Yosephine Gunawan, Author at ARKIPEL

Augmenting Realness, The Modified Reality

Yosephine Gunawan — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:00:58 +0000

Friday, August 25 2017, I had the chance to watch the International Competition 2 program: The Windmill. Two out of four films screened were made by a director who comes from a country whose culture, lingustics and literature were studied by me in the university, which is Germany. The rest were from China and Spain.

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Huyung and The Exhibition Reluctant to Forget

Yosephine Gunawan — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:00:19 +0000

A dark cold room was decorated by two pieces of white fabric hang from above was the first scenery I saw. Those two white fabrics, which recently I recognized as the winding sheet because the material seemed compatible, received the projection of Dr. Huyung’s films. It turned out that I was not alone.

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The Spoken and Conjugated Ones With No Need of Words

Yosephine Gunawan — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 03:00:27 +0000

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 were also photograph piling on the table, whoever they are and their relationship to the protagonist. Everything I saw started from the beginning of film only left question mark which its answer I wait for in the discussion.

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Seeking for The Lost Image

Yosephine Gunawan — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 02:00:55 +0000

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 in The Bandit’s Headquarter) (1962). The film was adapted from the novel of Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana published 30 years before it was filmed by Usmar Ismail.

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Reaching for ‘Vietnam‘ through Hanoi DocLab

Yosephine Gunawan — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 02:00:45 +0000

Hanoi DocLab focuses on giving workshops and preserving local creativity and independent thinking, since it was founded. In addition, the institute also often holds weekly screenings for documentary and experimental films, conducts courses and workshops to make films, video libraries, and editing facilities accessible to the public.

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Notes on Forum Festival, Panel III

Yosephine Gunawan — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 02:00:13 +0000

This third panel discussed the ideal position and strategy of a collective or an active community or organization in the realm or activities related to film, whether in production, presentation or distribution.

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Notes on Forum Festival, Panel I

Yosephine Gunawan — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 02:00:55 +0000

The progress of media technology today affects all aspects of life, including the habitus of moving images. The easiness in accessing information becomes the early sign of change in the old 'rules of the game' in the production, reproduction, and distribution of moving images.

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From “Corrosive” to “Angst”

Yosephine Gunawan — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:47:40 +0000

Monday afternoon, August 22nd 2016, I attended two programs of International Competition in ARKIPEL, in a row. First screening was started at 1 pm, and the second one was at 4 to 6 pm. I also watched the International Competition 9: “Angst”, curated by Akbar Yumni, a Forum Lenteng member and also film critics.

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Empathy from the Films in the Curatorial of “Beyond”

Yosephine Gunawan — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:59:26 +0000

Then, satisfaction was the reaction I got from watching World Cup. This film was nothing but slow, 108 minutes felt like a 30-minute film, thanks to its playful narration. Some shots were interrelated although they weren’t really the core portrayal of Malas Brothers’ work, and they serve themselves as satire.

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For The “Nameless”: Notes on “Flow” Curatorial Program

Yosephine Gunawan — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:30:07 +0000

Umi Lestari brought a very relevant discourse in Europe; migration. She used a symbol that was ‘Flow’ of which was often identified as a domination that dragged us into. In a river, there were only two probabilities to respond flow; joining it, or making new current as its counter-flow.

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