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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Korea-Indonesia: Building Relationship Through Research on Art and Culture
Korean Cultural Center Indonesia (KCCI) in cooperation with Korean Art
Management Service (KAMS) organizedNext
Expert Training (NEXT) by holding the event“2014 Korea-Indonesia International Exchange Matching Supporting Global
Labor Force Project”.
The program was open publicly specially for the professionals whose
expertizes in or working onart and
culture sectors. The participants who want to join the program has to pass selection
process by submitting their application and having interview session in KCCI
office in Jakarta.
Finally, three participants were selected to take part on this program.
They are Umi Lestari, Dian Ina Mahendra and Mitha Budhyarto. What make us proud
of that the selected participants are all young and talented women.
Umi Lestari is an editor and reporter at a web-based media about
literature and its development in Indonesia. She also actively involved in some
theater performances in Yogyakarta ( one of big city in Indonesia well known
with its traditional culture and heritages ) as a lead actor.
Dian Ina Mahendra is a creative, independent professional with a solid
background in International Relations. She has more than 9 years of experience
in arts management, organizing event, copywriting, creative writing and media
relations. Now, Dian is workingas a
Gallery and Art Store Manager at Komunitas Salihara in Jakarta.
Mitha Budyarto is a Jakarta-based academic and independent curator. She
is currating and creating catalogue essays for various arts exhibition in
Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bandung. On her profile written that she is keen to
expand her curatorial skills and research experiences especially in the area of
contemporary Asian art practices.
The three selected participants then conducted their research project and
participated in workshop in three different cities in Korea; Busan, Incheon and
Paju on May 2014.
Related with this event, Kim So Jin, who works on NEXT program and a
curator at KCCI said that “2014 Korea-Indonesia International Exchange Matching
Supporting Global Labor Force Project” has very important goals.
It is said that the project was aimed at to introduce and explore Korean
art and cultural management , to enhance the participants capability in the
area of art and cultural management and planning, to expand international
networking, building relationship and coorporation among experts in art and
culture between Korea and Indonesia.
What Next and What to Contribute?
After conducting their research in Korea for almost two weeks, the three
participants presented their respective research review and sharing their
experiences about what they did, observed and what places they visited during
theirstay in Korea, and what further
action they will do in Indonesia to implement the knowledge they gained from their
research in Korea.
Presentation and review was held in Multifunction Room, Korean Cultural
Center Indonesia on Tuesday, June 17.The audiences range from university students, media representatives and
academics attentively listened the review presentation.
Umi Lestari presented her review on case study region festival Busan
International Theater Festival (BIPAF).Her research focus on art performance and festival management, from
financial management, how to select the art group that will perform and
publication.What she learned from BIPAF
inspired her to hold similar theater festival in Yogyakarta entitled “Shadow of
the Past”. She said that the festival will involved theater and dance group
from Indonesia and Korea. Umi plans to organize the festival on December 2014
or alternatively on May, 2015.
Dian Ina Mahendra who did her research on case study Muticultural Art
Complex: Paju, Heyri Art Village plan to hold an art project called “The Secrets
of the Farmers” at Jatisura Village, West Java Province. On this project, Dian
will invite the farmers group from Heyri Art Village to exchange the secrets of
their farming style and philosophy with the farmers at Jatisura Village. By her
project, Dian wants to encourage the farmers and stimulate other people to
engange in farming.
Last but not least, Mitha Budhyarto conducted her research on case study
Incheon Art Platform and Revitalization Strategy at Chinatown area in
Incheon.As further action, Mitha plan
to organizeSwap-Meet Project among
academics and practitioner from Indonesia and Korea to do further and more
comprehensive study on problems of revitalization and urban spaces in Jakarta,
specifically at the Old Town area.
After visiting and doing their research in Korea, Umi, Dian as well as
Mitha admitted their impression to see how Korean people engange and preserve
theirinterest in art and cultureas a part of their daily life and turn them
into various festivals that attract many local and foreign tourists. The three
participants also appreciate Korean government in supporting the
implementation, promotion and the development of local art and culture
festivals and exhibition.
They hope what they learned from their research in Korea could also apply in Indonesia, and encourgae the local government to fully support any activities on art and culture sector conducted by local community. []
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