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- 19 September 2018 - 18:08
Around the Continent in 21 days
The Nocturnes touring company have spent July performing, went to Makassar to open the show in Indonesia and then on to Jakarta. Here’s how it happened.
Blog
Stories from our Cultural Engagement activities
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- 19 September 2018 - 12:50
Tapping into Indonesia’s Potential for Cultural Literacy
This year’s Indonesia International Book Fair sees 5 UK publishers showcasing their work during this 5-day instalment, in hopes of forging closing ties between UK & Indonesia writers.
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- Literature
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- 12 September 2018 - 19:50
Exploring our relationship with water through ice, lasers and sound
Indonesian and UK artists are inviting us to explore our relationship to water in an installation where technology and magic become indistinguishable.
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- Arts and Technology
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- 30 August 2018 - 20:52
In Chains - the story so far
James Leadbitter – aka the vacuum cleaner – and Hana Madness are both brilliant artists selected for the UK/ID festival whose work draws on their lived experience of mental health disabilit
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- 28 August 2018 - 17:59
Exploration of Rhythm, Texture, and Sound in Arkipel Film Festival 2018
Helen Petts, an artist film-maker who explores rhythm, texture, and sound, was invited by Forum Lenteng to participate in this year's Arkipel Film Festival. Read the interview here.
- Tags
- Visual Arts
- Date
- 27 August 2018 - 15:50
From Food Politics to the Home of Thousands of Apple
It has been a couple of weeks since two delegations from the Jogja arrived at the UK for their residency - developing a project that connects local food researchers & artist-research groups.
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- Arts and Technology Arts Residency
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- 09 August 2018 - 12:18
What Jakarta Biennale thought of Liverpool Biennial
Farid Rakun, the Director of Jakarta Biennale, visited Liverpool last month to check out the UK’s biggest visual arts festival and explore new UK/Indonesia collaborations.
- Tags
- Visual Arts Arts Residency
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- 11 July 2018 - 05:31
JAF x George Clark - Residency
By Ismal Muntaha, Curator
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- Arts Residency Visual Arts
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- 04 July 2018 - 17:06
A Throwback to Edinburgh Showcase 2017
It often feels exciting to discover new forms of theatre and what new forms of art and entertainment may emerge in future society, and last year’s British Council’s Edin
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- Theatre and Dance
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- 18 May 2018 - 17:46
A Shot in the Arm from Singapore
Singapore held the biggest arts & disability conference and festival in the Asia Pacific region back in March and British Council has sent curator Hendromasto Prasetyo to scope the event.
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- Arts and Disability