'Public Secrets' - Performance & Screening - Saturday, January 11 6-9PM

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

‘Public Secrets’: Arts, Culture and Contemporary Indonesian Politics after the Fall of Suharto

Location: Project Reach NYC. 39 Eldridge Street, 4FL. New York NY, 10002

Performance by Arahmaiani /Screening of Erika Baglyas’s film Honestly featuring CM Rien Kuntari

Conversation with Arahmaiani & CM Rien Kuntari

1998, in the wake of the Asian financial crisis and the resignation of General Suharto after 32 years in power, was a tumultuous year for Indonesia. Promises of long-overdue democratic reform were quickly overshadowed by persistent political and economic instability, rampant corruption, civil unrest and terrorism. Performance artist Arahmaiani and war journalist Cordula Maria Rien Kuntari were witness to this important historical moment and its aftermath, both as insiders and outsiders. In addition to a shared national identity, both women share the common experience of being forced to leave their countries of origin as a result of their professional practice as it served to interrogate abuses of power and the hypocrisy of politics in their country.

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'Public Secrets' - Performance & Screening - Saturday, January 11 6-9PM