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IBP 2014 Exhibition

IBP 2014 Exhibition
The Instrument Builders Project will be opening this Friday 11 April at 5.30pm at iCAN Jl Suryodinigratan 39. Parking available at LAF...

IBP DIWO

IBP DIWO
(by Dale Gorfinkel) I remember something Tintin said about growing up in Indonesia and not learning anything at school about China or Russia, two countries that seem to take up a massive proportion of the world and aren’t that far away from Indonesia.

Brain ripples

Brain ripples
(By Caitlin Franzmann) Following on from my last post; I had circular spaces on my mind.  While spending some time at Kunci Cultural Studies Centre I noticed a well in the garden and thought about this perfect resonant space and its connection to an important cultural space. Joel and I started discussing ideas about KUNCI...

Open Studio 10am, Saturday 5 April

Open Studio 10am, Saturday 5 April
The Instrument Builders Project 2014 akan membuka studio bagi kunjungan publik. Sabtu 5 April, 10.00-19.00

Workshop in process

Workshop in process
Workshop in progress, works being built, noises, sounds...

IBP hits the road

IBP hits the road
(by Peter Blamey) On the 25th of March IBP heads for Surakarta, aka Solo, as Dale and myself are performing at Bukan Musik Biasa #39 at Pendopo Wisma Seni, Taman Budaya, thanks to Wukir who organised it for us. The title translates as “Not Ordinary Music”, so chances are we will both feel right at home. The...

dang ding odongodong.

dang ding odongodong.
(by Tintin Wulia) Wukir – I said at one point, after a very brief pause in our discussions – I think I wanna work with Odong-odong. Why Odong-odong? Wukir asked. I said, well, I kept thinking of your windmills and watermills and that made me think of cycles, roundabouts, circles and the like. Odong-odong is in principle...

Circular energies

Circular energies
There has been much discussion in the first week of IBP about systems of energy in nature, electronics, politics, human relations and even in the cosmic sense. I’ve been particularly interested in the dynamic energy that emanates between individuals and social groups...

IBP blog 18.3.2014 – Trash and Treasure

IBP blog 18.3.2014 - Trash and Treasure
The Instrument Builders Project looking for trash and treasure at Kota Gede, Yogyakarta.    

mills, wheels and odong-odong dingdong.

mills, wheels and odong-odong dingdong.
Not that I mind, really, but all this past first week Wukir kept kidnapping me and bringing me places. He's quite obsessive about many things, and a few of these many things he did share with me in this past week...