Jakarta, IO – The Salihara Community is again holding the LIFEs (Literature and Ideas Festival) festival in 2023 with the theme ‘Francophone’ (French-speaking countries) through the slogan ‘Mon Amour’.
According to the Director and Curator of Literature at the Salihara Artist Center community, Ayu Utami, this festival seeks to explore and celebrate the treasures of intellectual property from French writers and the Frankophone countries.
“This exhibition will take place from August 5-12. Later, visitors can take part in discussions, film screenings, workshops, theatrical performances, music, book launches and culinary delights,” said Ayu.
There are some Frankophone comics that will be featured such as The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, Asterix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, to the latest graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane.
In addition to the film, there are screening activities such as 434, Remembering Godard, reading the correspondence between Louis-Charle Damains and Claire Holt. And in theatrical and musical performances, there are feminine erotica shows, Collete Uncensored, The Stars Under the Sky of Jakarta and the music show Les Femmes san Paroles.
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“France and the Francophone countries are chosen as the LIFEs theme this year because they are the center of thought for Indonesian intellectuals. Apart from that, France is also the center of fashion, and so on. French literature is always referred to by the founding fathers of the republic. We also see an urgency to raise the issue of multiculturalism where we want to see this issue by not emphasizing elements of violence, but from how these artists, writers and thinkers bring out hope,” said Ayu. (rr)