Collaborative work and activist projects in Indonesian arts and culture
Current projects: Cipta Media Ekspresi; PERIOD
Past projects: Goyang Penasaran; SPIN
Cipta Media Ekspresi
Cipta Media Ekspresi adalah hibah tunai untuk perempuan pelaku kebudayaan di Indonesia. Inisiatif ini kemudian dilanjutkan dengan Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan dan Festival CME.
Cipta Media Ekspresi is a grant scheme for women in the fields of arts and culture in Indonesia. The initiative was followed by Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan, a series of feminist workshops, and Cipta Media Ekspresi Festival.
Website: https://ciptamedia.org
PERIOD
Period adalah proyek penyebaran pengetahuan tentang penulisan yang berlangsung secara berkala, terfokus pada sastra dan film, serta menggarisbawahi pemikiran kritis dan nilai-nilai keberagaman. Proyek jangka panjang selama lima tahun ini digagas serta dijalankan oleh Intan Paramaditha dan Lily Yulianti Farid.
Goyang Penasaran
Goyang Penasaran (The Obsessive Twist) is a play about Salimah, a female dangdut* singer from a small town, who has been admired, immortalized, and shunned by men. Set in the late 1990s, at the beginning of the Islamic resurgence in Indonesia, the story revolves around Salimah and her undying love for her old time religious teacher who now condemns her, and Solihin, who would do anything to have her after she humiliates him by refusing his proposal to take her as a second wife.
Goyang Penasaran (The Obsessive Twist) is a commentary on both the euphoria and the crisis of visibility after the downfall of Suharto’s authoritarian regime. After a long suppression by the regime, celebrations of sexuality as well as various expressions of Muslim public piety are now inseparable from the democratization package. On the bleaker side, the public sphere is now crowded with some groups who, in the name of religion, conduct violence against symbols of moral decadence, from dangdut shows to LGBT conferences and festivals.