Kompilasi: A Survey of Contemporary Indonesian Art

24 February - 14 March 2009

Opening: 6-8pm, Tuesday 24 February

Bus Gallery 117 Lt Lonsdale St. City

Attending artists: Tintin Wulia (Denpasar/Melbourne), Bambang ‘Toko’ Witjaksono (Yogyakarta), Bayu Widodo (Yogyakarta), Angki Purbandono (Yogyakarta) & Ardi Gunawan (Jakarta/Melbourne)

Also featuring the work of: Video Battle, Ruang MES 56, Taring Padi, Jompet Kuswindananto, Bambang Toko, Iyok Prayogo, Uji ‘Hahan’ Saputro & Forum Lenteng.

KOMPILASI draws upon the contemporary art scene of Yogyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta in Indonesia to present a diverse exhibition of photography, installation, sculpture, interactive art, video, film, drawing, sound, graphic/street art and product design. Co-curated by Kristi Monfries, Timothy O’Donoghue and Georgia Sedgwick with the assistance of the artists involved, the exhibition will he held at Bus Gallery, and will include a program of performances and artist’s talks as well as film screenings at Horse Bazaar and listening stations and product displays at Sunshine & Grease run by Patrick O'Brien

Also watch out for:

Film Screening Night 7pm Thursday 26 February @ Horse Bazaar, 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Artists' Talks 1pm Saturday 28 February @ BUS Gallery 117 Lt Lonsdale St. City

Minimal-Barroco/Juan Castillo

Java's Machine: Phantasmagoria by Jompet Kuswidanato

Jompet Kuswindananto last year participated in Yogyakarta-based Cemeti At Houses's residency program 'Landing Soon #4'. He continued his research on Javanese culture and studied the form and practice of Java's royal soldiers, as a symbol of the particularly Javanese syncretic impulse to merge divergent beliefs and cultures. Jompet's work will be part of the South Project supported exhibition Kompilasi at Bus Gallery in Melbourne, opening on 24 February 2009. The show, curated by Kristi Monfries, Tim O'Donoghue and Georgia Sedgwick, surveys the work of emerging and established contemporary Indonesian artists. For more details visit Bus Gallery's website: www.bus117.com or contact Georgia Sedgwick on georgia_sedgwick@yahoo.co.uk.

Fan the Flames at the VCA

South African Artists in Residence at Monash

Sizwe Mabiezela, Project Journey 2, digital print 2008

The South Project's partner organisation, Monash University, has initiated a residency exchange program with South Africa and the exhibition Lost and Found is the result of six weeks of work by the four invited artists.