Arts

Independent films are young, free and radical

A sampling of performances in Java

Two directors resided in an intercultural realm

Two poets tour Australia

A new wave of Indonesian films

An innovative shadow puppet show combats post-traumatic stress disorder in Bali

Women’s movement activists and artists unite

Collaboration between artists and activists is producing new initiatives

Cultural engagement is yet to reach its full potential

Pramoedya Ananta Toer questions the dominant understanding of Indonesia’s historical path

The revolution begun in 1945 must be completed

Is it techno? Is it traditional? No, it’s techno hybrid ethnic house music

Preserving the literary past

Music is still a potent source of cultural resistance in West Papua

Protest poetry lives on in post-Suharto Indonesia

Three women authors take the Indonesian literary world by storm

An outsider to all establishments, even artistic ones, Semsar Siahaan is yet to be accorded his rightful place among the ranks of great Indonesian artists

Always controversial, Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia’s most respected journalists and best-known authors for over four decades.

Local theatre in Makassar reveals a backlash against Java-centrism