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Designer Edward Hutabarat preserves ‘lurik’ in his latest exhibition
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Some of the collections from 'Tangan-Tangan Renta'. (Bakti Budaya Djarum Foundation/File)
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enowned Indonesian designer Edward Hutabarat encourages people to have more knowledge about the striped woven material lurik by holding a photography, video and installation exhibition as well as a fashion show. Entitled Tangan-Tangan Renta Lurik Indonesia, the exhibition is held for six days from Aug. 23 to 28 at Pelataran Ramayana, Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta.
The exhibition was opened with a fashion show featuring lurik as the material. Furthermore, within the event, the designer also displayed his photos and videos about the story of lurik makers in Klaten, Central Java, and Yogyakarta, as quoted by tempo.co. The exhibition is open to the public and is free of charge.
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Edward himself has traveled to different places around the country to learn about the richness of Indonesia’s wastra nusantara (the archipelago’s traditional fabric) or he preferably uses the term of wastra peradaban nusantara (the archipelago’s civilization traditional fabric). The term itself rose after his interaction with the traditional fabric makers in various locations.
“We can see how the traditional fabric is present in almost every important phase of an Indonesian, from his birth until his death,” Edward said in a press release. “Moreover, the making process generally involves many dedicated artists. That’s why I prefer to call those fabrics as ‘wastra peradaban’ [civilization fabrics] because there are many stories that can be discovered in every layer.”
Previously, Edward also has successfully brought batik to the modern fashion industry and form a new interest for the younger generation. As for lurik, the designer aims for the younger generation to keep preserving the lurik as one of the traditional fabrics from Indonesia. (asw)
