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Bentara Budaya Bali, Australian Embassy come together for street art
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Jandamarra Cadd posted this photo on his Facebook page on July 13, captioned, "Had a great last day in Jakarta facilitating a workshop with local artists through the Australian Embassy - Jakarta, Indonesia, @kedubesaustralia. Some language barriers but don't need to speak much when your with fellow creatives. Such a rich experience." (www.facebook.com/jandamarrasart//File)
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he Bentara Budaya Bali cultural center is working together with the Australian Embassy in Indonesia and the Australian Consulate General in Denpasar to host a workshop in which artists would work collaboratively to produce street art.
The workshop, which involves acclaimed indigenous Australian artist Jandamarra Cadd and the Balinese street artists involved with Djamur Komunitas (Djamur Community), a street art collective in Bali, will be open to the public on Thursday.
Exploring themes of environmental awareness and sustainable tourism, the event is a celebration of history and culture, as well as of the achievements of indigenous Torres Strait islanders. It also acts as a celebration within Diversity Month, part of a lifestyle campaign by the Australian Embassy in its efforts to highlight Australia’s cultural diversity.
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Workshop & Kolaborasi Street Art BERSAMA JANDAMARRA CADD (AUSTRALIA) DAN KOMUNITAS… https://t.co/LLmclcy5aF pic.twitter.com/U70lR6M1UI
— Bentara Budaya Bali (@BentaraBali) July 3, 2017
The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson, believes that these efforts follow a long history of collaboration between Australians and Indonesians. These relations, which go back to the 1700s when fishermen in South Sulawesi would travel to northern Australia to trade, have encouraged tight personal bonds between citizens of the two nations and have the ability to create new communities.
Through the workshop and the collaborative work that it entails, Cadd and members of the Djamur community are to share their individual sense of aesthetics and their own personal stylistic forms of street art with one another. They will also do in-depth explorations of icons derived from a diverse range of forms, such as certain animals that are perceived as symbolic or mystical in their respective cultures.
In many of his works, Cadd conveys the human desire for peace and reflects the longings of minorities and those who are oppressed. Despite these heavy themes, many of his works are filled with vibrant colors. (tha/kes)
