Recording the Future
An audiovisual archive of everyday life in Indonesia in the 21st century.
In 2003, KITLV initiated this long term documentation project in cooperation with Indonesian partners Off Stream Independent Filmmakers and LIPI. The aim is to establish an audiovisual archive of everyday life in Indonesia during the 21st century. To this end recordings are made in Jakarta, Delanggu (Central Java), Payakumbuh (West Sumatra), Kawal (on the island of Bintan), Sintang (West Kalimantan), Bittuang (Tana Toraja on Sulawesi), Ternate, and Surabaya. Every four years recordings are made at the same locations in order to trace changes and continuities.
Various approaches are taken: particular spots are filmed with intervals during a whole day; we take a ride with a car and a long walk while we are filming. Next to this, a large number of themes in everyday life are filmed.
So far, an archive has been created of more than 300 hours of recordings, which have been indexed and made accessible for research on site. In addition, the project has produced a portrait of Ibu Mooryati Soedibyo (40 min) and a double DVD with conversations for advanced language teaching.
The exhibition ’24 Hours Indonesia’ is a cooperation between KITLV and the Tropenmuseum and is is based on this KITLV audiovisual project. On a map all eight film locations were shown simultaneously and there was a possibility to view 12 small clips of daily life in Indonesia. The exhibition opened 27 June and ran through 16 November 2008 in the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. For more information, visit the Tropenmuseum website...>>
Project members
Lexy Rambadeta (camera & interviews)
Andre Triadiputra (camera)
Dr. Fridus Steijlen
Prof. Henk Schulte Nordholt.
Click here ...>> for more information or contact Fridus Steijlen at steijlen@kitlv.nl.
There are currently no publications listed for this project.
