Arts

The National Library of Australia now has the most comprehensive collection of Indonesian films available outside of Indonesia. Two films in this collection come from Sumatra.

TOM PLUMMER talks with a graphic artist in Yogyakarta whose work is drawing international praise.

From Sajak-sajak cinta dari balik terali (Love poems from behind bars) by Bambang Isti Nugroho, published by Penerbit Widya Mandala, Yogyakarta, 1994.

DAVID HILL and KRISHNA SEN scour the music shops. They find that foreign music is now as Indonesian as batik. From Hindi film to 'Indie' punk rock, foreign musical genres are being indigenised, and imbued with Indonesian political meaning.

Remember the election last May? MAS SUJOKO was there and listened in to the people's vote, recorded on walls all over Yogyakarta.

TOM PLUMMER speaks with Moelyono, an artist engaged with farmers threatened by a large dam.

Punk rockers turn to Yogya craftsmen for ‘guitar weapons’.

Challenge to political parody on Indonesian television.

Review: Tarian bumi is the story of four generations of Balinese women

A new novel explores the ambiguous role of the outlaw in today's Indonesia

He was a wood carver, musician, and mover and shaker for the arts on Biak

Contemporary art in Papua is about new and contested identities

Prajurit jaga malam

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