DorisYeung is an Asian American filmmaker from San Francisco. Her first feature film Motherland (2009) was named one of the ten best Asian American Films of 2009 by Asian Pacific Arts Magazine and the Hollywood Reporter called her a "filmmaker to watch". Her second feature film Taxi Stories (2017) has been screened in over 30 festivals around the world. Iaadalah salah satu pendiri Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics, yang membuatnya mendapatkan penghargaan PEN/Nora Magid Award (2017). Ia juga mengajar di Fordham University, Cooper Union, John Jay College, dan Writer's Foundry MFA program di St. Joseph's College. Tulisan-tulisannya dimuat dalam sejumlah media, seperti The New York Thewinners of the awards will be announced at the Award ceremony in Autumn 2022. Below you find the complete list (in alphabetical order) of the projects nominated for an award. Hoang Trung Nguyen > A Tree & Trees. Phuong Dong University, Architecture and Engineering, Hanoi Vietnam. Julia Ruiz-Cabello > Arcadia. 15 * Buku ini memiliki judul yang cukup bombastis dan berlebihan, namun isinya tidak seperti yang saya harapkan. Saya mengharapkan akan adanya banyak informasi mengenai A. Hassan atau yang juga dikenal dengan nama Hassan Bandung, pada kenyataannya 1/3 dari isi buku ini memang berisi tentang biografi A. Hassan, namun 2/3 sisanya lebih banyak membahas tentang organisasi Persatuan Islam (PERSIS). TheHuman Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company was founded in 2008 by Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon. Rooted firmly in Singapore yet universal in its perspective, T.H.E's contemporary dance works reveal the body as a medium for exploring and celebrating the human condition. Dance artists at T.H.E are immersed in the Company's signature PoolVilla Experience Seminyak Bali. For the ultimate private pool villas holiday experience in the heart of the evolving Seminyak Bali lifestyle district, The Ulin Villas and Spa is the place to be. It is located just off Bali's famous "Eat Street" where everyone comes to enjoy food, fashion and fun. This multi award-winning private pool . Carla Bianpoen and Stevie Emilia The Jakarta Post Jakarta ● Thu, December 21, 2017 2017-12-21 0958 2000 1f87594453bb792833e1ece3a2e6eecd 4 Art & Culture art-and-culture,Art-Jakarta-2017,biennale,Biennale-Jogja,Jakarta-Biennale,Europalia-Arts-Festival,Art-Stage-Jakarta-2017 Free Undeterred by continuing commercial quiet in the art world, Indonesia’s artists and enthusiasts go the extra mile, infusing the art scene with astounding creative energy. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS A selected number of artists have been busy creating works based on colonial history for the 2017 Europalia Arts Festival, an international biannual arts and culture festival in Europe, which this year took Indonesia as its focus country. At the four-month festival, which runs until Jan. 21 next year, Indonesia aims to showcase the country’s diversity by presenting nearly 250 programs. Read also First exhibition for Indonesian comics history held in Brussels Meanwhile, a number of artists took part in the exhibition “Sunshower Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now,” held at the Mori Museum and the National Art Center in Tokyo, which is now on its way to Fukuoka. While it is not immediately known how many other international events have included Indonesian artists, it seems there was a huge amount of creative energy on the move. Given the abovementioned successes, the outlook for next year is fairly optimistic. KALIJODO Artist Teguh Osentrik poses in front of his art installation made with four slabs of berlin wall in Kalijodo Park, North Jakarta, Tuesday, September 26, 2017. The installation titled JP/Seto Wardhana Veteran artist Teguh Ostenrik wowed the public by setting up four authentic sections of the Berlin wall in his thrilling art installation, titled Patung Menembus Batas Sculpture that Breaks Boundaries at the Kalijodo child friendly integrated public space in Jakarta, which the artist created in memory of the Berlin Wall, and which he related to current situations at home. Read also Teguh Ostenrik’s Berlin Wall in Jakarta Art to overcome divisive powers The artist waited for 27 years before finally making the project a reality in Jakarta. The wall was the defining symbol of the Cold War that divided East Berlin and its Western parts and Europe from 1961 to 1989. Teguh himself lived near the wall for over 10 years. “I saw the perilous impact of the wall in Berlin, the dramatic and fatal impact [the wall] had on human lives and I felt signs of similar trends had already reached my country back then.” YOUNG TALENT Youthful force A visitor poses with Ronald Apriyam’s paintings at Art Jakarta 2017 at Pacific Place in Jakarta. The arts fair, previously known as Bazaar Art, showcased a wide range of works by young artists and positioned itself as the people’s arts fair. JP/Carla Bianpoen The rise of young talent could easily be seen this year at Art Jakarta formerly Bazaar Art, where upcoming artists from various parts of Indonesia revealed a surprising creativity in work and thought. Great artistic talent was also revealed in the fifth edition of the Bandung Contemporary Art Awards BaCAA held for artists under 40, showing an ever advancing number of excellence in works with creative concepts including social matters, scientific knowledge and humane sensitivity. Read also Here’s what you shouldn’t miss at 2017 Art Jakarta Worth mentioning is the publication of LipLap, a book on 35 Bandung artists under 35, which was conceptualized by young artists in cooperation with artist-led Gerilya Gallery and Omnispace, and supported by Melbourne-based collector Konfir Kabo’s Project 11, which is described as “a giving initiative which seeks to support artists and projects that make an imprint on their field.” There was also the “Bandung Re-Emergence” exhibition at the Selasar Sunaryo gallery, which challenged artists of the previous “Bandung New-Emergence” to review their works with today’s interpretation. ART STAGE JAKARTA The surge of creative energy in Indonesia’s art world, especially in the second half of the year, was marked by, among other things, the launch of the ALEQS, an art award founded by Art Stage Jakarta, which was in its second iteration this year. JP/Carla Bianpoen The surge of creative energy in Indonesia’s art world, especially in the second half of the year, was marked by, among other things, the launch of the ALEQS, an art award founded by Art Stage Jakarta, which was in its second iteration this year. Encompassing the entire art ecosystem, this first-ever award was handed to the best in 13 separate categories displaying Authenticity, Leadership, Excellence, Quality and Seriousness in art. The awards included Best Collector, Best Curator, Best Artist, Best Gallery, Best Gallerist, Best Young Curator, Best Young Gallery and Best Senior Collectors. The Best Collector award was won by businessman Haryanto Adikoesoemo, whose collection encompasses local and international artworks and who is also the owner of the newly opened Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara Museum MACAN. Other winners were long-durational performance artist Melati Suryodarmo, who is also this year’s director of the Jakarta Biennale; Enin Supriyanto, who won the Best Curator award; ROH Projects, which received both the Best Gallery and Best Young Gallery awards; and the Indonesian Visual Art Archive IVAA, which collected the award for Best Art Institution. Life Achievement Awards were also given to senior curator Jim Supangkat, senior artist Sunaryo and senior collector Ciputra. The Bhinneka Award recognized the work of the Jatiwangi Art Factory arts community in West Java, which focuses on researching the lives of people in the area through art. MUSEUM MACAN Melt triptych, 2008 by Entang Wiharso Museum MACAN collection/File Another excitement in Indonesia’s art scene this year came when the long-awaited Museum MACAN in West Jakarta opened its doors to the public on Nov. 3. Prior to the vernissage, the museum organized contemporary art performances by renowned artists from Indonesia and abroad, acknowledging performance art as a contemporary art form. At its inaugural exhibition, titled “Art Turns. World Turns,” the museum, which is the country’s first museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art, displays 90 out of the owner’s some 900 art works, both Indonesian and international pieces, which have been amassed over a 25-year period. The museum’s director Aaron Seeto praised Haryanto as a unique collector because his collection is of great strength, quality and artistic resource. “And when other [collectors] have been singularly focused on Indonesia, his collection has, from its inception, been both locally and internationally focused,” said Seeto. The exhibition, which is up and running until March 18 next year, correlates either issue-wise or time-wise, denoting a conceptual vision that fits the spirit of our time. BIENNALES Tribute to ancestors Balinese artist Ni Tanjung’s artwork depicting gods, ancestors and mythological animals sits on display at the Jakarta Biennale. JP/Carla Bianpoen Equally exciting was that Indonesia hosted three biennales — the Jogja Biennale, the Makassar Biennale in South Sulawesi and the Jakarta Biennale — from November to December this year. The Jakarta Biennale showcased its groundbreaking inventions and excelled in presenting a new understanding of contemporary art in Indonesia. For the first time, the biennale appointed a woman, Melati Suryodarmo, as its artistic director. The theme Jiwa Soul for the biennale can be understood the all-encompassing energy and creative spirit flowing from the past or the memory of it, to the present time and on toward new visions. Jiwa opened with a traditional ceremony performed by bissu — the androgynous shaman community from South Sulawesi, included works of Balinese outsider art, and revived works from senior artists of the past and present, such as Semsar Siagian, Hendrawan Ryanto, Siti Adiati and Marintan Sirait. The biennale also included famous international artists and presented 27 performances the most ever in a biennale as well as new and existing video works by strong female filmmakers from Argentina, Indonesia, the Philippines and Mexico. The Jogja Biennale continued its Equator series, now in its fourth edition, this time cooperating with Brazil, with the main theme “Stage of Hopelessness,” presenting the works of 12 Brazilian artists and 25 Indonesian artists. The Makassar Biennale marked its second edition this year, taking “Maritime Culture” as its artistic concept, with participating artists including a Taiwanese artist, who explored similarities between certain features of Makassar, historically renowned for its strategic location during the spice trade period, and his homeland. + view more An unknown man offered me a lewd yet god-fearing proposition in December 2018, eerily coincidental to the period when I was just beginning to construct the conceptual foundation of Good Boy, an unfinished, objects-based performance installation planned to be presented in the physical show of RCA 2020. The project expands my homoerotic vocabulary to unexplored terrains of pup play, BDSM and chemsex as I was also expanding and experimenting with my methods of performance-making to incorporate texts, minimalism and abstraction. Good Boy’s production, unfortunately, had to be put on hold due to the current pandemic and I have yet to find a suitable method of presentation that fits into the screen-based, online exposition that gives justice to the physically focused piece. I’ll be a Good Boy is hence, a tangent project of the aforementioned. I revisit a material that has only been referential, the messages themselves. They have been dissected and rearranged into a soliloquy that may resemble a prayer with two distinct segments, made clear by the language shift from Indonesian to English. The work will be sent directly to the audience’s mobile device through WhatsApp, the exact application where I received them. Accompanying the 49-lines, sometimes one-phrase messages would be a digital photograph, taken from my mobile phone that has never left their intended platform for any editing. Hence the work will and should never leave the digital platform but to remain within the mobile device which could function as its pedestal. I’ll be a Good Boy is an invitation to dominate as well as a request to submit. Borrowing the situation of sexting, which could be abusive and non-consensual, it is also a reflection of online sexual trolling that may be borderline harassment that blurs and questions the extent of private, anonymous space of homoerotic sub-culture. A demonstration of a possible reading to perform the text will be held daily at BST from 14-31 July through my Instagram live kelvinatmadibrata. The work comes in an edition of 100+1AP, specifically made for the presentation platform of RCA 2020. The work is free of charge and accompanied by a digital certificate of authenticity but its availability is on a first-come-first-served basis. To request an edition, please text “I’ll be a Good Boy” to +44 7999 905 913 through WhatsApp and the work will be sent as a reply to that text. Note to audience+ Due to the high volume of messages you will receive 49 text messages and 1 digital photograph, it is recommended to mute notifications from +44 7999 905 913. + There is no specific time when the work will be sent neither can you request for a specific time to receive the texts. + If you do not receive any replies from +44 7999 905 913 after twenty-four hours means that all available editions have been redeemed. + Your mobile numbers will not be saved neither will it be used for any purposes other than to deliver the artwork. + The number +44 7999 905 913 will only operate from 14-31 July 2020 and will cease operation shortly after the end of RCA 2020. I'll be a Good BoyMedium WhatsApp messages and photograph taken with iPhone8 cameraSize 49 bi-lingual text messages and image, edition of 100+1AP ATURAN MAIN Bandung Contemporary Art Awards 2017 DAFTAR ISI Pemenang & Penghargaan - 2 Persyaratan Peserta - 3 Tema - 4 Prosedur Pendaftaran - 5 Persyaratan Kekaryaan - 6 Tahapan Penjurian - 7 Tanggal Penting - 8 Penjualan & Lelang Karya - 9 Kontak Panitia BaCAA 5 Lawangwangi Creative Space Jl. Dago Giri 99 Mekarwangi Bandung, 40391 – Indonesia +62 22 250 4065 +62 859 5657 2344 [email protected] Pemenang & Penghargaan Tiga 3 seniman dengan seniman terbaik, mendapatkan 1. Satu seniman terbaik akan mendapatkan uang tunai sebesar Rp. 2. Satu seniman terbaik akan mendapatkan satu 1 kesempatan program residensi ke luar negeri selama 3 tiga bulan di tahun 2018. Hadiah program residensi seniman ini mencakup biaya • tiket pesawat pulang-pergi dan penginapan, • biaya hidup, • biaya material produksi kekaryaan dalam jumlah yang masuk akal, dan • biaya untuk pameran tunggal sebagai hasil akhir program residensi. 3. Satu seniman terbaik lainnya mendapatkan kesempatan Art Trip di tahun 2018. Hadiah program Art Trip mencakup • biaya tiket pesawat pulang-pergi, • akomodasi 1 minggu, • uang saku sebesar 1000 USD. Persyaratan Peserta 1. Seniman muda Indonesia baik individual maupun kelompok yang aktif berkarya sebagai perupa. 2. Mempunyai pengalaman berpameran baik itu kelompok/tunggal dalam tiga 3 tahun terakhir. 3. Usia maksimal seniman 40 tahun per Desember 2017. 4. Memenuhi persyaratan aplikasi pendaftaran berupa • isian formulir yang disediakan, • lampiran Foto/Video karya seni yang diikutsertakan, • konsep karya, • foto diri, profil singkat dan CV seniman. 5. Menyetujui tahapan dan aturan main penganugerahan seni BaCAA5 yang berlaku. Tema BaCAA 5 tidak menetapkan tema khusus untuk karya-karya yang disertakan. Target kekaryaan yang terpilih adalah karya yang mempunyai ide, konsep/deskripsi, produksi teknis karya yang baik dan berkaitan sangat kuat antara konsep dan hasil akhir kekaryaannya. Prosedur Pendaftaran Batas Registrasi & Submisi Karya 12 Agustus 2017, 2359. Mohon diingat bahwa proses konfirmasi pembayaran membutuhkan waktu hingga 5 hari. Disarankan peserta mendaftar dan melakukan pembayaran seminggu sebelum penutupan. 1. Setelah melakukan pendaftaran, peserta membayar biaya pendaftaran sebesar Rp. atau Rp. seniman. 2. Setelah melakukan pembayaran via transfer rekening bank, peserta wajib mengunggah bukti transfer secepatnya pada situs untuk diaktifkan akunnya setelah dikonfirmasi oleh panitia. Verifikasi dapat memakan waktu hingga 5 hari. 3. Setelah akun aktif, peserta wajib mengunggah • lampiran Foto/Video karya seni, • konsep karya, • foto diri, profil singkat dan CV seniman. 4. Peserta dapat mengubah lampiran persyaratan sebelum 12 Agustus 2017. Persyaratan Kekaryaan 1. Karya seni minimal dibuat diantara tahun 2015 sampai dengan Februari 2017. 2. Karya-karya seni ini dimiliki oleh sang seniman atau kelompok seniman dan bersedia untuk dijual. 3. Setiap seniman atau kelompok diizinkan mengirimkan paling banyak satu 1 karya. 4. Karya 2 dimensi dimensi maksimal 6m2 contoh 2x3m; 1,2x5m; 4x1,5m. 5. Karya 3 dimensi dimensi maksimal 3m3 contoh 3x2x1m; 3x2x1,5m. 6. Karya video durasi tak melebihi 10 menit. 7. Karya instalasi seni maupun peruntukan di ruang publik ukuran maksimum tidak lebih dari 3m3 3x3x3m. 8. Setiap karya harus dikemas dalam peti yang aman untuk keselamatan pengirimannya. 9. Khusus untuk keterangan foto karya, harap diberikan keterangan foto “nama-seniman_judul-karya_tahun_medium_tinggixlebar/tinggixlebarxdalam” Contoh Nur-Hayati_Memorabilia1_Instalasi-Media-Campur_ 2014_2mx1mx20cm. 10. Apabila karya video perlu ditambahkan lampiran foto/still image dari karya video tersebut dengan keterangan karya. Contoh penamaan Asep-Jaya_Family-Portra 11. Deskripsi/gambaran singkat karya maksimal 300 kata, menjelaskan konsep, latar belakang dan teknis pembuatan karya tersebut. Tahapan Penjurian • Pemilihan Semi-Finalis. Dari seluruh karya yang diterima dari pendaftaran online, Dewan Juri akan memilih sebanyak-banyaknya tiga puluh 30 peserta untuk masuk pada tahap Semi-Finalis. 30 Semi-Finalis diwajibkan mengirimkan karya untuk tahap penjurian selanjutnya sebelum tanggal 12 September 2017 ke Panitia BaCAA 5 Lawangwangi Creative Space Jl. Dago Giri no. 99 Mekarwangi Kab. Bandung 40391 • Pemilihan Finalis. 30 karya yang telah diterima oleh panitia BaCAA 5 akan dinilai oleh Dewan Juri untuk memilih 15 orang finalis. 15 karya finalis terpilih akan dipamerkan di Lawangwangi Creative Space, Bandung, pada 5 Oktober-5 November 2017. • Pengumuman Pemenang. 3 orang finalis terbaik akan diumumkan pada pembukaan pameran pada tanggal 5 Oktober 2017, bersamaan dengan pembukaan pameran finalis BaCAA 5. Tanggal Penting • Batas Registrasi, Pembayaran dan Submisi Karya 12 Agustus 2017 • Pemilihan 30 Semi-Finalis 18-28 Agustus 2017 • Pengumuman 30 Semi-Finalis* 30 31 Agustus 2017 • Pemilihan 15 Finalis 18-20 September 2017 • Pengumuman 15 Finalis* 22 September 2017 • Malam Penghargaan/Pembukaan Pameran 5 Oktober 2017 • Pameran 5 Oktober-5 November 2017 *Semi-Finalis dan Finalis akan diumumkan melalui e-mail, social media, media partner dan website resmi BaCAA. Penjualan & Lelang Karya Ke-15 karya seni Finalis akan dijual dengan sistem lelang tertutup, dimana calon pembeli atau kolektor akan memberikan harga pada setiap karya yang ingin dibelinya sesuai harga kisaran yang telah ditentukan. Kisaran harga karya diketahui dan disepakati sebelumnya oleh finalis. Setiap finalis diberikan surat kontrak kerjasama pameran/proyek sebanyak maksimal 3 kali baik pameran/proyek tunggal maupun bersama dengan Artsociates ataupun Lawangwangi Creative Space. Kontrak ini berlaku dalam jangka waktu 5 tahun. Bagi hasil seniman dan penyelenggara sebesar 5050. Seniman mendapatkan 50% dari hasil penjualan melalui lelang, penyelenggara mendapatkan 50% yang akan dimasukkan dalam dana sumbangan endowment fund yang didedikasikan untuk keberlangsungan penyelenggaraan BaCAA selanjutnya. Asia Arts Awards Hong Kong is a signature gala celebration honoring the Asia Arts Game Changers during the week of Art Basel in Hong Kong. Major art collectors, artists, gallerists, dignitaries from the art world, and Asia Society trustees and patrons will gather to celebrate the contemporary arts in Asia and honor artists and arts professionals for their significant contributions. For more than twenty years, Asia Society has been a pioneer in identifying and fostering the latest contemporary Asian artists and engaging new audiences for their work. Past honorees include Cai Guo-Qiang, Bharti Kher, Lee Ufan, Liu Guosong, Nalini Malani, Nyoman Masriadi, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Shahzia Sikander, Do Ho Suh, Wucius Wong, Xu Bing, Zeng Fanzhi, and Zhang Xiaogang. Asia Arts Awards Hong Kong March 23, 2017 Venue JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong 600 pm Cocktail Reception and Auction Artwork Viewing 800 pm Award Ceremony, Dinner and Auction Join the Auction! The auction component of the 2017 Asia Arts Awards Hong Kong features works by artists Cai Guo-Qiang, Eko Nugroho, Do Ho Suh, Sun Xun, Mika Tajima, Natee Utarit, Xu Bing and Yang Fudong, among others. The artworks were on view at JW Marriott Hong Kong on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 600 pm by invitation only. All proceeds from Asia Arts Awards Hong Kong support Asia Society Arts and Culture initiatives worldwide. Asia Society’s Asia Arts Awards Hong Kong is co-organized by Asia Society Museum, New York, and Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Honorees Hon Chi Fun Hon Chi Fun is one of Hong Kong’s most respected visual artists, best known for his abstract paintings and serigraphic prints that reflect his interest in Taoism and phenomenology through the expression of circles. In 1958, he co-founded the Modern Literature and Art Association to promote local public interest in literature and art. He was among the first in Hong Kong to be awarded a Fellowship by John D. Rockefeller 3rd Foundation in 1968. Hon’s works have been exhibited extensively in Hong Kong and overseas, including at solo exhibitions at the Hong Kong Museum of Art 2005 and the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong 1988. In 2013, he received the Medal of Honour from the Hong Kong SAR government in recognition of his outstanding artistic achievements. Kimsooja Kimsooja is an internationally acclaimed multimedia artist whose videos, installations and performances poignantly address issues relating to culture, politics, history and identity, especially with regard to the displaced self. The artist’s conceptual, aesthetic and structural investigations of performance through immobility in her practice inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor. Her works have been exhibited internationally and featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul 2016; Centre Pompidou-Metz 2015; Reina Sophia, Madrid 2006; MoMA PS1, New York 2001; 24th São Paulo Biennial 1998; the 48th, 49th, 51st and 52nd Venice Biennales. In 2013 she represented Korea at the 55th Venice Biennale. Rashid Rana Rashid Rana is known for his conceptual sculptures, videos, and photo composite collages that provocatively deconstruct social histories and cultural disjunctions to reflect the duality of our time. He has participated in major exhibitions including My East is Your West, a collateral event at the 56th Venice Biennale 2015; Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi 2013; Cornerhouse, Manchester 2011; Asia Society Museum, New York 2009; and Musée Guimet, Paris 2010 among others. Rana was recently appointed artistic director of the 2017 Lahore Biennale. He is also the founding faculty member and current dean of the School of Visual Arts and Design at Beaconhouse National University in Lahore. Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto’s singular practice spans the mediums of performing arts, photography, sculpture, installation and architecture. His art deals with history and temporal existence through a variety of subject matter issues surrounding time, empiricism and metaphysics that bridge Eastern and Western ideologies while examining the nature of time, perception, and the origins of consciousness. Sugimoto’s work has been presented in numerous international solo and group exhibitions among them The J. Paul Getty Museum 2014; 17th Biennale of Sydney 2010; Yokohama Triennale 2001; 3rd Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon 1995; and Carnegie International 1991. The artist received the Order of Arts and Letters 2013 from the French government; the Praemium Imperiale Painting Award 2009 from the Japan Arts Association; and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography 2001. Support LUMINARIES Ming Wai Lau VISIONARIES Barbara and Ronnie Chan Ming Liu and Guoqing Chen Betsy and Ed Cohen DBS Bank Hong Kong Limited Kukje Gallery Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Miller Denise and Andrew Saul Mr. Rusy M. Shroff, BBS, MBE, and Mrs. Purviz R. Shroff Jack and Susy Wadsworth Lulu and Anthony Wang CORPORATE PARTNER AUCTION PARTNER ART LOGISTICS PARTNER Bandung Contemporary Art Awards, atau disingkat “BaCAA”, diadakan untuk kelima kalinya di Lawangwangi Creative Space, Jl. Dago Giri Mekarwangi wilayah Lembang di Bandung. Sebulan lamanya, dari tanggal 5 Oktober hingga 5 November 2017, mempersembahkan karya dari 15 finalis dimana tiga diantaranya dinobatkan karya terbaik. Acara award ini diadakan selama sebulan lamanya, dari tanggal 5 Oktober hingga 5 November 2017. BaCAA adalah ajang kompetisi yang digagaskan oleh Dr. Andonowati, selaku direktur ArtSociates di bawah Yayasan AB, untuk merangsang perkembangan seni rupa kontemporer di Indonesia dan berupaya meningkatkan partisipasi para peraih penghargaan seni dalam kancah Internasional. Dalam proses pemilihan, BaCAA mengundang seluruh seniman di Indonesia dibawah umur 40 tahun untuk berpartisipasi. Respon yang didapat pun positif, dari semenjak pertengahan Februari 2017, ada 400 peserta yang ikut submisi. Kemudian dari 400 peserta hanya 15 finalis yang lolos melalui beberapa tahap penjurian. Dewan Juri BaCAA 5 terdiri dari kurator seni Agung Hujatnikajennong, jurnalis seni Carla Bianpoen, kolektor seni Wiyu Wahono serta dua orang juri internasional, yaitu galeris asal LA, Susan Baik dan galeris asal Kuala Lumpur, Valentine Willie. Ratu Rizkitasari Saraswati. “Within Walking Distance” Restu Taufik Akbar. “INMaterial Truth Happiness Lies In Prespective” Ricky Janitra. “World Wide Web Waste” Kelvin Atmadibrata. “Deepthroat” Tara Astari Kasenda.”Solaris” Geugeut Pangestu Sukandawinata. “Di Dalam Kelambu Tertutup” Sarita Ibnoe.”Mengiras Membenahi” Rendy Raka Pramudya.”Bentuk Waktu Dalam Penciptaan” Andrita Yuniza Orbandi. “Menuju Kebenaran Nisbi” Muhammad Sabil Hibatulwafi. “Sesuatu Di Antara Kerumunan Masyarakat” Yovista Ahtajida. “Ustartz Konsultasi Seputar Syari’Art” Abshar Platisza. “Deram Presensi Subtil” Kelima belas peserta tersebut adalah Abshar Platisza, Andrita Yuniza Orbandi, Cynthia Delaney Suwito, Deni Ramdani, Etza Meisyara, Geugeut Pangestu Sukandawinata, Kelvin Atmadibrata, Mohamad Sabil Hibatulwafi, Ratu Rizkitasari Saraswati, Rendy Raka Pramudya, Restu Taufik Akbar, Ricky Janitra, Sarita Ibnoe, Tara Astari Kasenda, dan Yovista Ahtajida. Dan untuk Gelar 3 karya terbaik BaCAA5 diraih oleh Deni Ramdani, Cynthia Delaney Suwito dan Etza Meisyara. Selain itu, ada Special Mention Award yang diraih oleh Ricky Janitra. Para Menenang Bandung Art Contemporary Awards 5 Deni Ramdani meraih penghargaan berupa uang tunai sebesar Rp. lewat karyanya “O°”. Secara simbolis, karyanya menceritakan kerusakan lingkungan yang terjadi di sebagian bentang alam Bandung utara. Deni Ramdani. “O°” Deni menggantung kantung plastik besar berisi air dan ikan hias di atas gundukan tanah yang dibentuk menyerupai kontur tanah Bandung. Ia melubangi kantung plastik tersebut dengan jarum sehingga air sedikit demi sedikit menetes dan membasahi tanah di bawahnya. Perbandingan yang kontras antara kepelikan isu lingkungan dengan kesederhanaan tampilan”O°” menjadikan karya ini layak untuk menjadi salah satu pemenang. Peraih penghargaan art trip ke pusat seni dunia, Cynthia Delaney Suwito, juga menghadirkan isu ekologi dalam lingkup yang lebih global lewat cara yang sederhana. Berangkat dari sebuah spekulasi bahwa dengan menahan napas maka kita dapat menyumbangkan oksigen bagi orang lain, Cynthia ingin mengajak pemirsa untuk memikirkan kembali betapa berharganya oksigen bagi kehidupan kita. Cynthia Delaney Suwito. “Holding Breath” Dengan pendekatan relasional, Cynthia mengajak pemirsa untuk menahan napas selama mungkin menggunakan website. Ia kemudian mencatat waktu tersebut, membaginya dengan angka perkiraan jumlah manusia di bumi, dan mendapatkan angka hasil akhirnya dalam satuan nanodetik. Catatan tersebut ia jejerkan sebagai bagian dari karya “Holding Breath”. Etza Meisyara dengan karyanya “How Does It Feel? To Be A Refugee” berhasil memenangkan kesempatan residensi di Centre Intermondes, La Rochelle, Perancis. Secara liris, Etza menuliskan sebuah komposisi musikal sebagai catatan akan percakapan-percakapannya dengan para pengungsi di Munich, Jerman. Pertemuan ini, baginya hanyalah sebagian kecil dari refleksi persoalan yang lebih besar mengenai mobilitas manusia di masa sekarang. Etza Meisyara. “How Does It Feel? To Be A Refugee” Komposisi ini juga hadir dalam bentuk alat-alat makan yang dibentuk sebagai not balok pada lembaran besi, layaknya partitur raksasa dan mengeluarkan suara musik melalui speaker yang ditanam didalamnya. Bagi Etza, alat makan adalah simbol kehangatan dan kekeluargaan yang ia temukan dalam hubungan antar manusia. Semenjak diadakannya BaCAA pertama di tahun 2011, terdapat peningkatan keberagaman dalam eksplorasi metode, tematik maupun medium yang dipilih oleh para seniman. Perkembangan ini menunjukkan sebuah tren yang baik, di mana seniman muda Indonesia semakin membuka cakrawala mereka akan proses kreasi di luar cara-cara yang konvensional, memungkinkan para seniman untuk terus berinovasi dalam menampilkan karyanya. Selain itu, semakin banyaknya isu-isu aktual seperti sosial, politik, dan lingkungan yang diangkat oleh para seniman mempertegas seni sebagai ruang dialog yang dinamis.

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