I first met Serbian artist Mikro Kosmos (Miroslav Dukic) Borneo earlier this year. He played a didgeridoo that he himself created and ME was intrigued by this mysterious tall instantly - it does not chit chat, but spoke of the darkness and the light, and he spoke lovingly of her partner, whom he described as a goddess. I later discovered that exposure Dark and Light -. Dreaming Kosmos , held at Via Via Cafe & Alternative Art Space in Jogjakarta, displays his creations batik he had made during his one-year term in Indonesia
"When I arrived in Jogjakarta, batik welcomed me it was really a surprise, of course, I'm very interested in -. the batik process fed the next episode of my life I use painting to study not only the technical creation process. but the explanation of the fact that my being need to lift on this planet So, batik painting is the mirror image in front of me -.. It was something new to learn, to develop my being with another perception reality "
Batik by Mikro
at the beginning of his explorations, Mikro met the artist in his Indonesian Sony residence where both Elo and Progo rivers meet, on the outskirts of Borobudur temple, and Mikro asked the question: "What is the male and the female energy in everything," said Sony? "If you continue to work on this response on this place supported by all Elo magic Progo you can have all the answers. "
the use of canting (a tool in the form of pen used to apply hot wax) for drawing and colors such as indigosol and naaptol, Mikro his first steps in batik by the river and the end result was Meditation - a visionary selection, pieces of batik cotton.
Later, Mikro studied in the small village of ceramic, Bayat, outside Yogyakarta with Indoartamiks organization (which aims to infuse traditional ceramic techniques and Javanese batik with the modern art street) and director Melanie Mclintock Mikro invited to work for a month with students from a local school. At this stage, Mikro learned more about Indonesian culture, communication and batik and ceramics techniques. Finally, in South Borneo, Mikro studied traditional tattoo indigenous Dayak and these influences can be seen in its batik.
I am curious if other artists have also helped the batik process to evolve creatively and I spoke with Annissa Gultom, director of the Museum Kain (Textile Museum), which opened in Badung, Bali, in November 2013, and many houses antiques and modern batik. "Kain Museum is a dream come true for its founder, the late husband of Obin, Roni Siswandi, an archaeologist-anthropologist who became an innovative fabric with BINhouse" said Annissa. "It combines ancient weaving and methods of batik -how with new styles of form and color. Kain Museum is also an embodiment of what a modern museum should be, combining antiques with new methods of communication, interaction, discussion and giving impressions. "
The batik process are in a state of constant change as Annissa Gultom said," Let me share with you what Roni Siswandi once shared to me; gasoline batik is the use of hot melt wax. Whether using a canting pen, stamps, or computerized wax applicator, if you use hot wax melted, it's batik. Batik survived the industrial revolution in the 1700s; when mechanisms have been found to speed up production, wax buffer was founded, but it did not kill the canting pen method. He survived until today. Batik fabrics printed patterns have emerged because there are so many people who want to have expensive batik in different aspects of their lives, but they could not afford it. Still, people who can afford it choose the traditional method prepared batik. There is a different niche of all forms of batik. Everyone is always trying in any way they can have batik as an inseparable part of their life "
Before the introduction of synthetic dyes in the 1700s, batik has tended to use the colors blue , red and brown -.. and modern batik now has access to a greater range of colors Still, I'm curious to learn more about the differences between traditional and modern techniques of batik - were the reasons and philosophical symbols or were people able to capture their own personal experiences
Batik Kain Museum - Sarong Semarang
"philosophy, nature observation and social culture spiritual occurrences are among the inspirations that made batik patterns, then and now, "said Annissa. "There is one piece of Semarang, a sarong which has been passed down through five generations of the Siswandi family. The first owner was the grandmother of the grandmother Roni. On this sarong, there is a drawing (made using wax and canting) that shows the situation of the colonial city of Semarang at the time, with a Dutch walking a dog, a long-haired girl walking near him, and a car with a man and his daughter . board this piece demonstrates that batik is not always on the spiritual meanings of the symbols of the court or stage of life, but also an expression of policy makers -. this around them at the time, which was the trend or what they saw every day on the way field
"in our exhibition, you will also batik Solo with badminton grounds (Indonesia won the badminton World Cup in 1950 ); cotton flower; symbols GANEFO (Game of emerging forces, the draft Soekarno in the 60s); Peoni flower on hokokai batik (Japanese favorite flower, made during the Japanese occupation) and more. These rooms are amazing - each telling the story of the machine and their lives at the time, making batik in fact a very personal artistic expression. Those unique give us more insight from real people and life at the time. Here's how batik should be considered owned by the people "
Batik Mikro is a beautiful exploration of the cosmos -. The spectrum of light to dark he was not afraid of investigate - by describing his personal experiences he demonstrated that batik can be a very personal tool for the expression "fear is a feeling that occurs when our perception of reality receives the ability to grow rapidly.. Trust and love can transform and illuminate every part of life because we learn to allow him to lead us through the universe. - Introducing us to this incomprehensible hugeness "
Additional Information
Kampung Batik Jakarta - Jl. Pal Batu in South Jakarta
Kampung Batik Laweyan solo
Kain Museum www.museumkain.org
Indoartamiks: https://www.facebook.com/Indoartamiks
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