Arts

Leila S. Chudori’s novel Pulang is an important addition to a growing literature examining the events of 1965-66 and its aftermath

Though limited, contemporary popular theatre offers Indonesian women a vital forum of expression not available in traditional theatre

Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage

Theatre therapy in a narcotics gaol is helping inmates survive

Two young Solo poets believe poetry should serve the people

This Indian film’s popularity reveals a popular critique of the US

Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past

The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia

The generation of artists rising after Reformasi is failing to create meaning outside the art market

Budi Brahmantyo continues a lineage of scientific art for which West Java’s natural resources have provided the subject

Indonesian artists are using new media to rethink urban space

Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists

Titarubi’s art challenges masculinity in Indonesian visual arts and beyond

Art critics welcome exhibition of edgy works on Islamic themes

Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems

Essays, reflections and poetry on East Timor, 1999-2010

A bold young painter signals new direction in Indonesian fine art

Technology is opening up new possibilities for Sundanese literature