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‘Planet - Sebuah Lament’ blends culture, nature in theatrical spectacular
Garin Nugroho’s multidisciplinary stage production, Planet - Sebuah Lament (The planet, a lament), is a timely story that also explores the rich cultures of eastern Indonesia.
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Cultural preview: "Planet - a Lament" is narrated through a series of laments, performed by the 15-member Mazmur Chorale Choir from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
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G
arin Nugroho’s latest multidisciplinary work Planet - Sebuah Lament (Planet - A lament), conveys an environmental message while offering a glimpse into the rich cultures of eastern Indonesia.
Making its national premiere at the Jakarta Theater in Taman Ismail Marzuki on Jan. 17-18, Planet follows the renowned film director's critically acclaimed feature film, Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku (Memories of My Body), and black-and-white silent movie Setan Jawa (Javanese devil).
Following the Jakarta performance, Planet will debut internationally in February at the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA) in Melbourne, Australia.
The stage production, on which work began in 2014, is an extensive study of laments as an artistic expression, particularly the laments of eastern Indonesia and Melanesia, but which carries a glimmer of hope in Garin’s interpretation.
Planet tells a tale of destruction and resurrection, through the unnamed protagonist played by Boogie Papeda, the sole survivor of a tsunami who finds an egg upon regaining consciousness.
Determined to protect the egg until it hatches, the man sets off to find a safe place for it, while monsters (Douglas D’Krumpers, Pricillia E.M. Rumbiak, Beckham Dwaa, Galabby) that rose from the debris left in the wake of the tsunami seek to take the egg for themselves.
