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IVAA New Publication
In collaboration with
Krisna Murti
‘Essays on Video Art and New Media: Indonesia and Beyond’, Krisna Murti (IVAA, 2009).
A compilation of essays by the video and new media artist upon reading the phenomenon taking place in the formation of our culture today. A culture full of change especially in the areas of media and information [...]

 
 
 
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The Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA) is a non-profit institute based in Yogyakarta. It was established in 1995 initially under the name of Yayasan Seni Cemeti (until April 2007). Our main area of work is in documentation, research, library and organizing visual art education and exploration programs. IVAA also functions as a think tank [...]

 

IVAA Program Areas


IVAA Research & Documentation Program Areas 2010-2011

IVAA determined the focus of this program series, which developed out of the IVAA documentation and archives daily work, to periodically focus on various themes related to problems that occur in contemporary culture in society.
1. Women and Gender in Expressions of Contemporary Culture.
Mapping, data reclassification and reading of archives as well as collecting statistics on [...]

 
Visual Art Practices and Environmental Issues

Mapping environmental awareness/action movement variables regarding the environment through visual art. Re-reading the effectiveness of visual art actions in changing the community’s perspective towards the environment. The meaning of environment in this context covers community awareness of the shifting city space, environmental damage, climate change and its relation to changing community behavior/order.The specific aim of [...]

 
Inter-cultural Issues in an Urban Marginal Community Perspective

Re-reading indicators of inter-cultural issues that involve pluralism and religious fundamentalism through the visual art archives. Attempting to challenge the general perspective and media representation of fundamentalism. It is hoped to map: Marginal perspectives on intellectual issues and religious fundamentalism, which are mostly not represented in the media or in public debates. Attempting to find [...]

Women and Gender in Expressions of Contemporary Culture.

Mapping, data reclassification and reading of archives as well as collecting statistics on activities and art practices relating to gender and women’s issues in Indonesian art.
To re-examine/analyze the role of women and explore the theme of women in art and present an alternative perspective on developments in the role of women within Indonesian contemporary [...]

 
Mapping the Creative Industry in and around Yogyakarta

Attempting to identify the general elements in creative industry practices in Indonesia as well as their connection to fundamentalist movements in the Indonesian industry.
A collection of case studies using a range of variables with a geographic focus on Yogyakarta and its surroundings. Situation and infrastructure background is examined and then we try to assess the [...]