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| Last night was the first time I discussed more about Sobron Sehari-hari again with Marie. She has seen the first draft in Singapore when I presented it at Theatreworks/72-13 a few years ago. |
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| Today started really hot. Midday, the big rain began.
I sketched some to think about the frame for Almost Cut and then tried to write about it here verbally, but found that, still, sketches tell more and better, and differently. |
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| My maternal grandparents’ birth certificates were issued by the Dutch government in Benkoelen, part of Dutch India. That should make my grandparents Dutch Indians. Now, Dutch India is known as Indonesia. What does that make me? A lost kite. Blown by artificial wind: |
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| My table is full of ants – going in and out my laptop keyboards, walking over my passport covers, in a tidy row and in panicky scatters. |
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| I shot some. Mostly close up of the passport cover processes, for (Re)Collection of Togetherness. Demistifying power. Debugging the myth of control. |
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Border security is simply a response to volatility. The wish to live forever. |
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So far I’ve found the Sheffield Special razorblades made in Sheffield, England (bought these in Melbourne); the Zorrick razorblades – made in India; the Tatra – made in Czech Republic; the London Bridge and the Gillette Goal – both manufactured in Shanghai under license from The Gillette Company USA. The wall which I stuck the banana leaves onto has some metal in it. Perhaps in the paint. The magnet sticks there in an awkward, magical angle. |
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Ariel Heryanto visited with Samuel Indratma. This is the first time I’ve met both of them and I felt honoured, so much that I’ve just realized I didn’t show them my studio (we were into a brief discussion about Sobron Sehari-hari). Anyway, I then joined Samuel and Ariel to visit Kunci (met with Andari – whom Prima has mentioned to me, Ferdy, and Ninot), and Kunci’s neighbour Yayasan Pondok Rakyat (met with Yosi, and Widi whom I’ve met at JiFFest before). I’ve been to Mes 56, their other neighbour. I’ve had a bit of intro discussion about Sobron Sehari-hari at Kunci. Andari mentioned the national archive. Ninot mentioned Hersri Setiawan, and Yosi gave me Inilah Pamflet Itu, a collection of Hersri Setiawan’s poems that YPR has just released. |
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| Political power is manmade, and industrial. Video excerpted from (Re)Collection of Togetherness: nicking the papers, part of behind-the-scene of the passports. Thanks to Dale Nason. |
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