Sculpture and Activism of Dolorosa Sinaga & Budi Santoso is an exhibition of two sculptors, Dolorosa Sinaga and Budi Santoso who come from two different generations and cultural traditions. 24 years ago, Dolo opened the door of her Somalaing sculpture studio for Budi to learn through working together with her, but also to together they sow and nurture progressive and democratic ideas through their artistic works and activism. “Working together” is the foundation of their interaction that started as a tutor-tutee arrangement. With this framework of “working together”, a comparison of their style, characteristic, pattern, and genre, would arrive not only as a dialogue, but also as an alliance of struggle for the humanity values, civilisation and civility, and the belief that arts and art workers have a role to play in social changes. The framework will take us into the depth and the richness of 24 years process of adoption and adaptation between Dolo and Budi through procedures of imitation, replication, and mutation in terms of creative ideas, artistic skills and socio-political inclination that will continue as long as they are alive. The exhibits in this National Gallery are the result of that long proses of adoption and adaptation. In this light, encountering with sculptures on display, we are listening to the dialogue between them, a conversation between Dolo and Budi in which all of us is invited to take part. The “working together” between Dolo and Budi is also the work of all of us who is believe in progressive and democratic values need to fight for, together!
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| Display salah satu karya Dolorosa Sinaga "Monumen Pembantaian Masal Indonesia 1965 - 1966" |
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| Somalaing Art Studio dibantu oleh Serrum Art Handling mendisplay pojok beranda pameran dengan arahan Alex Supartono (kurator) |
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| Konfrensi Pers dengan berkeliling ruangan pamer dipandu oleh Alex Supartono |
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| Suasana Galeri Nasional Indonesia menjelang pembukaan pameran |
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| Pameran di buka oleh Direktur Jendral Kementrian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset dan Teknologi Republik Indonesia, Bapak Hilmar Farid. |
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| Dolorosa Sinaga, Budi Santoso bersama dengan Alex Supartono |
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| Suasana malam pembukaan pameran |
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Dolorosa Sinaga "Monumen Genosida 1965 / Kasus pembantaian anggota Partai Komunis Indonesia dan simpatisannya tahun 1965-66 sampai hari ini belum mampu diselesaikan negara. Buku ini adalah monumen bagi mereka yang dibungkam tanpa peradilan dan disiksa dengan kejam. Melalui seni saya menggugat negara agar menyelesaikan kasus pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia yg dibungkam selama 59 tahun. Satu persatu para penyintas pergi membawa harapan ke kuburnya, dan yg masih hidup, tua renta, tanpa henti terus menjuangkan keadilan bagi hidupnya dan keluarganya.
The genocide of members and supposed
sympathizers of the Indonesian Communist Party in 1965-66 has never been
resolved. This book is a monument to those who were silenced without trial and
brutally tortured. Through art, I call upon the state to address this
59-year-old case of human rights violations. Many survivors have passed away,
taking their hopes to their graves. The remaining survivors, though old and
fragile, continue their fight for justice for themselves and their families. |
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Dolorosa Sinaga "Monumen Penghilangan Paksa / Di paruh kedua tahun 1990an, rejim militeristik Orde Baru, yang menggulingkan dan membungkam Sukarno, menculik dan menyiksa aktivis-aktivis pro-demokrasi. Sampai hari ini, banyak anak-anak kami yang tidak kembali. Kami hanya bisa memeluk potretnya. In the second half of the 1990s, the
military regime of the New Order, which had overthrown and silenced our first
president, Sukarno, in an army coup, kidnapped and tortured pro-democracy
activists. To this day, many of our children have never returned. We are left
with only their portraits to hold. |
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Dolorosa Sinaga "Monumen Tragedi Semanggi 1998-1999 / Setelah lengsernya Suharto tahun 1998 aksi massa dan mahasiswa menentang kembalinya rejim militeristik Orde Baru marak sampai tahun 1999. Tentara dengan bringas menyerang mahasiswa sampai ke kampus, korban penembakan mahasiswa pun terjadi. Monumen yg ada di hadapan kawan-kawan ini, adalah suatu gugatan untuk keadilan agar negara menyelesaikan kasus pembunuhan mahasiswa yang melawan kekuasaan represif negara. Following Suharto's forced resignation in
1998, student and mass protests erupted in the streets of Indonesia to resist
the return of the militaristic New Order regime. Soldiers brutally crushed
these protests, chasing protesters onto campuses. Some students were killed.
The monument in front of you, my friends, is a demand for justice, urging the
state to address the murder of those students who fought against the repressive
power of the government. |
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| Budi Santoso "Historical Moment" Seorang ibu yang menjadikan membaca buku cerita sebelum tidur untuk anaknya, dia sedang membangun landasan pendidikan. Melalui buku dan proses-proses literasi lainnya, anak dibiasakan bertemu dengan ide-ide kehidupan yang akan berperan sebagai kunci untuk membuka jendela dunia dan menerangi jalan hidupnya. A mother who makes reading a book for her
kids before bed a ritual is building a foundation for education. Books and
other literacy practices introduce ideas and knowledge to children, serving as
a key to the window of the world and illuminating their life path. |
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| Budi Santoso "Berdialog dengan Tuhan / A Conversation with God" Ketika saya sedang menjelaskan perang yang terjadi antara Israel dan Palestina, anak saya Ning yang beru berumur 6 tahun, serius memandang langit. Setengah berdoa sambil berdialog dengan Tuhan, setengah menggugat: mengapa Tuhan yang penuh cinta kasih, tetapi kok masih ada perang? When I tried to explain the Israel-Palestine war to my 6-year-old daughter, she paused and stared seriously at the sky. Half praying and half conversing with God, she protested: why does a God who is full of love let war happen? |
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