BIRDPRAYERS - all in the mind

Birdprayers (2007-now)
Multi-discipliner ongoing project




Birdprayers is a response to the contentious issue of religious conflict. Believing that art in public space is one of the most effective means of deconstructing stereotypes, and creating an awareness of diversity and differences. An individual's perspective is closely related to personal values and judgments, but also to the feeling of safety and comfort in one's own environment. Birdprayers attempts to address the relativity of these feelings and people's sometimes rigid adherence to them. It is an interdisciplinary, intercultural and ongoing art project, which, to strengthen its power to achieve its goals, will be constructed around the world in versions specific to the locale. Each edition of Birdprayers will be accompanied by the video performance "All in the Mind", and will include a combination of installations, sculptures, drawings, paintings, prints, readings, discussions and other forms of communication, sometimes in collaboration with other artists.


Till now we made three editions of the project: one on Bali (with an exhibition in Sika Gallery with paintings, drawings and sculptures) one in Yogyakarta in Indonesia (with a discussion at IVAA, Indonesian Visual Arts Archieve) and one in Istanbul. The next one will be very soon, in The Hague in The Netherlands. This is to put it all into different perspectives.

See also:
http://extra.volkskrant.nl/oog/client/index.php?artworkId=208
http://www.transartists.nl/articles/birdprayers.578.html
http://www.artmargins.com/content/review/seidl.htm
http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2008/biennale_jogja/photo...


Credits (so far):
Concept and realization:
Sara Nuytemans & Arya Pandjalu

Costume design: Susanna Perini (Biasa Artspace, Bali, Indonesia)

Istanbul, Turkey:
Actors: Umut Durmuş, Boysan Yakar, Orçun Biricik, Bariş Berker, Emrah Inandim, Karun Tugay Gandir
Preperation assistants in the Netherlands: Tony Blokdijk
Assistants in Istanbul: Bariş Karakof
Photographer: Gülay Ayyıldız Yiğitcan

Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
Actors: Budi "Bodhonk", Andry "Boy", Bayu Widodo, Wawan "Mamang".
Assistants: Andry "Boy"
Photographer: Dwi Rah Manto

Ubud, Indonesia:
Actors: Arya Pandjalu, Awan Yozeffami, I gede Suanda (Sayur), I kadek Budi Ara, I Wayan Sutarna Putra (Nano)

Special thanks to the Sika Family who gave us the great opportunity and support to develop our project and gave us space to work and to exhibit our first Birdprayers exhibition.
Supported by: Sika Gallery Bali, Stroom Den Haag (SPOT subsidie), Biasa Artspace Bali, IVAA Yogyakarta, Derya Demir of Art on Stage Istanbul.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• video
• performance
• art
• Bali
• Yogyakarta