The third city visited by Kultursinema Travelling Exhibition from Forum Lenteng is Surabaya. The third travelling exhibition was held at C2O Library and Collabtive on 24-28 April 2019. As previously before, there was no opening ceremony in the Kultursinema Traveling Exhibition, but there was a program of discussion and screening of films. The first discussion program was themed “Criticism and Film-Writing History” moderated by Afrian Purnama. M. Bahruddin, a lecturer and film critic, and Mahardika Yudha, an artist and curator, were present as speakers in this panel. The speakers discussed the choice to frame history in cinema writing depending on the point of view in defining, interest, and most importantly, the availability of archive. M. Bahruddin himself shared about his reading of changes in Indonesian theatrical films, with examples of cases of Islamic films in pre-reformation and post-reformation. Mahardika Yudha shared about the Kultursinema research framework and historical findings of Indonesian cinema culture at the Kultursinema exhibition. On the second day of the exhibition, April 25, 2019, Kultursinema held a screening of a film named Tie Pat Kai Kawin (Siloeman Babi Perang Siloeman Monjet) which was directed by The Teng Chun in 1935, and Matjan Berbisik (The Whispering Tiger). The film was directed by Tan Tjoei Hock in 1940. Not infrequently the audience burst out laughing when watching these two films even though the film files that were played were an only excerpt, not the entire film. The second discussion was held on April 26, 2019. The discussion moderated by Luthfan Nur Rochman was titled “Screening Room and Film Archives” and was attended by three speakers: Yogi Ishabib from Intensive Cinema, Wimar Herdanto from the Festcil Film Festival, and Fauzan Abdillah from INFIS Surabaya. The speakers shared about the starting point of making a screening room, curatorial and program, and sharing about proclivity in Surabaya audiences. They also told how they managed the screening rooms to discuss modes and strategies in presenting curatorial or programming films and screenings. Then on the fourth day, there were three propaganda screened: Calling Australia by Hinatsu Eitaro in 1943, Nippon Present by Jaap Speyer in1945, and Indonesia Calling by Joris Ivens in 1946. Calling Australia was made on the commission of Nippon Eigasha, the Japanese propaganda agency. In this film, it was told that European soldiers who are in prison live happily because of the very luxurious and comfortable prison conditions. However, Japan was defeated by the Allies before the film was published. This film was later re-edited By Jaap Speyer from Netherland and he made Nippon Present film (a.k.a. Nippon Calls. 1945). Nippon Present use Calling Australia as the main ingredient of the film. The film discusses scenes in Australian Calling films which are considered to be lies. In the same year, a filmmaker from the Netherlands was sent to Indonesia to make Dutch propaganda but eventually, he made the film in favor of Indonesian independence. He made Indonesian Calling which he produced at Sydney port in Australia. Joris Ivens then exiled from Netherland because of the film. On the last day of the Kultursinema Mobile Exhibition in Surabaya, the last discussion was held with the theme “Representation and Reproduction of Archive” which was moderated by Prashasti Wilujeng Putri. The speakers present were Ayos Purwoaji (Curator), Nadia Maya Ardiani (Curator), and Afrian Purnama (Curator and writer, Kultursinema). In this panel, Ayos Purwoaji talks about his project Juragan Style: Membaca Arsitektur Jengki, which explores architectural archives. Then the second speaker, Nadia Maya Ardiani, shared about the Surabaya Contemporary Heritage Council and the Adu Dara exhibition project, by tracing the residents’ archives today. Meanwhile, Afrian Purnama shared about the framework and artistic methods at the Kultursinema exhibition. Year Surabaya, Indonesia
2019
Kultursinema Traveling Exhibition – Surabaya, 2019
