Bromocorah: The Miscount
There are two definitions of bromocorah — or bramacorah — on the latest version of The Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language. Both definitions refer to the legal term, and both are related [...]
The Journey of Forged Money
For me, L'argent shows the position of forged money as the connection of bromocorah phenomenon. It captures the narrative of the ability of forged money of deluding people to deviate the law. [...]
Image and Dissensus
Titian Serambut Dibelah Tujuh, are the moving images as imagined by Andre Bazin, always providing duration to the audience to continue choosing which image to be impressed; thus, the image is [...]
Money! The Visible God!
Robert Bresson's cinema always suggests that there is another space off the screen. Both the visible and invisible spaces interact with each other to form a perception that unites series of [...]
A Unique Mixture of Old and New Cinema a la Kidlat Tahimik
When in comes to the cinema documenting the history, it is unusual for us to find a serious production with heavy voice of its narrator. The cinema will appear very grande by inserting footages [...]
Focus On Kidlat Tahimik: The Screening of Who Invented the Yo-yo? Who invented the Moon Buggy
On its seventh day of event, Tuesday, August 14th 2018, ARKIPEL homoludens – 6th Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, screened the films of Kidlat Tahimik. Kidlat [...]
Returning to the Root of Tree with Kidlat Tahimik
The atmosphere on Tuesday (14/8) at Kineforum has started to be more crowded. About an hour before the screening, people began to queue to get the ticket to watch an oeuvre of KidlatTahimik, The [...]
Pratyaksha: Living Outside the Western Understanding of Society
Who does the world belong to? Does it belong to mother nature, which provides us the resources we need to survive? Does it belong to the Gods? Those who gave this world to us and will take it [...]
Curatorial Program – 04
As Nicky Hamlyn argued, what is often characteristic of the narrative of a film, generally in mainstream works, is: the meaning of the image's referent occupies a position beyond questions of the [...]