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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Kali
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Kali is a work about the importance of oppositional forces, using William Blake’s poetry as the inspiration for this interdisciplinary art work. A collaboration between Australia and Indonesia artists that contributes to ongoing critical debate about emerging cross-cultural art forms and contemporary interdisciplinary practice. 75 minutes performance of interdisciplinary arts. Bambang N Karim (Short Biography). Follow me for updating news, projects where is at, or my writing.
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » The Quest
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. There is a provoking question that I often found: what is it life for? Human being seeks the answers for this and there is no such shortage answer. There is a way to find through reasoning and the potential answers ingrained within life itself are available in abundance. Poet Jalaluddin Rumi had particular answer of that question, and I use it as inspiration of this work. Original Format: HD video. Bambang N Karim (Short Biography). Mu Xin , 1927 – 2011. From Bambang N Karim.
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Be or not Be » About
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Born in Indonesia, Bambang N Karim is a media artist by trade who has worked primarily with digital media for over 12 years. Bambang seeks to explore the boundaries of the digital medium through his favourite theme of identity, women, and the human struggle. Most recently, Bambang took a role as Director and Media Artist for a critically acclaimed interdisciplinary art Kali through the art residency in Yogyakarta, Indonesia supported by Australia Indonesia Institute. When not pr...
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Eleos
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. The idea of mercy and justice both are powerful virtues often generates quandary when they exists in paradox. They are conflicted each other: should anyone absolve others for the wrong-doing in the name of mercy or let the justice works while the object might live beyond absolution and one’s heartache still prevails? Love Is Like A Wild Bird was composed and performed by Chris Smith Chris Smith Classical Composer. Courtesy and used with permission from Chris Smith.
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Be or not Be » CV
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. 2014 Two Sides of The Coin, media artist, Melbourne, Australia. 2014 Kali, Director and Media artist, art-residency program supported by Australia Indonesia Institute2013. 2014 – The Serpent’s Table, media artist, Griffin Theater Company with Performance 4a, Sydney. 2013 Vast Deafening Silence, media artist, art residency program at Performance Space Sydney. 2013 Story Lab, mentor, Griffin Theater Company. 2012 Jentera, Director, art-residency program supported by Asialink.
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Suratan
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Projection, single channel high definition video. Featuring: Untung Pribadi. Frame rate: 25 frames/second. Colors: Black and White. Duration: 16 minutes, loop. Ideal requirement projector: Minimum 3000 lumens, high definition. Projection, single channel high definition video. Featuring Untung Pribadi. Bambang N Karim (Short Biography). Follow me for updating news, projects where is at, or my writing. Mu Xin , 1927 – 2011. From Bambang N Karim.
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Waterfalls Plunge Into The Abyss
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Waterfalls Plunge Into The Abyss. Waterfalls Plunge into the Abyss is an allusion of a never ending evolution process of an identity that human being face in their life’s journey; provoking a question, is the identity that any human being hold onto now IS the ultimate identity that he/she represents? Or, does identity behaves temporarily and flows down like water in the river of life, then falls into the stream of waterfall to plunge into the bottomless abyss?
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Be or not Be » Artist Statement
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Riding on the interdisciplinary art genre, I see my artworks take on the critical view and social commentary of my favorite theme which are identity, women, and the human struggle. My works re-arrange, contradict and juxtapose the way I look multicultural issues (especially, in Australia). My ethnicity background perhaps becomes the trigger. My methodology of works affirmed on the structural, methodical, research and development foundation. It is proven that this methodology...
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Two Sides of The Coin
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. Two Sides of The Coin. A community theater project, held in Melbourne. Directed by Catherine Simmonds. Bambang N Karim (Short Biography). Two Sides of The Coin. Kali – The Show. Follow me for updating news, projects where is at, or my writing. Mu Xin , 1927 – 2011. In my lifetime I have seen many people who have not kept their promise to art. They study art and they admired art but when they ran into hardships they abandoned their integrity and dignity. From Bambang N Karim.
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Be or not Be » Blog Archive » Undertow
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The Narrowest Bridge – 桥. This work is based on a program I saw about a group of men doing drag. I was so fascinated watching those men who were so liberated when they changed the persona, and in a different environment – while I was so moved by the background story of each man. Performer: Yusuf Lalu, Mohammad Toni. Morning was composed and performed by Chris Smith – Chris Smith Classical Composer . Courtesy and used with permission from Chris Smith. Original work is in high definition format.
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