You are invited to a screening of two shor t documentaries - Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women by Citra Aryandari\, and Devil Shadow on Tattoo by Koes Yuliadi of t he Indonesian Art Institute (ISI: Insitut Seni Indonesia)\, based in Yogyak arta\, Indonesia.
The films were recently screened at York University as part of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) confe rence and also at the University of Toronto.
The screening will be mo derated by Ayu Ratih\, a human rights activist and PhD candidate at UBC. He r current research focuses on Indonesian women's history\, social memory an d national identity. A short Q&A will follow.
Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women (16 minut
es)
Citra Aryandari\, Institut Seni Indonesia (Yogyakarta)
Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women is a depiction o f a social condition in Karawang district (32 miles from Jakarta\, Indonesi a) by way of representing dangdut (a form of Indonesian popular music for d ancing that combines local music traditions with music from Indian\, Malays ian and Western rock traditions). It shows the multiplicity of dangdut: how dangdut is implicated in the commodification of women’s bodies to serve ma le sexual fantasies\; how dangdut could become the zone of sexual ‘freedom of expression’ in the eastern part of the district where Muslims are the ma jority\; how dangdut singers became the site for resolving a longing for th e past as well as a ground to protest sexual oppression. Dangdut Karawang s hows how dangdut singers became both victims of the patriarchal system wher e they served the needs of male sexual fantasy and economic commodity in th e music industry as well as how the female performers in turn appropriated power to serve their own needs and agency. Therefore\, dangdut performances are far more complicated than simply an object of capitalism and patriarch y. By understanding the performance of dangdut\, Dangdut Karawang explores how we could see female singers as subjects with agency to engage with the dynamics of class and gender relations.
Devil Shadow
on Tattoo (16 minutes)
Koes Yuliadi\, Institut Seni Indonesia
(Yogyakarta)
Indonesian people have negative judgments of people who have tattoos on their bodies. In the 1980s there were mysterious shootings \, the government’s way of cautioning people who committed crimes. Most of the shooting victims were men who had tattoos. However\, at the end of 1990 s\,tattoos became part of the arts and began to attract the interest of som e young Indonesian people. The Indonesian cities that have tattoo outlets a re situated in Bandung\, Jakarta\, Jogjakarta and Denpasar (Bali). Kuta Bea ch\, for example\, which is one of the entertainment centres for tourism ac tivities in Bali\, has many tattoo outlets around Legian. Tattoos on the bo dy are becoming common and interesting scenery. There are some interesting motifs such as the typical Balinese tattoo figures called Barong and Rangda . Barong is a figure shaped like a lion\, while Rangda is based on the imag e of a wizard who has canine teeth and glaring red eyes. Barong and Rangda in Balinese philosophy have both good and bad manifestations. They are real ized in the form of masks and kept in the most sacred part of Pura (temple) . This mask will only be taken out of the Pura when there is a big ceremony to neutralize negative energy (if the village often faces disasters). Both masks are worn by actors in a sacred show. The two characters will fight e ach other until Rangda will be beaten. For the Balinese people\, the Rangda figure is also known as Leak (ghost). They believe that Leak likes to drin k baby blood on certain days. Currently\, the Rangda figure has become one of the most popular designs for Balinese people and tourists. This is very interesting because the dark figures in Balinese mythology have become popu lar in tattoos. Why do controversial figures become a meaningful reference in tattoo? Devil Shadow on Tattoo is a documentary film that describes the tattoo scene in Bali and in Indonesia using a visual anthropology approach.
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