETELAH FORMULIR TERISI, MOHON SEGERA DIKIRIM KE pan_60th_sritb@yahoo.com; dan atau xsritb@yahoogroups.com

CATATAN:
YANG “MASUK” DALAM LINGKUP XSR-ITB ADALAH :
1. Kuliah di FSRD-ITB minimal 2 tahun dan/ atau sudah punya jurusan/studio.(TIDAK TERBATAS “HANYA” YANG LULUS ATAU PUNYA IJAZAH SAJA !)
2. Memiliki fanatisme dan tingkat kepedulian yang tinggi terhadap profesinya.

(euh.. I disagree with the 'fanatisme' part. Is that really necessary?)
Info lebih lanjut (ngambil dari formulir tsb): xsr-itb.com

Attachment: FORM ISIAN XSR.doc

[Comics Compilation] Jogja 5,9sr

Coming home after picking up the kids from school, after taking off their wet raincoats and boots and my own soaked sandals, I went downstairs to my working desk, as usual. Surprise! A small package, sent using an express mail service, sat still next to my ever-growing pile of papers. It's the Jogja 5,9sr Comics Compilation from Beng! (Thanks so much!)

Right after all immediate household-necessities were taken care of and the kids were settled with their own games, I went upstairs to read the book, from cover to cover. Jogja 5,9sr contains short stories in graphic forms (drawings and photographs in sequences), contributed by various artists. I was invited to do a piece when I was still in The Netherlands, and I managed to submit two one-page stories, which are included in the book.

My first impression towards this book was "rich". Not only of styles and stories, but also viewpoints and meanings. Among my favourite ones are Pak Gempa, which is full of funny details once you look carefully at each panel - despite the touching story it presents - and Jogja Effect, which is adorned by simple, humane daily happenings along the (serious) conversations offerred by its characters.

A launching of this book will take place this Thursday, June 7th, 2007. Following is a copy of the invitation:

SAAT GAMBAR BERBICARA

With:
Frigidianto Agung (fotografer)
Oyasujiwo (Komikus)
Arief AshShiddiq (Visual Arts Magz)
Surjorimba Suroto (komikindonesia.com)
Moderator: Akademi Samali

TB Aksara
Jl Kemang Raya 8B
Jakarta Selatan

Thursday 7 Juni 2007
19.00 - End                

I might come over, as well, but that depends on many conditions this week. We'll see. Following are details relevant to the book:

Jogja 5,9sr contributors: Anto Garang, Azisa Noor, Alfarobi, Asnar Zacky, Beng Rahadian, Budiono, Devoa, Dian, Diyan Bijac, Endik Koeswoyo, F Agung, Ganjar W, Hanree, Herjaka, Injun, Mario Diaz, Man, Motulz, Nana, Iput-Oyas, Ones, Rudi GM, Tita

Publisher: Aruskata (2007)
Price: Rp. 30.000,-
Contents: 104 pages of poems, comics and articles

My contribution can be viewed here: http://komik.multiply.com/photos/album/17 and Motul's is here: http://komik.multiply.com/photos/album/16

[24HCD] The Highlights are Here!

It was Thursday evening when I found a letter from the post office, asking me to pick up a package at their office in Soekarno-Hatta. That's quite far from where we live, so I wondered if it worthed my while to go there. The sender column said About Comics, USA. Ooh my 24HCD Highlights 2006 copies have arrived! Then I would go willingly to the post office at the soonest possible time, eventhough the post office charged extra for custom and repackaging (which mounted up to 94.000 IDR). Friday was a national holiday, offices were closed. Saturday morning, I waited until Syb came back from cycling, then departed to Soekarno-Hatta.

It was already late morning when I left and the post office closes at 13.00 on Saturdays. I decided to take a taxi, but everything was in a jam anyway, which is normal for a long weekend. I eventually arrived at the post office at about 12.00, looked for the package-pick-up section, paid and left. I took an angkot homewards (no problem: there was no time restriction and there's one that goes directly to Kanayakan - Dago, our nearest stop home).

Since it's a long way home, I got all the time in the world to unpack the package. For seven books (contributors of full comics receive 7 books each), the package felt light. I untied the sealed rope and pried open the Indonesian Postal Service plastic bag. The original package from USA (brown paper envelope on bubble-wrap plastic sheet) was already torn a bit at the corners, but no matter. I could easily rip a corner and pull one book out. Reading time! (Take my words: reading in angkot is not easy, but possible).

The texture of the paper is similar to those of newspaper, brownish, but thicker. The printing quality is average, or quite good compared to ours here in Indonesia. The contents are of course the most interesting factor of this book. 24HCD Highlights 2006 compiles a variety of how stories can be told through images - all done within the 24-hour deadline on October 7th, 2006. Next to the 10 full stories that got chosen, the Highlights also includes a number of excerpts that are thought to be representing the heterogeneity of submitted works during the 24HCD event.

For my story (pages 53-76), the editor wrote as an intro:

2006 was the first year that Indonesia had 24 Hour Comics Day event sites, but the country burst on the scene with 3 event sites hosting more than 75 participants... and Indonesian Tita Larasati (esduren.multiply.com) wasn't at any of them. She drew her story at the Lambiek comicstore in Amsterdam, which will make sense once you read her autobiographical tale.

After my pages come Alam's (another Indonesian), with the following intro:

Not all Indonesian participants were in The Netherlands, of course. Alam Muammar crafted "Ciuman Pangeran Bukan Untuk Permaisuri" at the Pengajian Komik DKV Community event, hosted at Institut Teknologi Bandung, West Java. (Alam's English translation was added for this book.)

(One of Alam's colourful pages is used as the back cover of this book.)  

It is perhaps interesting for fellow Indonesian participants and organizers to read a remark about them at the introduction:

The 24 Hour Comics Day 2006 was amazing
... You can see it in the blogs and the videos that  people made of the event, you can see it in how the town of Muhos in Northern Finland let students out early so they could participate, or how the Muslims in Indonesia kept energy up through the event despite it falling during the fasting month of Ramadhan, or how new comics creation communities have once again formed in the wake of the event.

Am I excited? Of course! I've been waiting for this publication with high enthusiasm, and now it's finally in my hands! Now if only I find a way to get this other one sent to me.. :)

The next 24 Hour Comics Day falls on October 20th, 2007. Any of you who want to participate (either again or for the first time), please prepare your gears and let's arrange another comics fever!

If you'd like to read about 24HCD 2006 in this blog, please click the tag 24hcd under this entry. You'll be directed to all posts related to this event. Other links:
- 24 Hour Comics Day (the event)
- About Comics (publisher)
- Nat Gertler (founder of About Comics, intiator of 24HCD and editor of 24HCD Highlights)

Crazy Cretins

These sketches were made during a rainy, lazy afternoon. Using a pack of coloring pencils and a page of A-4 drawing book.