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‘Seismic Cities’ raises disaster mitigation awareness through art
Artists and scientists from Indonesia, Chile and the United Kingdom join forces to remind the public of the importance of disaster mitigation in the Seismic Cities exhibition in Bandung, West Java.
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Man and the fault: Visitors to the Seismic Cities exhibition look at 'In Fault', an installation by Ackay Deni. The work centers on the earthquake risks from the Lembang Fault that lurks beneath greater Bandung. (JP/Arya Dipa)
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rtists and scientists from Indonesia, Chile and the United Kingdom join forces to remind the public of the importance of disaster mitigation in the Seismic Cities exhibition.
The exhibition runs from April 19 to 29 at the Orbital Dago, Bandung.
Artist Deni Ramdani, better known as Ackay Deni, represents Indonesia in the exhibition with his installation In Fault. Ackay created a male figure, which was molded out of his body and suspended it in the air.
The entire figure is covered with a wide map of greater Bandung, which shows a red line stretching from Mount Palintang in eastern Bandung to Padalarang regency in the west. The red line signifies the Lembang Fault, a major risk haunting at least 2.5 million people living in the area.
The installation is based on the Lembang fault expedition, which Ackay, other artists, as well as professionals in geography, natural resources and disaster mitigation took part in. The team tracked the 29-kilometer fault for four days.
Gelar Taufiq Kusumawardhana, a geographer from the Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, said the expedition was aimed at gathering data and information on the phenomena surrounding the fault and developing better disaster mitigation plans.
Though the fault is nothing new to scientists, most of the residents of Bandung and its surroundings have yet to fully realize the fault’s earthquake risks.
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