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10 Oct 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
Europalia Indonesia
Discover the three main exhibitions of the festival
Ancestors & Rituals - 11 10 '17 > 14 01 '18 @ BOZAR [caption id="attachment_65397" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Flores, eastern Indonesia, 19th C. © Museum Nasional Indonesia, Photo by Arkadius 2016[/caption] An immense archipelago of more than 13,000 islands spanning no less than 5,000 kilometres from east to west, Indonesia has nearly 255 million inhabitants, 300 ethnic groups and more than 700 languages. These figures alone give an idea of the diversity of this country and the variety of cultures composing it. Nevertheless, the majority of these cultures share one thing in common: the importance they ascribe to ancestors. From Sumatra to Papua, via Java, Borneo and Sulawesi, to the tiny Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands: ancestors played and often still play a leading role in Indonesia. The exhibition Ancestors & Rituals also focuses on exchanges with other cultures and religions down the centuries that have influenced the arts, identities, and even the worldview of Indonesians. Power and other things. Indonesia & Art (1835-now) - 18 10 '17 > 21 01 '18 @ BOZAR [caption id="attachment_65396" align="aligncenter" width="630"] High Tea, 2014 © Mella Jaarsma[/caption] Power and other things explores the recent and often turbulent history of Indonesia, seen through the works of 21 Indonesian and Western artists. The Dutch colonialist period and Japanese occupation, the status of women and immigration are among the themes this exhibition tackles in order to understand contemporary Indonesia. Curators: Riksa Afiaty and Charles Esche. Archipel - 25 10 '17 > 21 01 '18 @ La Boverie This exhibition-event, the fruit of collaboration between Indonesian, Belgian, French and Dutch institutions and scientists, retraces the history of a region of the world that is rich in spices, gold and precious wood, and yet often misunderstood. Most of the works come from the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta, exceptional national treasures of which many are making their first ever journey outside Indonesia. They are complemented by rarely exhibited works from the Musée Royal de Mariemont and the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, as well as from private collections. On the occasion of this exhibition, carpenters from Makassar will construct a life size traditional boat according to the ancestral method of sewn planks.Similar content
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