by Bulan Sorbadjati
Still fresh in memory of Wednesday evening on December 31st 2008. The rain came hardly, just like it used to at the end of the year. At that day for the first time “Jalan Kayu” has been proclaimed in front of the public as the crown.
Still fresh in memory of Wednesday evening on December 31st 2008. The rain came hardly, just like it used to at the end of the year. At that day for the first time “Jalan Kayu” has been proclaimed in front of the public as the crown.
The artwork that became the exhibition mascot tickled a cross of two images at that night. Don’t know how to make the easily and clearly name for those creations because it was not form like handicraft, carved object or statue. Scratches on the plate and big chunks of wood seem reflected the images of wave, ocean or maybe the wave of mind and dream?
The amazing was a piece of ‘clothes’ that displayed on a high cap stock. The ‘Clothes’ which is fully made of wood. Wood (!) not the bark of tree. Showed something (technically) honest from an artist who doesn’t want to stops explore for the god sake of responsible to the knowledge that he ever studied before.
Last but not least, a few seconds to the beginning of the launch, appeared the familiar faces, craftsmen of the Barata Sena’s workshop. Fantastic! They were invited to the grand opening event just like the other invitees! For the first time we saw the emotional relationship behind the work relation that supported Barata Sena to invite his
