Curatorial Program

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 [...]

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 [...]

ARKIPEL will present a program of Kidlat Tahimik to discuss his works by screening three of his films, which are considered essential and have the same spirit with homoludens as our theme this year.

“Your kind salutes my cunt.” This [statement] from the mouth of a transvestite in the mythical town of Pushkar is an ubiquitous statement that seems to resound through the universe we encounter [...]

The word “bazi” [bâzi] in Farsi stands for game, play, gambling. The root of the word, “baz/vaz” (openness, and also the prefix “re-” as in “recreation”), comes from “vazidan” [væziːˈdæn] [...]

There is no introduction on who is this man, also no explanation on what is he doing, or which sea referred on Two Years at Sea as the film’s title. Is he possibly isolating himself? Once, there [...]

One of the works of the pioneering director in establishing the identity of the Indonesian national film that I will watch on the first day was entitled "Anak Perawan di Sarang Penyamun" (Virgin [...]

The experiences of Bucket Riders in the films presented by Zbyněk Baladrán makes me realize that seemingly meaningless things actually have outstanding significance to create change. [...]

This curatorial program tries to invite us to be more critical to observe the septum of penal colony. Apparatus of penal colony always lives around us, forcing us to accept their logic, and [...]

Zikri said that three films in this curatorial program are connected because of the production method chosen by Costa. He tried to stay in Fontainhas, recording all three with DV cameras without [...]