SOCIAL CULTURE
Through the looking glass with Lia Sciortino: Indonesian reverse glass paintings
IO - In a reverse glass painting an image is painted on glass but later is viewed from the other side of the glass which often gives the painting more depth. Unfortunately, this makes...
The ties that bind: ikat textiles of the world meet for a symposium in Indonesia
Modelling a Melinda
Omar ikat creation
from Malaysia. (Photo: IO/Tamalia Alisjahbana)
IO - “Tunku Azizah is a very warm-hearted person who often visits Bali. When she was still a princess of Pahang, she initiated weaving for inmates...
Dutch PM Mark Rutte lobbies for a rules-based world order in dealing with international super powers
IO - During a fleeting one day visit to Indonesia Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte spoke in front of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) last Monday at Le Meridien Hotel. Mr Rutte...
Balinale 2019 is all about making films and viewing films…
IO - At this year’s Balinale (Bali film festival) 92 films from 28 countries (including 27 films from Indonesia) were screened. The main foreign feature film was The King, directed by David Michôd and...
Aristides Katoppo has slipped away to the mountains and the sea…
IO - Aristides Elvianus Albert Katoppo was born in Manado on the 14th of March 1938 and was known as Tides to his friends. His name is from the Greek meaning “the best person...
H.S. Dillon, who fought for Indonesia’s farmers and the poor – has left us….
IO - On a cloudless morning on
the 16th of September 2019 at the Kalibata National Heroes’ Cemetery the head
of a military guard of honor read out: “I stand here today on behalf of the
state...
Women Accuse: an art exhibition and book to correct the position of Indonesian women in history
IO - It is a commonly known fact that the first Dutch fleet arrived in Indonesian waters in 1596 under the command of Admiral Cornelis de Houtman. How many people know though, that during...
King Chulalongkorn’s travels and collections from Java Part II: The King’s affection for Java and his travels there
“Besides Bangkok there is nowhere else as good and as friendly as Java.” King Chulalangkorn, 1901
IO - Many Thai people consider King Chulalangkorn (1853-1910) to be their greatest king. Interestingly, for Indonesians he...
King Chulalongkorn’s travels and collections from Java. Part I: The royal batik exhibition now on display in Bangkok
IO – Last November an exhibition of the 19th and early 20th century batik collection of King Rama V of Thailand was opened in Bangkok by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn who is the princess royal and...
Palestine the first to recognize Indonesian independence
IO - Palestine is a special place for it holds important religious sites for all three major Semitic religions of the world namely Islam, Christianity and Judaism which each regard it as a holy...
Kopi Susu: Rosa Verhoeve’s search for Identity.
A photo exhibition at Erasmus Huis
IO - On the 1st of August 2019 Kopi Susu a photograph exhibition by Dutch photographer Rosa Verhoeve was opened by Yolande Melsert, the director of the...
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