Universitas Airlangga Official Website UNAIR NEWS – As Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) gears up for the 37th National Science Week (PIMNAS) this October the newly revealed PIMNAS 37 logo has garnered significant attention designed by two students and a lecturer from the Faculty of Health and Natural Sciences (FIKKIA)— Melati Oktavia Febriana and Jayanti Dian Eka Sari MKes—has been praised for its thoughtful design “We never expected our work to be selected in UNAIR’s logo competition It is an honor for me and my team to contribute to PIMNAS 37,” Febriana shared Melati and her team meticulously crafted the PIMNAS 37 logo ensuring each element embodies specific meanings and philosophies The primary colors chosen for the logo are blue Febriana explained that blue represents peace and stability reflecting the participants’ spirit as they face the event’s challenges Gold symbolizes the excellence and intelligence of those competing in this prestigious event red signifies the fighting spirit and courage of each PIMNAS 37 participant to achieve outstanding accomplishments It is undoubtedly a significant challenge for them to qualify for this event,” Febriana added The torch and the Tugu Pahlawan monument icon add a unique touch to PIMNAS 37 logo The torch symbolizes the spirit and struggle for the nation’s glory hoping that PIMNAS 37 participants will strive and innovate for nation’s advancement “There is also a bamboo spear icon in the ‘National Science Week’ text This represents the collaboration and integration of various scientific disciplines as well as intellectual sharpness of participants’ in creating innovations and achieving common goals,” explained the FIKKIA student the shield in the 2024 inscription symbolizes protection and security participants are expected to commit in using their knowledge to protect societal progress Melati elaborated that the number 37 in the PIMNAS 37 logo holds special significance symbolizing the host city of Surabaya for this year’s PIMNAS The number 7 features the Abhi Boyo batik pattern highlighting Indonesia’s rich cultural heritage The batik inclusion signifies the diversity and intellectual wealth of PIMNAS-37 participants from across Indonesia We believe collaboration is a key element in all fields uniting various disciplines to create beneficial innovations for the nation and country,” she stated she hopes that PIMNAS-37 will inspire students to produce high-quality research that advances knowledge in society “I hope that PIMNAS 37 will proceed successfully without obstacles and leave positive impressions and memories for all participants,” she concluded Copyright 2021 Universitas Airlangga. All Rights Reserved. CENTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION (PKIP) Sept 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia awarded three oil and gas blocks on Tuesday out of five blocks offered in the first round of auctions this year which has both onshore and offshore fields with an estimated gas resource of 4.7 trillion cubic feet and 850 million barrels (bbl) of oil was awarded to a consortium of state-owned Pertamina Hulu Energi China's Sinopec International Energy Investment and Kuwait's KUFPEC Regional Ventures The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) NGC’s HSSE strategy is reflective and supportive of the organisational vision to become a leader in the global energy business ngc.co.tt Sinopec and KUFPEC did not immediately respond to requests for comment The government also awarded the Central Andaman block to a consortium of private equity-owned Harbour Energy's Premier Oil South Andaman and Mubadala Energy of the United Arab Emirates The Central Andaman exploration block has estimated resources of 100 million bbl of oil and 500 billion cubic feet (bcf) gas with 50 million bbl of oil and 450 bcf of gas onshore South Sumatra was awarded to a consortium consisting of a unit of Indonesia's Medco Energi Internasional The selection process for the two remaining blocks offered in the auction For a second round of oil and gas auctions later this year the government will potentially offer the Air Komering Bernadette Christina Munthe; Editing by Sonali Paul) accurate and reliable content on global gas matters experts and researchers as well as respected stakeholders the opportunity to present their qualified views on natural gas matters SUBSCRIBE PORTALJABAR, DISTRICT. BOGOR - The Regional Government of Bogor Regency, through the Bojong Community Health Center, Klapanunggal District, launched an Innovation to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates (AKI-AKB) by Monitoring Pregnant Women Resti (TANGKAI MELATI). Head of the Bojong Community Health Center, Norlia Resihani, explained that the launch of the Melati Stalk innovation aims to detect pregnant pregnant women early and comprehensively monitor them. "With early detection and appropriate monitoring, it is hoped that it can help prevent complications and death in pregnant women and babies," he said. According to him, posyandu activities in every village in the Bojong Community Health Center area will be used to detect pregnant pregnant women early. Pregnant women who are detected to be at high risk will be referred to a pregnancy class or visited by a health worker. Furthermore, the pregnant women's class will provide education to pregnant women about risky pregnancies, childbirth, postpartum, and early detection of emergencies. This class will be held online and offline. Pregnant women's visits will be carried out by health workers to monitor the condition of pregnant women and provide more personalized education. He also hopes that the TANGKAI MELATI Innovation can help reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the Bojong Community Health Center area and Bogor Regency as a whole. "We are committed to improving the quality of public health in the Bojong Community Health Center area. Through the TANGKAI MELATI innovation, this is one of our efforts to achieve this goal," he explained. According to him, the TANGKAI MELATI innovation is a real example of the Bojong Community Health Center's commitment to improving the quality of public health. "It is hoped that this innovation can be an inspiration for other community health centers in Indonesia to develop similar programs," he said. (Diskominfo Bogor Regency/Revo) Jl. Diponegoro No. 22, Citarum, Bandung Wetan, ExplorationSulawesi could be Indonesia's next oil and gas hotspotPertamina-led international consortium signs for frontier exploration block We had the chance to chat with Melati Wijsen and talk about empowering young changemakers navigating her NGOs and programs in the current pandemic time You were one of the first few youth activists back in the days how do you compare youth activism now and then Sometimes when I think back of when we started how on earth did we have that courage to just get started Not having that many role models of other young people It was just a little home based project from the island of Bali We had that very strong vision and that’s what drove us forward today with the growing climate of young activists The more young people we see taking action the more inspired we are to continue or to get started ourselves So I think it’s a very exciting space to be in now And it’s unbelievable that I’ve been part of it for eight years and just seeing how big and how much more of us young changemakers there are today Can you tell us a bit about how your upbringing and time in Bali influence you as a person and as an activist I think if I grew up in any other place in the world other than Bali I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today It’s definitely the environment you surround yourself with and the friends you surround yourself with the biggest factor was the environment that I surrounded myself with there was so much beauty in the natural world But we also have this horrible reality of plastic pollution I think the inspiration to start was because I grew up here It’s because I saw how beautiful nature is and how horrible it can be by our actions I could have probably ignored it without doing anything here simply it wasn’t something we could ignore So the disparity of the situation encouraged the sense of urgency in you to make a change At one point we had to choose which Bali we wanted to have The Bali that remains as the pristine island of gods or let it become the island of garbage It was a clear question that we had to ask ourselves we wanted to preserve the beauty of nature It’s almost 8 years since you and Isabel founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags How do you view the development of the movement so far So no matter what we did through all the different activities That’s always the most important whenever we get started as young changemakers Bye Bye Plastic Bags pushed more agenda towards the public policy sector What was the consideration that pushed you and Isabel to pursue that direction That’s another really interesting question I think nowadays everyone is finally asking or having these conversations where it’s like “OK we can’t just put the responsibility on the individuals,” right it was very clear already that this growing plastic pollution problem felt like it was almost too much to handle but we also know we need it from the top down and we have to meet in the middle in order to get change happening So that was the simple explanation that we believed in that we knew already then and why we worked so hard on making sure that all levels of the community were involved in reaching the school I think that that was our biggest lesson starting very early on we see more wins for green activists that went to court against big pollution producers What is Bye Bye Plastic Bags’ stance in taking activism to court each team is focusing on how they can also implement those bans on single-use plastic bags with our global team members In terms of that larger scale court action that is definitely something we have in mind but there’s definitely something in the mix you established Youthtopia to empower a generation of changemakers Can you tell us more about this movement and its featured programs Youthtopia only launched at the beginning of 2020 because simply there’s no better year to start and launch Youthtopia It’s been an idea in our heads for the last five years I have a video of myself at 15 years old talking about the idea saying “My name’s Melati it’s been an idea in my head for a long time to create this bigger headquarter I don’t want to make another Forbes 30 under 30 list but a really authentic place where young changemakers can come together and learn from each other throughout the eight years of Bye Bye Plastic Bags you can imagine speaking over to half a million students “How can I do what you do?” and that’s where a bigger passion for me personally started 2020 just went by and like a glimpse of an eye We are building our website at the same time We had to cancel our plans to be in five countries doing pop ups and workshops but shifted entirely on to the online world we have an existing website learning platform where kids or the rising young changemakers can sign up and create an account to then access all of these learning materials guide books and videos and things like that but it also always feels like it’s just the beginning A post shared by YOUTHTOPIA (@youthtopia.world) How many changemakers do you have in your Circle of Youth right now we have about 102 changemakers (and counting every day) I think we represent over 25 countries globally within our Circle of Youth The cool thing is we really just want to be the headquarters for young changemakers globally We don’t want any of these guys to give up their project or stop doing what they’re doing We just want to have a place where we can amplify it and then share that with other rising young changemakers so that we can learn how Often people are always sticking to the ‘Why’ I also think that we as young people very strongly know our ‘Why’ already And so that’s where Youthtopia comes in We’re a youth empowering ecosystem that can be a welcomed addition to the existing curriculum because we don’t teach what the traditional textbook teaches at school Can you tell us more about Youthtopia’s online learning platform Youthtopia’s programs are targeting the age group of 12 to 25 years old we always get a little bit younger or a little bit older for those exceptions you’re more than welcome to sign up if you’re curious to learn more about changemaker skills In terms of the availability of our programs we offer two experiences on these Youthtopia platforms a basic subscription where you get access to several of our programs and learning materials the plus package that allows you to access an endless scroll of content If ‘everyone can make a change’, what pushes you to focus on fostering activism towards the young generation? Activism is not an easy task, what are the common concerns that hinder young prospective changemakers from making a change? Now that we’ve identified the problem, why is it urgent to go beyond it? From winning the Bambi Award to recently being included in Forbes 30 Under 30, how does being an awardee of such prizes at such a young age affect how you see activism in the future?  Without the benefit of hindsight, COVID-19 must’ve taken you and your movements off guard. How do you navigate your programs in this time of pandemic? We’re currently gathering views about ‘what to expect in the future’ for our Open Column. We also want to know your views too! So Melati, what should we expect from youth activism in the future? Performance artist Melati Suryodarmo epitomized labor and drudgery as she performed "I'm a Ghost in My Own House" at the Singapore Art Museum. The piece entails her using a rolling pin to grind down a roomful of charcoal, a symbol of life's energy, for up to 12 hours with pauses to rest or sleep on the second-floor balcony of the Singapore Art Museum. The 45-year-old described her performance as a way to bring up home's paradoxes of a place "where we live and an environment we feel attached to or familiar with, whether it be our culture, country, work, and so on." "A home can be peaceful but also a place for confrontation, disasters, and conflicts," Melati said. "The motion of crushing or grinding involves emotions due to its repetition. We do not think about our surroundings, as we become one with ourselves," she added of "I'm a Ghost in My Own House," which was performed to critical acclaim in Indonesia and around the world since its debut in Bandung, West Java, in 2012. Melati's physical and emotional performance has once again given her accolades, winning the Jurors' Prize Award for the 2014 Asian Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize on Jan. 22. She was one of two recipients of the S$15,000 ($11,997) prize money, the other being Chinese artist Liu Jian Hua for his work "Trace." Indonesian curator Rifky Effendy said "I'm a Ghost in My Own House" reflects Melati's total approach to her art, which she also proved with her previous work "Exergie -- Butter Dance." "In 'I'm a Ghost in My Own House,' the audience gets to feel Melati's alienation, sadness, fatigue and uncertainty as she grinds them down along with the charcoal," Rifky said. "While the work perhaps bring up issues like domestic violence and political changes, it also symbolized her strength, perseverance and resilience." Still, the S$60,000 grand prize of the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize went to Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen for his 2013 work "PYTHAGORAS," a video installation piece that centers on four different works that react to one another in a single space. Inspired by Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos, the piece creates an immersing experience for audiences to explore the unseen and the concealment of power, sound or voices through veils and curtains. "PYTHAGORAS" also features film and literary characters like the Wizard of Oz, Stanley Kubrick's Hal 9000 and Jean-Luc Godard's Alpha 60, all of whom use the effect of their "voices" to achieve their respective purposes. "['PYTHAGORAS'] picks up on the anxiety of living and evokes an almost visceral reaction in its viewers, making us feel uncertain and anxious and in doing so becomes a work that truly captures a contemporary moment." Taiwan's Yao Jui-chung + Lost Society Document (LSD) rounded out the winners, taking the S$10,000 People's Choice Award for "Mirage -- Disused Public Property in Taiwan," a video installation piece taking on consumerism in his home country. Founded in 2008 by the APB Foundation and the Singapore Art Museum, the triennial prize seeks to present the most outstanding contemporary art from both established and emerging artists in the Asia-Pacific region. The third edition of the award ceremony included 105 nominations from 24 countries and territories, which were later shortlisted to 15 works of art from 13 countries in August 2014. George Kan is an artist, writer, and performance maker from London, now based in New York. They are a PhD candidate in Performance Studies at NYU. 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innovation and systemic transformation Youth2030 Pulse is a monthly newsletter streamlining access to relevant information for young people by compiling updates resources and news from across the UN System and beyond photo documentation of performance at VideoBrasil Melati Suryodarmo has been one of Indonesia’s most significant performance artists over the last 30 years Her works stand at the intersection of European irreverence and Asian artistic tradition Suryodarmo converts her experiences of the emotional and political worlds around her into physical movements pushing her physical endurance in performances and transforming mundane objects into deeply symbolic props.  Born in 1969 to traditional Indonesian dance practitioners and shaped by Marina Abramović’s tutelage in Germany Suryodarmo investigates how external events affect individuals’ internal experiences In her words: “The world that inspires me to move my thoughts is the world inside me The body becomes like a home which functions as a container of memories I respect the freedom in our minds to perceive things coming through our individual sensory register system.” Suryodarmo’s work was exhibited in 2020–⁠2021 at the Museum MACAN in Jakarta in the solo survey “Why Let the Chicken Run?” where she revived a range of past performances She has also been featured in the 2020 Bangkok Art Biennale while running her performing arts collective Studio Plesungan since 2012 which oscillate somewhere between the poetically beautiful constantly refer to exertion and sensation as the core of all experience as shown in her “essential works” below.  photo documentation of performance at World House TV Weimar Suryodarmo was away from her home and culture for the first time out of place as a foreigner and the only pregnant student in her class This was a formative period in Suryodarmo’s career who exposed her to the capacity of the human body as a tool of reflection and expression who stressed that ordinary materials could make extraordinary artistic statements.  Suryodarmo reflected on her experience as a newcomer to Germany in her first solo performance: surrounded by 300 items of clothing she had obsessively collected from local flea markets taking the clothes on and off over 24 hours until her body became “fat and stuck” between the layers Her hoarding of clothing and mechanical process of dressing signifies the physical effort of adapting to a new culture and forming one’s idea of self The “German” clothes represent a system Suryodarmo has created to fit in but also one that she disrupts again and again as her identity is formed and reformed constantly.  Braunschweig students adhered to a strict material budget of 10 euros per performance inspiring Suryodarmo’s practice of using mundane objects as props partly due to necessity and the innovation improvisation demands From this came Exergie – Butter Dance (2000) involving the construction of a performance platform from butter which Suryodarmo chose for its affordability and her association with her intercontinental relocation (having seldom encountered it in Indonesia) Suryodarmo performed traditional Indonesian dance in high heels to Makassar drums struggling to maintain poise as the butter melted Garnering 2 million views on YouTube Butter Dance encapsulates the moment conscious bodily control collides with unpredictable circumstances when one slips on butter despite the importance of falling in this performance Suryodarmo doesn't present her dance as futile but you do it anyway.” She presents the relationship between the struggle of the body and moments of perseverance as one of resilience and exuberance rather than painful futility—be it due to butter or other factors—the dancer goes on after every fall.  Deformed Ethic of a Relationship (2005) is Suryodarmo’s experimental works in collaboration with German artist Oliver Blomeier She developed an ambitious multimedia performance delving into the contradictions that pervade relationships Informed by her degenerating relationship with her abusive spouse 1.0 presents the turbulent delights and destructive ends of out-of-sync lovers Suryodarmo writes messages across a mattress and Blomeier’s body in a desperate bid for connection contrasted by the pair’s quiet unity in the adjacent video This lack of “synchron[icity]” prompted a violent end when Blomeier wields an electric jigsaw While intimate and disconnected motifs persist their intensity disperses after a phone call that connects them across the globe—the vast expanse of 7,250 miles—in between Italy and Bali where Blomeier and Suryodarmo, respectively Suryodarmo sent a video letter from Bali to Trento and the video letter was opened and played back at the Galleria Civica Trento emphasizing the total separation of the pair Creating a narrative of the transformation of volatility into the distance Suryodarmo displays her power in making the experimental and personal feel familiar to her viewers.  I Love You (2007) further explores human relationships Suryodarmo finished her bachelor’s degree in international relations inspiring her to approach human interaction with analysis and objectivity Suryodarmo balances a plane of glass on her back as she walks across a moody she creates a transparent and honest visual metaphor for the experience of love The physical exertion required to keep the fragile glass from collapsing illustrates the weight and responsibility often accompanying the phrase I love you her whispered declarations of love throughout the performance are a mantra for the crushing vulnerability and constant exertion of “love,” as the sensation demands “Love” is often treated as if it is defined by a unanimous “collective identification” when Suryodarmo takes an alienated look at how love is constructed by culture and experience placing a familiar phrase in a new context which will seem incongruous to some and natural to others depending on their experience with love still from single-channel performance video: 30 min 30 sec Documentation of performance at Lawangwangi Creative Space Suryodarmo focused on interpreting the personal and universal through her body over the next decade typified by her I’m A Ghost in My Own House (2012) Suryodarmo crushes hundreds of kilograms of charcoal into dust with a rolling pin as a study of “home.” She destroys the “potential” of the charcoal in a reflection on how “life’s magic can fade away,” feeding into her recurring motif of charcoal as the symbolic end to the parallel life cycles of both humans and trees Suryodarmo balances prostration with strength The concept of one’s “house” is a source of pain rather than comfort as in the feeling of isolation that can happen in a marriage; the destruction of a home itself and the environment are represented by crushing charcoal this work may be physically and emotionally taxing but it also symbolizes the release of emotional tension through physical exertion It follows a tradition of Indonesian shaman she observed as a child; in trance-like meditation they could eat lightbulbs or whip themselves to a higher plane In the pain of processing life’s “charcoal” lies the liberation of the indomitable human spirit Suryodarmo stands alone and covered in soot Suryodarmo reprises repetitive activity both formally and thematically gray clothes and moves around an earth-filled gallery space with a shovel and dragging a large mattress which she periodically sits on this appears to be a Sisyphean exercise in pointlessness but with every shovel and movement of dirt Suryodarmo’s interactions with her environment take on a deeper meaning evokes the Earth’s rotation and the “pragmatic Suryodarmo subtly celebrates the act of creating a space within this circle and the complex relationships and exertions that exist within it may seem as Sisyphean as moving dirt from one place to another Installation view of MELATI SURYODARMO’s Passionate Pilgrim Extended Photo by Stuart Whipps. Courtesy Ikon Gallery.  The Passionate Pilgrim represents one of Suryodarmo’s most explicitly political performances inspired by the filmmakers Jorge Leon and Simone Aughterlony’s documentary Vous Etes Servis which collected testimony from Indonesia’s domestic workers about the abusive Based on this research and Suryodarmo’s conversations with the domestic workers she created a five-hour performance systematically manipulating 100 make-up mirrors and strands of pearls around the space to express the struggle and perseverance of domestic workers in danger to maintain their dignity and identity. This year at Ikon Gallery she reenacted the performance in Passionate Pilgrim Extended a two-hour version of the 2010 work in collaboration with the UK organization The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) where she and 14 migrant workers from VODW will move around the same 100 mirrors in contemplation of their individuality their reflection and their perception by the audience.   Brynn Gordon was an editorial intern at ArtAsiaPacific Melati Suryodarmo’s solo exhibition “Passionate Pilgrim Extended” was on view at Ikon Gallery How a traditional medium can be endlessly reinvented Behind-the-scenes of Ge’s social-intervention projects A look at the group’s most influential projects info@aapmag.com Singer- drummer-actor Marcell Siahaan and model-actress Rima Melati Adams conveyed teamwork only tight-knit couples could The genuine chemistry between the pair comes from overcoming rocky beginnings together and finding their groove in 10 years of marriage when Marcell performed onstage at a Singaporean TV live show recognized in Singapore and Malaysia as a model and actress was also one of the talents at the same event There were nothing more than utterances of professional hellos backstage—in fact they were both still committed to their previous marriages They went their separate ways; each building their careers and finishing prior marital issues But when fate brought them face-to-face again after two years A difference in cultural upbringing added another level of difficulty of adjustments at the early years of their marriage The pair recalled that the culture adaptation caused some terrible quarrels due to misunderstanding we are shaped to be constructive and supportive we quickly find a solution and move on,” Marcell explains If there’s one thing in which they both determinedly agree every relationship could use less of Rima is eager to take a step back from the sense of urgency and expectations of instant response from the gadgets as well as advocating for more respect of personal space away from smartphones and focusing more on real life Marcell and Rima have mastered ways of making it work While Marcell emphasizes on communication and becoming better individuals Rima shares her take on adapting to change “Every human being at every point of time in their lives change over and over again because they see and feel things differently The key is knowing that you want to grow old together and to see your partner and children happy It’s an understanding that you need to have within each other its how you take those changes and apply it into your relationship It’s choosing to make a mutual agreement you both agree on,” she concludes Read more on our Love Issue; available in your nearest bookstores this February PHOTOS Febi Ramdhan | STYLING Bung Bung Mangaraja | WARDROBE Marcell: Hugo Boss Rima Melati: Calvin Klein & Stella McCartney | MAKE-UP Sendi using Urban Decay Baeksang Arts Awards 2025 Didominasi oleh When Life Gives You Tangerines The Musical Re-run 2025’ Segera Hadirkan Pertunjukan Spektakuler Pameran Wedding Ini Bantu Wujudkan Pernikahan Impian Setiap Calon Pengantin dr Ayu Widya Raih Women’s Inspiration Awards 2025 Potret Para Penerima Penghargaan di Red Carpet Indonesia’s Beautiful Women 2025 luxury and lifestyle news delivered to your inbox Follow our daily snapshots at @highendmagazine and lifestyle news delivered to your inbox an original horror series in the Indonesian language by Catchplay and Singapore’s Infinite Studios and with the support of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has officially begun principal photography The show is a 10-part series; each episode tells a thrilling story centering on a mysterious guest house and the mind-twisting deaths of its visitors This series will be brought to life by Infinite Studios’ CEO Mike Wiluan as showrunner and director ('Buffalo Boys' 'Grisse') and one of Indonesia’s most sought after genre movie directors “The Sacred Riana: Beginning”) as co-director “We are excited to be producing the first Bahasa Indonesian series for our Indonesian subscribers," Daphne Yang it is quite obvious that horror is super welcome in Indonesia and always enjoys high watching minutes Through the international joint efforts under this co-production structure we hope Losmen Melati can give new looks to Indonesian horror while entertaining our audience with great story-telling," she said The series has attached an ensemble cast including Alexandra Gottardo ('Grisse' Kiki Narendra ('KKN','Gundala,' 'Teka-Teki Tika')  “A lot of hard work and effort has gone into the creation of this show The characters have been developed extensively and really come together to demonstrate the overall mood and feel of the world that is ‘Losmen Melati’," Alexandra Gottardo said there is a real depth to the characters that will draw the audience in and make them really empathize with each individual "I feel so fortunate to be working on a TV show with a concept I love with such talented and creative people," Alexandra said Losmen Melati has undergone over a year of scripting followed by eight weeks of pre-production where the core teams prepared for an intensive 50-day shoot there is a strong emphasis on production design The shoot commenced on the 7th of May at Infinite’s studios in Batam The series aims for a premiere by end of 2022 on the Catchplay+ OTT platform among others across the region.  The house was once owned by a local doctor who secretly carried out an inhuman experiment on the deceased a young girl of the village who surrounds herself with the occult and folklore it soon was revealed that the house and its occupants were cursed by the spirits of the dead.  Melati has gained eternal life in the hope to revive her late son Losmen Melati has become a place where the lost Melati can read the guests' circumstances and fears It is in the guest house's dark rooms where those who check-in find their worst fears manifest Catchplay is one of the most cutting-edge content and technology companies in the region whose businesses include content distribution Its recent international content projects include financing of Hollywood movies in addition to regional co-productions of films and drama series the company’s streaming service launched in 2016 now operates in Taiwan and Southeast Asia boasting premium user experience and content offering which includes Hollywood movies independent films and quality drama series in addition to branded partnerships with HBO GO (Taiwan) and BBC First (Taiwan & Indonesia) In 2020, the company expanded further upstream and established Screenworks Asia to produce premium original content for the international audiences. For further information, log on to www.catchplay.com A woman sat in silence on a chair affixed to a wall two and a half meters above the floor in the exhibition room of Museum MACAN She holds a black rubber ball that she hugs or slowly moved from one hand to another This was "The Black Ball," one of the works from Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo performed by a specially-trained artist that will be showcased in her first solo exhibition titled "Why Let the Chicken Run?" at the contemporary art museum in West Jakarta "This is a special moment for me as I recollect my works from the beginning of my career I was quite surprised when Museum MACAN asked me to hold an exhibition," Melati said in a press conference on Wednesday.  Why Let The Chicken Run? is Melati's first solo exhibition in a museum and will open for the public from Feb Museum MACAN curator Asep Topan said the exhibition's title was taken from one of Melati's most important works created as a response to "Death of The Chicken" (1972) by Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta.  "It also shows off Melati's view of history and her interaction with other artists This work connects many aspects of her art practice That's why we chose this as the title of the exhibition," he said.  A total of twelve works from Melati will be featured in the exhibition including Why Let The Chicken Run? in which the artist will release a black rooster among the audience This process of chase and release symbolizes relentless pursuits in life.  Another highlight of the exhibition is "I'm A Ghost in My Own House," a 12-hour performance of Melati grinding hundreds of kilograms of charcoal The Museum MACAN exhibition will also feature artifacts of Melati's past performances Asep said not all works at the exhibition will be presented by Melati some will involve artists selected and trained by the artist The most important thing to do to understand performance art is to realize the experience and the event within the work performed by the artist The highest point of performance art is when the work is performed You have to come to enjoy it," she said.  will allow you to see the organic process the dynamic energy and the developing narrative painstakingly created by the artist performance art in Indonesia has been growing sporadically mainly thanks to independent art collectives in urban centers.  "We have performance art collectives in Yogyakarta Surabaya and Bandung. It will need time to grow bigger," she said.  Melati said people often still mistake performance art for performing art when the two could not be more different performing art is more straightforward and easier to digest because it uses universal language and follows classic aesthetics.  It's based on uncommon things in daily life because we believe they're part of life too," Melati said.  Melati said from the economic perspective of the art industry performance art is still often seen as a niche with no obvious selling point "That's something we need to dispel Performance art does have many selling points I hope all art genres are given an equal opportunity in the industry," Melati said.  Home / Belitong News in English Delegate of the ASEAN HLTF-ACV from Malaysia BelitongToday, Tanjungpandan – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an activity entitled “ASEAN Goes to School” in Belitung Regency The event took place at Rimba Alam Bahagia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the organizer of the ASEAN HLTF-ACV 2023 event in Belitung on March 19-20 chose the location of Rimba Alam Bahagia as the location for the implementation of “ASEAN Goes to School” 50 students from Sekolah Keluarga Universal and 26 students from the 7 State Elementary School of Badau The “ASEAN Goes to School” activity was also attended by the 2023 ASEAN HLTF-ACV delegate from Malaysia Adela Melati Ahmad Tarmizi appreciated the activity that introduced the organization of the 10 Southeast Asian countries I am very happy to see the future of Indonesia and also very motivating for the future of ASEAN I am very happy to be part of today’s event,” she said She hoped that in the future ASEAN children can aspire higher than the sky for the future of ASEAN I can’t wait to see what ASEAN will become in the future with these smart and dreamy children,” she remarked Kisah 2 Gadis Muda Mewujudkan Bali Bebas Sampah Plastik KOMPAS.com - Tahun 2050, jumlah sampah plastik diperkirakan bakal lebih banyak dibandingkan jumlah ikan di lautan sampah plastik di Samudera  Pasifik sudah melebihi dari gabungan luas wilayah Perancis Menurut riset seorang peneliti dari Universitas Georgia Jenna Jambeck tahun 2015 lalu Indonesia sendiri merupakan penyumbang sampah plastik ke lautan terbesar kedua di dunia setelah China Konsumsi plastik di Indonesia mencapai 17 kilogram per tahun per kapita dengan pertumbuhan konsumsi mencapai 6–7 persen per tahun Masalah plastik itu pun menjadi keprihatinan Bye Bye Plastic, suatu gerakan yang digagas oleh dua remaja putri asal Bali, kakak beradik Melati Wijsen dan Isabel Wijsen sejak 2015 silam Baca juga: Krisis Sampah Plastik Ancam Indonesia, Seberapa Parahkah Kondisinya? Ketika itu umur keduanya baru berusia 12 dan 10 tahun dia dan adiknya tergugah untuk melakukan sesuatu setelah mengikuti kelas mengenai orang-orang yang membawa perubahan alias changemakers di sekolahnya Kami tidak mau menunggu kami sudah selesai sekolah atau dewasa Kami ingin mulai sekarang," ucap gadis keturunan Belanda itu kepada Kompas.com usai menjadi pembicara dalam APMF 2018 di Badung lalu saya berpikir masalah apa yang bisa kita pecahkan Tetapi kita bisa berperan in our part," tambah dia Dia menyebut, saat itu terdapat 40 negara yang melarang kantong plastik Baca juga: Luhut Ajak ASEAN Tanggulangi Masalah Sampah Plastik di Laut KOMPAS.com/ERLANGGA DJUMENA Melati Wijsen saat menjadi pembicara APMF 2018 di Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center BaliDia mengaku sebagai anak yang masih kecil dia dan adiknya tidak mempunyai rencana ataupun strategi apapun saat memulai Bye Bye Plastic "Hanya pikiran untuk membuat Bali sebagai pulau yang bebas dari kantong plastik Kakak beradik itu pun berpikir untuk menaruh gagasannya itu di media sosial saat itu yang pertama me-like di media sosial adalah ayah dan ibunya untuk mendapatkan dukungan dari semua orang Kedua gadis cilik itu pun membuat petisi online mengenai Pulau bali bebas dari kantong plastik Ketika itu mereka langsung mendapat 6.000 dukungan dalam 24 jam Artinya publik dan dunia sudah tahu masalah sampah plastik ini besar sekali Baca juga: Kevin Lilliana, Belanja Tanpa Kantong Plastik Melati dan Isabel pun meminta bantuan temannya untuk mewujudkan ide tersebut mereka pun bergerak ke sekolah-sekolah untuk mengajak rekan-rekan seusia mereka agar peduli terhadap sampah plastik "Next step adalah bicara di sekolah-sekolah dan membuat tim Akhirnya dari two sister to big team young people Saat ini Bye Bye Plastic berkekuatan 30 orang inti di Bali Mereka terdiri dari anak berusia 9 tahun hingga mahasiswa dan kalau kita mau aksi kita punya 20.000 orang yang bisa datang," ucapnya sambil tertawa Kompas Cyber Media (Kompas Gramedia Digital Group) Baca juga: '+json_baca_juga.items[i].title+' Show all news, opinion, videos and press releases matching → 23-year-old Melati Wijsen has a decade-long track record of agitating for climate action From being greeted with coos of “so cute” as a 12-year-old fighting to end plastic pollution on her home island Bali the Indonesian-Dutch activist now commands the attention of world leaders — co-chairing the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) committee in 2019 The indefatigable activist’s string of accolades have drawn admirers who have told her “I wish my kid was more like you” and that “we need more Melatis in the world.” Because we need so many more people to just show up and contribute their unique strengths,” Wijsen told Eco-Business If you want to start your changemaking journey it doesn’t mean you have to start something new so many different ways that you can contribute Add your strengths to the movement and find an organisation that exists or if [it doesn’t exist] yet — how can you add to what’s missing in the community that you’re a part of and to the movement that we see globally?” Wijsen positions herself more as a bridge between industry leaders and youths in the climate movement “Over the last 10 years I’ve learnt that my strength is to be in [board]rooms and to start or facilitate those narratives between young people and corporate and policy decision makers,” she said in her speaking engagements with youths around the world Wijsen began noticing a gap in the know-how among young people who wanted to be part of a larger movement for change The platform offers peer-to-peer programmes and opportunities for collaboration — not just among young people but for brands looking to work alongside youths to scale solutions for change “The unique element about our generation is that we recognise collaboration is key,” Wijsen said The organisation currently works with 200 changemakers between the ages of 12 and 25 from over 50 countries to put the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into action through their projects Wijsen always encourages aspiring changemakers to find their footing through volunteering with one of Youthtopia’s 200 projects or any other existing local organisations from where they reside “Through hands-on involvement you can learn about what you enjoy and what you’re really good at and from there start building how you will contribute at scale,” she advised Melati (left) and her sister Isabel Wijsen (right) at a beach clean up But its famous beaches like Kuta and Legian have increasingly become buried in plastic waste of up to 60 tonnes each day during the monsoon season The growing amount of trash washing up on Bali’s shores — which the current waste management system is ill-equipped to handle — comes from neighbouring islands like Java “At the age of 10 and 12 years old one day ‘What are we going to do about it?’ And the rest is pretty much history,” recounted Wijsen She emphasised that “people power” was ultimately what helped achieve the ban on single-use plastic bags “I saw firsthand through the work of Bye Bye Plastic Bags working with hundreds of partners on the island over the last 10 years that community effort was the most powerful tool [for change],” said Wijsen Wijsen’s successful mobilisation of youths to ban single-use plastic bags in Bali and her continued work to empower young people globally to enact change at scale has earned her a place on the Eco-Business Youth A-List 2022 which recognises youths driving impact in Asia Pacific Melati (left) and Isabel (right) Wijsen at the Bali Youth Summit 2023 held during the seventh annual Bali’s Biggest Clean Up on 19 February at Canggu Community School the Wijsen sisters have been organising massive environmental clean-ups annually since 2016 and inviting businesses in Bali to commit to eliminating their use of single-use items the movement has gathered over 70,000 people in 560 locations across the island and prevented 203 tonnes of inorganic waste from entering the oceans Wijsen sat down with Eco-Business to lift the veil on what life as a full-time changemaker entails and to reflect on how to prevent youth-washing when young people decide to engage with corporations and politicians I have to thank my 12-year-old self for being brave enough to start because honestly it’s quite a big reflective year for me as well the response when we entered the room was “so inspirational and you can definitely guess that was not what we were going for Today when I enter a room there’s a lot of people who are very impressed with the 10-year track record and I can proudly say that I’m a full-time changemaker So it’s been an evolution from being a young kid with a big dream to someone who has dedicated half of her life to contributing to change Bye Bye Plastic Bags and the experience of leading change has also allowed me to grow as a public speaker to grow in the skills of creative thinking and critical thinking to understand the power of teamwork because we cannot achieve change working on our own I think the biggest myth when it comes to activism is that you can turn it on and off like there’s a switch [on] button from 9 to 5 and you can call it a day especially in the last 10 years — that’s half of my life’s track record — it’s ongoing That’s also the narrative shift that we need to start seeing It’s with the decisions you make every single day It’s equally in the small things and big things we can break down the myth that activism is for a select group or that activism is a “job” Everyone is more than welcome to lead by example I’ve started five projects that have now become movements of their own: Bye Bye Plastic Bags I think the reason you see that common trend [of juggling multiple projects] within our generation is because once we get started on achieving a solution we uncover 100 other problems that need solving as well So it’s the ability and resilience of our generation to be able to problem-solve I think that that’s where it comes from propelled by the knowledge that we don’t have the luxury of time What’s really important and what I wanted to mention in response to your question: I don’t think it’s right for anybody to say to young people that they are the ones to solve all the world’s problems We do not need every single young person to create their own project That would be like working on different projects that already exist but everybody wants to start their own thing and that’s not what we [at Youthtopia] are promoting whatsoever But it’s also one of the most powerful moments in life where you have to sit with yourself and say How do I come out of this and what am I fighting for?” I think every activist comes out of their burnout with a stronger feeling of purpose or they pivot and they change their focus to align better with what works for them That’s also a different way to look at burnout and not put shame on it but instead create spaces where we’re able to talk openly about these emotions and these experiences I love this question and I could go on all day about it It’s another thing that I’ve seen in the past 10 years we were not making headlines as a youth movement when Greta [Thunberg] started Fridays for Future the entire conversation about youth involvement in the climate crisis shifted Not every young person has to be part of boardroom decision-making and not every politician or corporation wants to engage with young people There are so many different ways of changemaking I’ve learnt that my strength is to be in those rooms and to start or facilitate those narratives between young people in our generation youth-washing was something that I personally experienced Being invited [to speak at an event] as a 14-year-old I got the invite!” And I’d stood there sharing a message straight from the heart and after the standing ovation and applause and the photo I think that many young people have experienced this and that’s why the term youth-washing is now the new buzzword that’s making its way into these corporate rooms Melati Wijsen at a youth climate strike in Tasmania how do we prevent youth-wash?” The intention and the willingness is there That’s also what Youthtopia is focused on Next to empowering as many young people as possible we also have a programme to prevent youth-washing from happening This is an 18-month commitment that we look for from these corporate leaders who want to engage with young people – not only for a surface-level one-time engagement but through reverse mentorship and actual involvement in the decision-making of a company That’s how we at Youthtopia avoid youth-washing while making sure that the bridge is always there between industry leaders and young people because I do believe it is important if we want to achieve change Oftentimes when you look at the youth movement the biggest barriers to our growth is funding I think that’s where the corporate engagement allows us to scale But we’re also in a position to influence [corporates] once those conversations are started I remember a specific session about planet over profit and that was an interesting dialogue because obviously [The corporate leaders] brought up that if they were not making profit And it was like a chicken and an egg situation That was one of the biggest learning curves for us as a youth movement coming into these big decision-making rooms You do have to learn how to speak their language but hold true to your message and what you’re trying to get across A real experience of this happening was the ban on single-use plastic bags our youth-led organisation — among so many other like-minded organisations — celebrated this incredible achievement as a result of people power and the community coming together to mobilise this change On a larger scale, what it would look like for me is definitely a world that is more dependent on renewable energy, versus the fossil fuel industry. It’s [a world] where — especially in Indonesia but also in other communities around the world — we listen and involve Indigenous leaders and youths in decision-making processes But the only challenge now is that a lot of the time I see it happening outside the conference rooms of decision-making processes there are youth summits and gatherings where Indigenous peoples are sharing stories as well as private sector and small- and medium-sized enterprises showcasing their solutions Now the challenge is to mix them into these spaces of decision-making power so that we’re able to scale the change a lot faster and a lot sooner My answer for despair is always that change is happening far too slowly This is the tenth year of Bye Bye Plastic Bags but today daily habits and daily interactions with plastic are still there so that’s really what holds me at a low point What brings me back out of it is reminding myself that there are so many people every day who are leading by example especially with the work that I do at Youthtopia [Change] is happening globally and it’s happening with so many young people who are not waiting for permission nor expecting any policy change but are inventing solutions already So that’s really what keeps me hopeful and what inspires me to keep on going every day no matter what Melati Wijsen was one of 10 sustainability leaders selected for the Eco-Business Youth A-List 2022. Read our stories with other A-List winners here of Micro Small Medium Enterprise and Trade (KUMKMP) is about to hold coaching for school cooperative and Melati Jaya Cooperative under PKK's management It is aimed to strengthen the institutional "Non-institutional cooperative will get coaching for 10 days," said Ernalis Yulyanti According to Ernalis a meeting was held on September 17 ago for school and PKK cooperatives It was aimed to mapping which cooperative needs coaching for its institutional "There were six out of 20 school cooperatives attended the meeting © copyright 2001 - 2025 All Rights Reserved video and other documentation alongside live recreations with the intention of presenting a comprehensive picture of Suryodarmo’s practice “They also display my costumes from twenty years ago… People get a lot of information because of my older documentation so people can see a little bit of my journey and what is the thought behind it,” says Suryodarmo the show is not meant to be a retrospective in its traditional sense for the artist but an introduction both into her practice and performance as a medium Developing a practice that incorporated the body came naturally to Suryodarmo as her parents were both dancers, her father notably being Suprapto Suryodarmo, the founder of the Amerta movement practice, and it was developed under the guidance of the Butoh dancer Anzu Furukawa, and the performance artists Marina Abramovic and Boris Nieslony Coming from these divergent cultural positions as it navigates various corpospiritual experiences as iterated by the artist her works also consciously escape a sense of cultural location a decision informed by her post-colonial awareness so as to avoid exoticisation “With the many dilemmatic situations that I was in and confronted with being an Indonesian in a western environment I made a decision about being a representative – of not being a representative of a culture or of a country – in my work I was thinking very much against the terms of exoticism The term exotic is always used as how western people see coloured people and the terms appear because of colonialism I decided I am against being exotic.” This does not mean her work is absolutely devoid of cultural indicators; she uses several Indonesian regional practices to inform the subtext of her performances but by not placing a spotlight on these aspects she avoids them from being eroticised a work in which Suryodarmo spent three hours leaning against a four meter pole which was supported against her solar plexus in an arduous attempt at exploring the physicality of emptiness gender fluid demi-gods from the Bugis community of South Sulawesi but no attempt was made to superficially call attention to this defining characteristic where Suryodarmo shoots arrows around a room in which members of the audience are encouraged to interact as she meditates on the path society has taken which identifies the style of her archery as the indigenous Jemparingan whose philosophy informed this work but resists further hints of regionality as is her standard which is inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s 1954 critique of Marchel Duchamp Why Let the Chicken Run? 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Hebbel Theatre in Berlin back in 2000 and Melati performed the dance across Europe the first performance of the dance was held in 2006 at the Goethe Institute.  but it requires physical endurance as Melati has to dance on top of a pile of butter In this performance Melati explores the specific bodily sensation experienced in the single “delicate moment” where the body loses control before falling over The dance highlights the subjective nature of pain as part of a universal human experience and the importance of will and determination. Melati also performed her other works such as “Eins und Eins” (2017) where she sips black ink from a basin and spits it out representing how the human body holds onto aggression and unease before eventually purging these emotions physically in the form of nausea or vomit “Behind The Light” (2017) and “Transaction of Hollow” (2016) to end her solo exhibition at the museum as part of Jumping Frames Hong Kong International Movement Image Festival 2023 audience members sat or stood on one side of the small gallery a rope-tied red square board sat against a green wall with a projection screen hanging at waist level As Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo entered her presence interrupted the crowd’s casual chitchat She pulled a heavy suitcase in front of the audience from the back of the gallery and maneuvering it into position she then contemplated it Staged in this unusually intimate setting as part of the performance-based festival Jumping Frames – Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival 1: Love (2023) was a journey through Suryodarmo’s artistic history she recollected the memories of her previous works through an assortment of objects pulled from the suitcase using props to re-enact her past performances and reflecting on her ideas behind these works all threaded with the concept of love—the clichés Suryodarmo began by going through her memories from the 1990s a period filled with political instability from the collapse of the Berlin Wall in late 1989 to the end of Suharto’s government in Indonesia in 1998 Suryodarmo told the audience about her early experiences as a foreigner in Germany and studying art after quitting international relations She soon developed a suspicion of the essential meanings in objects questioning what an object could signify beyond its obvious representation Suryodarmo pulled out a rock from her suitcase she had found in Hong Kong she tied it up with a rope connected to the red  board behind her an act by Suryodarmo of imposing meaning on the stone or perhaps an act of creation relative to the object Suryodarmo soon followed her memories back to her own family’s history as traditional performers diving into the trauma of many young dancers who are trained and put into trances as part of Indonesian ritual practices These experiences were referenced in her performance work Lully for the Ancestors (2001) she took out a bronze bucket from the suitcase and filled it with water submerging her face in the water until she almost drowned; she followed this by performing a classical dance accompanied by traditional music while holding whips in her hands While referencing these influential art forms Suryodarmo criticized how traditional Indonesian art forms self-orientalized the national culture to represent Indonesia through stereotypical images and tourism-oriented clichés long after the end of the Dutch rule of Indonesia in 1945.  Suryodarmo’s journey was not only traditional She took inspiration from Egon Schiele’s love story—his paintings were projected on the screen—for the long-durational event The Komodo Files (2005) where she and a male partner diving into her traumatic experiences from her marriage that undergirded the work Suryodarmo pulled on the rope and tied it to the suitcase in order to hang the red square up on the wall as a double entendre—a re-enactment of the red backdrop from The Komodo Files and a reference to the color composition in Kazimir Malevich’s painting titled Painterly Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions (1915) Suryodarmo then posed in front of the red square with a series of gestures that referenced not only from The Komodo Files but possibly also her related work Deformed Ethic of a Relationship 1.0 & 2.0 (2005).  The performance aftermath and artifacts at Tomorrow Maybe The notion of love is prominent in Suryodarmo’s performance practice Departing from the untouchable seriousness of her other works Love Me Tender (2001) is arguably her most accessible work Suryodarmo opened a bottle of whisky and shared it with the audience She also started singing Elvis Presley’s famous song Love Me Tender while using an air pump to fill up a balloon with her other hand until it exploded she remained motionless as Presley’s song from the 1956 film keep playing A sense of melancholy appeared on Suryodarmo’s face as if one could glimpse distant memories in her eyes Until that moment the conversational quality of this performance felt like a significant departure from the more “formalized” works she had previously mounted at museums and festivals and conversations are all merged into a narrative of Suryodarmo’s history—from the personal to the broader contexts she refocused on her work on her own memories reconfiguring and reappropriating fragments that unfolded the relationships between objects 1: Love a “performance of the archive.” The work opened up myriad questions about the potentiality for documentation of performance and for how an artist’s archive could be reinterpreted and re-examined.  Alex Yiu is ArtAsiaPacific’s associate editor.  Melati Suryodarmo’s & Xavier Le Roy’s works are on view in “(RE)PLAY” at Tomorrow Maybe through October 3 How can we critically reassess the process of heritage-making and how do we invent new ways to preserve marginalized pasts A showcase of the artist’s distinctive storytelling methods The curated sequel to a show about an imaginary romance Examining informal networks of resistance in times of war When Melati Wijsen set out to rid Bali of plastic bags at the age of 12 she could hardly have imagined it would catapult her onto the world stage leading a global movement of young social activists "Everything is happening in our lifetime, so we are pulled to the front lines from this other source," Wijsen told CNBC Make It "Not an ego source, not a money-driven intention or a political agenda, it's coming from a place where we have to do the right thing. That is the power that I think our generation has," the now-19-year-old said at the Credit Suisse Supertrends webinar series 2020 on Wednesday Wijsen is the co-founder of Bye Bye Plastic Bags a social initiative launched in 2013 with her younger sister to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags on Bali we don't want to wait until we're older to start making a difference positive impact now," said Wijsen during a panel entitled "Change-makers: Taking the leap to save the planet." Weeks later, the pair had rallied school peers to join their cause, hosting meetings during stolen lunch breaks. In the months and years that followed, the activists galvanized their community to stage Bali's Biggest Clean Up — an annual beach cleaning initiative which has so far seen some 57,500 people clear 155 tons of plastic from Bali's shores — while committing businesses to cut plastic waste By 2018, aged 18 and 16, they succeeded in their mission to convince the Balinese government to ban single-use plastic bags — a measure that went into effect in July 2019 Bye Bye Plastic Bags is a global youth movement with 50 teams in 29 countries The success of the initiative has since led Wijsen to the global stage, where she has spoken about social and environmental issues with world leaders from the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund to the World Economic Forum "We're seeing people in power not use that power to their full potential — at least not for good and not fast enough," said Wijsen "Banning single-use plastic bags should not have taken six years," she later added So Wijsen is instead turning her focus to assisting other youth-led Earlier this year, she and her sister launched Youthtopia as a "go-to HQ" for other young aspiring activists Via a series of physical events and online tutorials the social initiative aims to equip other would-be leaders with the skills needed to enact change from public speaking to building business plans and interacting with governments The hope is that those youth projects — which range from activism in indigenous communities to human trafficking and Black Lives Matter — will then be able to come at businesses and political leaders with practical solutions we don't have the luxury of time," said Wijsen "So we're not waiting for permission but we're going ahead with the actions and solutions right at our fingertips and we're implementing them." The teen activist aims to drive that mission by leading from the front sharing small changes that individuals can make or businesses they can engage with to make progress "There's this strong hunger and this urge for young people to get involved in creating impact but sometimes they don't know how to start Don't miss: Indonesia is the biggest plastic polluter after China. This 17-year-old wants to change that Like this story? Subscribe to CNBC Make It on YouTube! Get Make It newsletters delivered to your inbox Learn more about the world of CNBC Make It After finding out that Indonesia was the second biggest contributor of marine plastic pollution, sisters Melati and Isabel decided to do something about it by cleaning up Bali and fighting the climate crisis, writes Richard C Paddock After finding out that Indonesia was the second biggest contributor of marine plastic pollution, sisters Melati and Isabel decided to do something about it by cleaning up Bali and fighting the climate crisis, writes Richard C Paddock I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice It is trash season on Bali the time of year when monsoon storms wash up tons of plastic debris onto the island’s beaches It is also the time for two teenage sisters they kick off a day of trash collecting at 115 sites around the island we clean up the streets,” Melati Wijsen calls out on that February day to an early-morning crowd of hundreds of volunteers many wearing shirts with the logos of local restaurants and hotels Melati was 12 and Isabel was 10 when they began a drive to ban plastic bags at one point threatening a hunger strike to get the Bali governor’s attention they have become local heroes and won international acclaim for their campaign which resulted in Bali banning plastic bags and other such items that are intended for single use The sisters, now 19 and 17, are part of a young generation of global activists, including 17-year-old Swedish climate-change advocate, Greta Thunberg calling for urgent action to protect the planet “Us kids may be only 25 per cent of the world’s population but we are 100 per cent of the future,” Isabel likes to say the sisters have travelled around the world to speak at major events they gave a TED Talk in London on Bali’s trash crisis Time magazine listed them among the Most Influential Teens and CNN applauded them as Young Wonders Melati describes herself as a “change maker” and has been more visible in recent months while Isabel has focused on finishing high school and taking care of her health after discovering that she has an autoimmune disorder In January, Melati appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where she spoke passionately about the need to pressure companies and governments to ban single-use plastic. Former US vice president Al Gore the sisters are wrestling with a problem they could not have foreseen: how to be activists during a time of pandemic and social isolation Shelter-at-home rules have increased the use of plastic both in packaging for delivered items and in protective gear for health care workers dealing a “major setback” to the anti-plastic movement But she also welcomes the unintended benefits of widespread lockdowns in reducing pollution and allowing wildlife to return to some urban areas While plastic refuse is a problem everywhere where it is common for people to toss garbage aside Some dispose of plastic by burning it with other trash “This is a virus that impacts us directly right now but climate change will do the exact same thing,” she says “One of the biggest things we have seen from the coronavirus is that government can act quickly My question is: why is that not the case when it comes to climate change?” the sisters are poised and practised speakers who have given countless talks and interviews They are also activists for the social media age often posting videos and messages about their activities a consultant on sustainable business practices the director of a furniture export business they grew up on Bali surrounded by spectacular natural beauty and influenced by the Balinese tradition of living in harmony with nature The family home is set on the edge of rice fields a short walk from the beach they have encountered plastic trash wherever they go – in the rice fields at the beach and in the sea – for as long as they can remember But even more plastic is washed out to sea by the island’s numerous small rivers It is especially bad during the rainy season – or trash season – generally from November to March The sisters attended the private Green School which says that its mission is teaching children to be leaders and “change makers.” Surrounded by jungle the school’s elaborate bamboo structures have no walls and its programme promotes independent thinking and innovation In 2013, the sisters, inspired by a lesson about the lives of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas K Gandhi did some research and found that Indonesia was the world’s second-largest source of marine plastic pollution They also discovered that dozens of jurisdictions around the world had banned single-use plastic and posted a petition online calling for a ban on single-use plastic they quickly collected 6,000 signatures – but it would take them six more years to accomplish their goal they came to see Bali not as an island paradise but “a paradise lost” frustrated by resistance from Bali’s then-governor they borrowed a page from Gandhi and vowed to go on a hunger strike The sisters found that the island produced enough plastic waste to fill a 14-story building every day but had no islandwide system for collecting garbage so much debris washed ashore during trash season that the government declared a “garbage emergency” along some of the most popular tourist beaches Yet the growth of the tourism industry and the construction of hotels has continued apace. Even President Donald Trump has plans for a Trump-branded hotel and golf resort here “The land is being overpopulated with buildings building on top of the rice fields,” Melati says “We lose sight of the traditional way of living here on Bali without respecting enough the culture that we have.” To fulfil their goal of banning single-use plastic organised a petition drive and beach cleanups persuaded shop owners to go plastic-free and lobbied elected officials a community of women who make reusable shopping bags from recycled material as an alternative to single-use plastic they built up a network of more than three dozen Bye Bye Plastic Bags chapters around the world they borrowed a page from Gandhi and vowed to go on a hunger strike – albeit a modified strike from sunrise to sunset plastic straws and Styrofoam on the island by 2018 But it was one thing issuing an order and quite another enforcing it That took continued pressure until the ban finally took effect a year ago under a new governor Melati says she had hoped that 2020 would be a year of action on the environment building on growing support among young people for measures to reduce plastic waste and slow climate change But instead, the coronavirus pandemic has meant learning to organise from home, without the social interaction of meetings and rallies. One focus for Melati has been promoting Youthtopia, an international network aimed at helping young people become change makers. She recently posted a video on how to be an activist from home. “There has been this pause that gives us the space to think about how we move forward,” she said. “What do we decide to do? Are we going to go back to normal because the coronavirus didn’t do its job and make us think? Or are we going to say we understand that there is another way?” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Installation view of MELATI SURYODARMO’s I Love You 2007, five-hour performance, at "I Love You," ShanghArt Gallery All images copyright Melati Suryodarmo and ShanghArt Gallery For acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo’s first comprehensive solo exhibition in China hosted at ShanghArt Beijing, she offered a group of works that represent her two-pronged practice which comprises photography and durational performance art—the latter being her key pursuit The exhibition was split across four areas Behind the gallery’s reception desk was a triptych of large photographs The actions are blurred together in the individual shots emphasizing her movement—the result of the artist’s use of an extended shutter speed photography-studio backdrop to Suryodarmo’s gestures reference the classical portrait genre she uses the medium of photography to expand her exploration of performance art; for one asking: how do sequences of movement communicate and engage we are also left with the question of how her practice can or cannot be situated in Western narratives of art and its history.  it felt as if the exhibition really began when one entered a white-walled room to intermittent thuds emitting from a source initially out of sight Visible first were a number of photographs documenting a performance which also figured in a video projected in a separate space. Transaction of Hollows (2016) features Suryodarmo, dressed in a white suit and heeled boots firing arrows from her bow into the walls of a white room The echoing impact of the arrows layers tension each time they strike the wall and which arrives only after Suryodarmo has finished methodically preparing for the shot which teach that the preparation is as important as hitting the target Suryodarmo meditates on contemporary societies’ relentless pursuit of perfection and the idea of the journey being more important than the empty utopia we are told to aim for enjoining the audience to do the same­­.  At the heart of the small show was another sectioned-off room three times over the exhibition’s almost-one-month duration Suryodarmo enacted the performance, I Love You (2007) dressed in a black suit and black heeled boots supports a 40-kilogram pane of clear glass The artist’s actions are slow and deliberate—she is clearly conscious of her long and shorter steps and there is intent behind her twisting and contorting In moments of understandable exhaustion, she lies on the floor but at no point is the glass not propped up “I love you” are the three words that Suryodarmo says over and over at random intervals Does this love mirror the weight of the glass Is she trying to prove the depth of her feelings the audience is left to focus on Suryodarmo’s physical actions placing the metaphorical resonances of the performance in the realm of their own experiences.  Across from the red box was the last part of the exhibition On one wall were four photographs from the series Tomorrow Beginning as a dance-theatre piece inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the power of prophetical exclamations the images were captured during a staging of the performance Two of these show tension-filled moments of dance and the remaining two are of figures caught in other unspecified moments These are the exhibition’s only works that do not portray Suryodarmo as if they could be drawn from any dimly-lit performance with none of the challenge that the other pieces pose suggesting an area of Suryodarmo’s practice that is still developing It’s not surprising that with Suryodarmo present and performing I Love You the whole exhibition took on a different weight marked her trace and stood as a potent reminder of the presence of the performance there was a disparity between the values of her performative actions and the photographs that document the gestures With the strength of the show coming primarily from the former Suryodarmo was showcased as an artist at the forefront of conceptualizing and executing poignant performance art Tom Mouna is ArtAsiaPacific’s Beijing desk editor Melati Suryodarmo’s “I Love You” is on view at ShanghArt Beijing You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed which empowers frontline young changemakers to create the impact they want to see Melati talks to Green Queen about her activist journey and her work today and shares her hopes for the future as well as her advice for other budding changemakers out there and I think the reason why we are where we are today is thanks to the clarity of that vision but the strength of Bye Bye Plastic Bags was that we really focused on plastic bags It let us put our foot in the door to create this larger movement and create a bigger momentum than ever before because people could understand what change exactly we were looking for We have 57 teams in 30 countries all around the world The goal now really is to help empower and inspire them to be able to create the change and implementation that we were able to So that’s really what the long-lasting goal of Bye Bye Plastic Bags is now.  MW: After almost eight years of being on the front lines of Bye Bye Plastic Bags we’ve spoken to over half a million students and no matter what part of the world we’re in or which age group whenever we share our story and how we as young changemakers were able to actually create change we always got the same question: How can I do what you do?  Our mission here is really to help accelerate this positive change because we know we don’t have the luxury of time and that we need more empowered young changemakers We’re a community centric learning platform who have their own projects and their own track record of change We come together at Youthtopia to build these peer-to-peer programmes that help inspire and empower the rising young changemakers with the how to be a young changemaker we’re not only focusing on plastic pollution but all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals MW: I definitely believe that we feel we have this massive responsibility to do everything in our power to make sure we’re working to a future that we’re proud of I think we’re seeing young people at a younger and younger age now getting involved with putting forward solutions So I do believe a big driver of change is the younger generation.  Green School was a beautiful school to attend Both projects were not created during my time at Green School But what I was provided at Green School was a community of support from teachers and individuals to do the work I do today Pulau Plastik is actually made by several of our friends or colleagues in the space of the no plastic movement that we’ve collaborated with before and look up to very much We’re very much looking forward to being able to share and push Pulau Plastic out as much as possible as much as there is interest and willingness and attention that is being put on plastic pollution That’s why there isn’t as much significant difference in fighting plastic pollution and that’s where the people behind the film are so important [sic] to continuously place the top-of-mind focus on the issue of plastic I think we have no other choice than to really change…Going back to normal doesn’t exist MW: I think we have no other choice than to really change If there’s one thing that we should have learned in the year 2020 is that business-as-usual can no longer work because we have been given an opportunity to really change the way we go about our lives whether that’s on a personal matter or in any position we are in We can all enact changes on all these levels MW: Whenever I’m feeling down or overwhelmed which is an emotion that I often feel in this space with all these other changemakers coming together not waiting for permission to create change one part of it was empowering the individual But I think we always were urging for policy change because we understood that regulation is key it’s really important to focus on individuals because we can inspire and motivate people to create daily changes in their personal life what we do need to start seeing is the systemic change and solutions that are accessible to all but to make sure that we’re holding those in positions of power accountable as well take a stand to demand and call companies out You really felt this mass movement with huge momentum and it made everybody on all levels of the community to kind of take a moment and pause and reflect I do think that politicians are starting to see that policymakers or world leaders and corporations the excuses we hear is that people are not ready for it What the year of 2019 showed with the uprising of young people and what they built all around the world was that yes – we are ready I think that that has become a huge motivation for these policies and for these goals to come out into life But now it’s really about the implementation because a headline and a viral article is not enough anymore The goals that are being set are so comfortably far in the future the role of our generation comes in to help accelerate this change because I think we’re part of the generation that understands the urgency of time That we need to start acting or treating this emergency as an emergency that all of us are prioritising we were on the frontlines for six years before a ban came into place there were so many like-minded organisations who were fighting for the same item I think our governments and the entire system needs to welcome change much faster and create easier ways for change to be implemented right now.  I think we’re part of the generation that understands the urgency of time I always feel a bit of conflict with this [question] when I have to come up with just one thing being in the space of saying no to plastic bags to tell people to find that one plastic item to eliminate from their life It’s a symbolic first step that anyone can start with to make a difference But I also believe that there’s another step where we can actually become active citizens why such products are being made in the first place and the consequences that flow from it I’ll add that it’s also about recognising and realising the strengths that you have as an individual and the resources you have around you but one thing that I wish would have been the stronger point in the film is the interconnectedness of all of these issues Not to create a divide between if I stop eating fish That breaks down the hard work that all of us are involved in with the same mission of creating a much fairer where the end-to-end of a product is coming from whether that’s the fish on your plate or the clothes that we’re buying at the shopping mall It’s already difficult to get people to connect with large issues like plastic pollution We need to have more of these discussions about how we should be trying to be doing everything we can in our capacity That’s why I believe in making solutions accessible to everyone.  we can ask people to stop littering plastic but what if the biggest problem in one region is waste management There’s no system that functions properly to pick up that piece of plastic even if you put it into a bin That’s one of the challenges with individual action but it’s based on hope and changes we can make right now But if the solutions are not reaching us as well from top-down from a systemic approach that leaves no one behind people will start to lose hope and question their ability to create change.  MW: What our work at Youthtopia is about this to provide the next steps for young changemakers through masterclasses and workshops which helped me get started on my own journey is to be very clear in the change you want to see What exactly do you want to create an impact with it’s easier for people to understand what you’re trying to achieve and what you’re trying to change in the community it was the low-hanging fruit and we knew we could steer people in the direction by saying: if we can do it as 10 or 12 year olds before you even start a team or create a business plan or strategy just think very clearly and authentically as possible with your strengths and what you’re passionate about.  I hope we can go back to living in connection with everything around us.  we’re supposed to have achieved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals we will live and create a future that we can actually be proud of one where we’re living in circular systems one where we are living in harmony with the natural world That’s a philosophy and a way of life here in Bali that we call Tri Hita Karana about being in harmony with the natural world the community around you and the spirit within All images courtesy of Youthtopia / Melati Wijsen.  Now Is Our Last Best 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Professionals, Policy Makers, Students Film In this TED Talk Melati and Isabel Wijsen explain that they are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffocating their beautiful island home of Bali even a hunger strike — paid off when they convinced their governor to commit to a plastic bag-free Bali by 2018 “Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re too young or you won’t understand,” Isabel says to other aspiring activists “We’re not telling you it’s going to be easy We’re telling you it’s going to be worth it.” A study published in the journal eBiomedicine examined the impact of one common plastic additive chemical Algalita has created the Wayfinder Society an engaging online platform with tools and support for students and educators who.. 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The editorial team at the Journal Nature weigh in on the latest round of UN Plastics Treaty talks (INC-5).. the producer behind the HBO horror anthology Folklore.  tells the story of a secluded losmen (or a lodge in Indonesian) in Java she lures unsuspecting guests to her motel where they are confronted with their worst nightmares Wiluan is no stranger to horror — he and Eric Khoo produced Folklore the HBO anthology inspired by Asian superstitions and myths the gore-fest by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto — but this is the first time he’s calling the shots as director Wiluan previously helmed episodes of the HBO 'nasi goreng Western' series Grisse as well as Buffalo Boys Singapore’s submission to the 2019 Oscars in the Foreign Language Film category (later renamed International Film) “What’s great about the horror genre that I began to realise is that you get to create worlds,” the Singapore-born Indonesian filmmaker, who’s also the CEO of media company Infinite Studios we’re able to build those environments and create the creepiness and change its tone as we want.” “Something that scares someone would inevitably scare the other 10 guys,” he adds it’s most likely the others will be thrilled as well it’s more culture-specific and it’s a bit tougher to get people to laugh at the same joke Something that might be dramatic in one country that might not be so dramatic in another country Wiluan shares more factoids about his shriek-fest Mike Wiluan wanted to adapt more Indonesian horror folk tales but was concerned they might be too local to appeal to audiences abroad Anchored them in a “haunted house situation” — a la Psycho and American Horror Story which happened to be his faves — and make them “more relatable” “There’s been a couple of stories about haunted losmens in the middle of nowhere,” says Wiluan “You would stay in one and you don’t know if the owners are axe murderers or if the house has a [macabre] history?” Where’s TripAdvisor when you need it which scholars have likened it to the Salem witch trials in the 17th century 3. Welcome to the House from Hell   Instead of looking for an actual losmen, Wiluan built the title character’s exterior on the backlot of Infinite Frameworks Studios on Batam “A lot of films don’t have the privilege of shooting on sets and have to use existing infrastructure so they spent a lot of time doing it up and it ended up not looking as creepy,” says Wiluan we wanted to kind of force the perspective a little bit.” In the end he ended up with a lopsided house with a “Tim Burton-esque” quality gives off the heebie-jeebies vibes the moment you see it House of horror (day): Wiluan says the motel is still on the lot — and seems to have a life of its own “It’s got mold growing all over it and stuff falling off the roof and the trees are overgrown it gets creepier and creepier.” Sounds like Wiluan can make some money off it as a Halloween theme park House of horror (night): Since the movie was shot on a set but our studio is built on a piece of land that who knows what history it has,” says Wiluan “We’ve encountered strange things there as well we just need to get on with it and just do it it’s hard not for Wiluan to believe in the supernatural but after a while Has he seen a bomoh trying to cure someone who’s cursed “But sometimes it’s up hyped up in the movies,” he adds  “But I’ve seen this stuff done all throughout my life It’s also normal for him to put aside some of the production budget for a pawang hujan (or rain shaman) during the rainy season “They’re able to hold back the rain for a certain period especially when you’re doing an action scene outdoors,” he says Todayonline.com and Today Online domains and apps are now part of 'Channelnewsasia.com' domain We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with TODAY to be fast Upgraded but still having issues? Contact us Indonesia's badminton team won two gold medals at the 2017 Vietnam Open The two titles were won by Alfian Eko Prasetya and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in the mixed doubles category while Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pangkaryanira and Ade Yusuf Santoso won in men's doubles individual events Alfian and Melati beat fellow Indonesians Riky Widianto and Masita Mahmudin in the tournament's final at the Nguyen Du Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday (10/09) beat Taiwanese pair Liao Min Chun and Su Cheng Heng 12-21 as we've just been paired recently," 23-year-old Alfian said of the win Women's doubles pair Della Destiara Haris and Rizki Amelia Pradipta failed to win in their final match-up losing 16-21 and 19-21 to Thailand's Chayanit Chaladchalam and Phataimas Muenwong Lorin Winata Founder and CEO of Melati Drinks Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol drinks have been taking the global beverage industry by storm. No, we’re not talking about bright-coloured mocktails that come with a cocktail umbrella drinks that are made from full-bodied non-alcoholic spirits These spirits mimic the taste of a particular alcohol, through the use of botanical blends and herb supplements An aperitif that tastes like the real deal—without the dreaded hangover on the next day Over the years, we have seen non-alcoholic spirit brands, such as Seedlip and Lyre, enter the market—with the latest being Melati Drinks, the first Asian non-alcoholic botanical spirit and brainchild of entrepreneur, Lorin Winata Read more: 11 non-alcoholic cocktail recipes to make at home A massive foodie—as evident from her Instagram page @sheeatsshecooks—as well as a drink lover Winata started out as a venture capitalist As her job required her to stay sharp while attending multiple work events and dinners she couldn’t find a crave-worthy non-alcoholic drink that didn’t contain sugar or caffeine “No one gathers over a glass of water,” she adds Finding it hard to find a “healthy and tasty replacement for happy hour” “[Regardless of why you choose to] have one less drink it doesn’t change the people you meet or the food you eat or hangover the next day,” Winata continues The concept came together during the entrepreneur’s trip to her ancestral farmland in Jatiluwih she discovered Asian botanicals which have been used by locals for thousands of years to create ancient tonic drinks in hopes to “bring these botanicals to the world and share their goodness through our drinks” a full-bodied expression that offers earthy flavours of raw cacao balanced with bitter orange and warm Asian spices the spirit is guided by flavour and functionality It’s no wonder the expression can be easily incorporated into various recipes With the release of Melati Drinks’ latest spirit we sit down with Winata as she shares with us more about how she makes it work Don't miss: From tea masters to olive oil experts: meet the different types of sommeliers in Singapore Lorin Winata (LW): I like to wake up early drink a glass of water and do a quick workout before checking emails As Melati Drinks is growing across various countries I tend to wake up to emails from various time zones After catching up with emails I like to take a break for my morning coffee LW: I heard on a podcast by a neuroscientist that the ideal time to have a cup of coffee is 90 to 120 minutes after waking up go outside for some fresh air and take in some sunlight What does a standard work day look like for you LW: It depends on the day but typically a mix of meetings and computer work reaching out to new partners and some quiet work time to plan If I’m in Singapore then I always try and go into the office when I can LW: As I get distracted and overwhelmed like any other person I’ve started blocking time out for specific functions For example one day a week is allocated to marketing or one day to sales outreach LW: I normally have lunch around 1 to 3 pm I like to have a salad or soup as a breather from work I like going for walks around nature to give my eyes a break from the computer screens and give my thoughts perspective It’s important to take a pause from the whirlwind of a day and find inspiration for new ideas to help our customers more I think about what could truly add value to our drinker’s day and how we can help make that a reality In case you missed it: McGuigan Wines has launched a non-alcoholic range—here’s what we thought LW: I believe in sustainability rather than work-life balance I aim to set up routines and habits that allow me to work at my best without feeling burnt out I decided to dedicate most days to growing my company as I don’t have children or many other responsibilities yet It’s not a one-size-fits-all solution but we tweak and improve every day LW: My first job was as a waitress at a local ice cream shop I learnt the value of managing staff with compassion and trust If anyone doesn’t feel like they’re appreciated or growing then it’s hard for them to believe in the greater mission of a company What is the best piece of advice that you have ever gotten LW: “The only way to be an entrepreneur is to be one.”  A mentor told me this and recommended I start a side business even just buying and selling things on Instagram if I wasn’t ready to fully jump into a business We build things up so much in our heads that we forget that we need to offer something that people value to make their lives easier or happier to start a business LW: I try and step back from what’s causing me stress and gain perspective on the situation so I try and make a decision with the information I have at that point in time before moving forward Do you have moments of doubt and how do you overcome them I always look to my friends and family to give me strength.  LW: By remembering what I’m working towards and the values I want to bring to this world Don't miss: Non-alcoholic sparkling tea brand Saicho launches in Singapore LW: Between offering products that help everyone feel happier to improving myself and learning new things the better question is what wouldn’t I like to accomplish LW: I’m still learning how to do this I’ve heard it’s not how you fall but how you get up until you stay up It’s a life journey in being kinder to ourselves and resilient and acknowledge when someone else can do something much better than me I focus on building a team that rounds out everyone’s shortcomings LW: I like to break up bigger dreams into smaller actionable tasks I can do if the goal for Melati Drinks is to be in every home bar and Michelin-starred restaurant The former fashion designer who started a period care business Opinion: Respect is essential to changing gender roles and representation in India "Model minority is double-edged": Hazlina Abdul Halim on representation, communication and the power of youths Indonesia may conjure images of golden beaches and blue seas — but the reality may be far murkier In December last year, the tourist island of Bali was so besieged by plastic waste washed ashore that the local government declared a "garbage emergency." teenager Melati Wijsen was already campaigning to ban plastic bags in Bali — the island she grew up on In 2013, when she was just 12 years old, Wijsen started a social initiative called Bye Bye Plastic Bags with her younger sister To help Bali residents say no to plastic bags Her journey in the last five years has taken her to the international stage and given her opportunities to meet world leaders and celebrities as well as speak at global events — but there's more to be done The problem with plastic in Indonesia is that it was introduced too quickly without first educating consumers on its polluting effects Indonesia has a population of 264 million people From shampoo sachets to a handful of peanuts to keropok (a popular Indonesian rice cracker) Indonesians often buy single-use items that are contained in plastic packaging According to a 2015 report by Science journal Indonesia is the world's second largest polluter of plastic marine waste in the world Wijsen's passion to fight plastic pollution started when she was a student at Bali's sustainability-focused Green School She recalls learning about inspirational leaders — such South African anti-apartheid revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela and Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi — and thinking to herself: "What can we do as kids living on the island of Bali?" they petitioned to get citizens to support a ban on plastic bags raised awareness and created educational materials to be distributed to primary schools in Indonesia They eventually went on to set up other organizations an initiative which teaches women living in the mountains of Bali how to make bags from donated and recycled materials The social enterprise also gives the women additional income through the work that they do they planned in 2014 to fast from dawn until dusk each day Wijsen explained that the sisters wanted to demonstrate they were "serious" about protecting the island responded positively and invited them to meet him two days after they announced their demonstration That meeting concluded with a memorandum of understanding between the governor and Bye Bye Plastic Bags Both sides agreed to work together to get Bali residents not to use plastic bags and minimize plastic pollution Governor Pastika announced that he wanted to make Bali plastic-free by 2018 Wijsen says that the political arena is an important place to be what has been super interesting and a learning curve for me has been learning how to deal with politicians," she said adding that it was important to understand the complex layers of a system and why it takes time for change to be implemented "Dancing with politicians — it's three steps forward But I understand that we need to be doing it together," Wijsen added While her journey campaigning against plastic pollution has taken her to the United Nations, as well as being invited as an inspirational speaker at the recent International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, Wijsen is not resting on her laurels at all. She graduated from high school in June, and is taking a gap year to launch several initiatives. This year, she's aiming to get 1,000 Bali-businesses to commit to using fewer single-use plastic bags, and has already received commitments from more than 350 entities in three months. While she's considering attending university in the United States, she has another project on her mind — she wants to start a global platform, with its headquarters potentially based in Bali, to bring young change-makers together. But lest you think she isn't enjoying her youth, she said that while the change-maker project is going to be a big part of her life in the coming years, she wants to be "a good sister, good daughter, good girlfriend," and just "live life as a 17-year-old as it comes." "I'm not forgetting to take in the little moments," she said. © 2025 CNBC LLC. All Rights Reserved. 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Jenya Kadnikova1 December 2022Last update:24 April 2023Melati and Isabel Wijsen were just 12 and 10 years old when they asked themselves what young people could do to protect the planet With no proper waste management system on Bali they realised that huge amounts of plastic ended up in natural ecosystems including oceans which has become one of biggest youth movement fighting plastic waste.  the sisters have inspired the creation of more than 50 BBPB teams around the world these teams offer different ways of getting involved from cleaning beaches to educative workshops and communicating about single-use plastic.  single-use plastic bags have now been banned in Bali Convinced that change comes from young people the sisters are committed to raising awareness about sustainable development They have also created a social enterprise to enable local women to produce alternative bags they also organise the symbolic Bali’s Biggest Clean Up which mobilises more than 60,000 people across 430 sites on the island and has collected more than 155 tons of plastic.  Bye Bye Plastic Bags is reaching more and more countries Melati and Isabel are also launching a new project to mobilise young people through short peer-to-peer programs guided by the 17 UN SDG’s.  http://www.byebyeplasticbags.org  Jenya Kadnikova Jenya Kadnikova Jenya KadnikovaProject began: 01/10/2013  Leading organisation: Bye Bye Plastic Bags  The country where the team is based: Indonesia  Theme: Education for Sustainable Development GOMBAK: Illegal water pipelines at a railway project construction site in Taman Melati Gombak have been dismantled in a surprise operation conducted by the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) this morning Air Selangor had submitted a complaint to SPAN regarding the issue after receiving a tip-off about premises illegally diverting water from its main pipeline for over the period of a year SPAN shut down the illegal pipelines by excavating and removing the unmetered pipes The unmetered pipelines consist of two 25mm and 32mm HDPE pipes used to channel water to the workers' quarters of the construction company and also to collect water in tanks for cleaning vehicles moving in and out of the site Chlorine testing on-site also showed that the pipes were carrying treated water According to the SPAN enforcement division director Ainal Yusman Mohamad Yusop another illegal pipeline was also removed in Serendah this morning also at a railway project construction site Ainal Yusman added that an estimated 175,000 cubic metres of water was stolen in Taman Melati and 75,000 cubic metres in Serendah amounting to an estimated total loss of RM410,000 in revenue for Air Selangor over a year SPAN said it would investigate and compound or charge those involved in the water theft we can increase public awareness about water theft and illegal pipelines to prevent this type of irresponsible behaviour,” added Ainal SPAN encourages consumers to cooperate and report any suspected cases of water theft via WhatsApp at 013 388 5000 or via email at aduan@span.gov.my We would love to keep you posted on the latest promotion Birmingham Whether hand-crushing charcoal in break-free stints or dancing on bricks of butter the Javanese performance artist engages full-on with soul crushing and seemingly futile punishment though the work she’s doing is horrible and hazardous The audience comes and goes through the long day the noise of her feet crunching over the charcoal the repeated stamp of the roller as she breaks up the bigger I’m struck by how close it is to hard labour soul-breaking punishment tasks given to Victorian prisoners – climbing the treadmill moving rocks from one side of a room to the other View image in fullscreen‘She doesn’t seem to see us.’ Photograph: Tod JonesSometimes Suryodarmo walks away from the block bending to select the lumps and gather them up in her smock before returning to her task She also spends periods standing facing her audience like a field worker snatching a second while trying to get through another interminable day She’s only midway through her shift but she’s teetering and looks stunned Why would anyone put themselves through this Suryodarmo is not the first and certainly won’t be the last artist to submit to the rigours of an extreme We are told that the performance symbolises “the expenditure of life’s energy and the potential for renewal” Her work strikes me as an exercise in futility and the waste of human potential visitors to Ikon will see only the charcoal greyed smears on the white wall and an accompanying video of the artist’s action the artist-run space she has founded in the Javanese countryside With the walls covered in images of the studio’s verdant surroundings and soundtracked by evocative birdsong and rain Ikon’s top floor space is decked out with furniture and numerous desktop videos of workshops and performances Several videos of the artist’s own elaborate performances – including one set in the ruins of her late father’s house ‑ are also screened around the Ikon Most don’t do the best of her work justice Their production and editing feels mannered and somehow a bit arty The best of Suryodarmo’s art is found in her live performances or in videos that document her performances without jazzing them up for the camera the artist was filmed at a theatre in Germany performing Exergie – Butter Dance then filmed again performing in Jakarta in 2021 Wearing a fitted black dress and high heels Suryodarmo mounts a spotlit platform in a darkened theatre and stands on a little plinth made from blocks of butter her gestures soon lose their coordination as the butter squidges under her feet Struggling to maintain her balance and her dignity her eyes bulge and her arms pinwheel as her feet slide away from her Again and again she finds her feet and takes pratfall after pratfall her dress getting more and more smeared and slicked with butter as we watch Suryodarmo attempts to maintain a deadpan expression Free weekly newsletterYour weekly art world round-up and has also redirected viewers to Suryodarmo’s original performance Now 53, Suryodarmo was born in central Java, where she studied international relations and politics, while also pursuing her interest in theatre and dance. Her mother had been a traditional Javanese dancer. While her father, Suprapto Suryodarmo was the founder of a movement practice called Amerta We see him slowly moving around on the rocks and foreshore of a beach in Devon in one accompanying video Suryodarmo’s Butter Dance originated as a student project Partly a response to living in a western culture (Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation as well as having its own indigenous social values) vulnerability and fortitude are at its core staged more than 20 years apart alternate on the screens We get a sense of the artist’s body ageing Melati Suryodarmo: Passionate Pilgrim is at Ikon, Birmingham, until 3 September Melati Suryodarmo is one of Indonesia’s internationally acclaimed performance artists is on view from 28 February to 31 May 2020 and presents significant works from over 20 years of art practice including scheduled live performances traces Melati Suryodarmo’s artistic practice through the presentation of her incredible long-durational performance pieces that range from 3 to 12 hours in duration Through these long-durational works such as I’m A Ghost in My Own House (2012) and The Black Ball (2005) the artist challenges her body physically and psychologically in a personal pursuit of a deeper spiritual consciousness of the self The exhibition also presents key artistic influences and a selection of her personal archive to illustrate Suryodarmo’s fascinating creative process Her practice is largely influenced by Butoh and her formal art education in Europe alongside Javanese cultural traditions is a performance artist based in Surakarta She graduated from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig Germany with a Meisterschüler qualification in Performance Art in 2003 Her physically-challenging and long-durational performance art pieces are the result of ongoing research in the movements of the body and its relationship to the self and the world Melati Suryodarmo has presented her work in various international festivals and exhibitions she was appointed as the Artistic Director of Jakarta Biennale and led its curatorial team to presented JIWA as a concept for the biennale she has been organizing Undisclosed Territory an annual performance art event in her hometown Surakarta This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Culture Editor Charlotte George reviews the art exhibition Passionate Pilgrim and finds the production to be a poignant live performance which helps the audience reflect upon their own life experiences and emotions These were dominant feelings that encompassed Suryodarmo’s live performance of I’m a Ghost in My Own House and most importantly made the audience reflect upon their own feelings Some art exhibitions can often lack a personal relationship to the audiences own thoughts but this was certainly not the case for Suryodarmo’s exhibitions Melati Suryodarmo is an international visual and performance artist from Surakarta Indonesia and is renowned for physically challenging durational performances film and live performance to push boundaries and address concepts of home Although these concepts are based around Javanese socio-political issues this does not limit the audience to reflect how these issues are relevant to their own lifestyles which all art exhibitions should try and achieve …most importantly made the audience reflect upon their own feelings I was lucky enough to watch a live performance of Suryodarmo’s I’m a Ghost in My Own House The exhibition sees Suryodarmo’s grind blocks of charcoal with a stone rolling pin for 12 hours Suryodarmo becomes increasingly tired and eventually exhausted representing the tedious and monotonous pattern of domestic work which feels impossible to escape This feeling was particularly prevalent in Suryodarmo’s life when she returned to Indonesia after a long-term stay in Germany and noticed the lack of freedom women experience in some non-westernised cultures the context of the performance was altered for the Ikon Gallery to show the coal mining history of the West Midlands I thought it was particularly clever that Suryodarmo wore a white dress to represent the strenuous work coal miners experienced; the longer Suryodarmo worked the dirtier her dress became physically showcasing the arduous nature of this work This stimulating and poignant experience will soon be available to watch digitally at the Ikon Gallery This centre piece is just one of the many exhibitions by Melati Suryodarmo which can be seen at the Ikon Gallery An infamous example is her iconic Exergie-Butter Dance (2000) which shows Suryodarmo dancing and falling on blocks of butter to Bugis percussion in a short black dress and red high heels The performance showcases the freedom that Suryodarmo felt as a women when she experienced a westernised culture in Germany Sweet Dreams Sweet (2013) also explored ideas of feminism but rather demonstrates the constraints of freedom Women carry buckets with blue dye staining their white clothes in the process This was originally contextualised to the conflict Indonesian women face between their individual identity and collective cultural identity but the  restrictions society places on all women is also applicable to this performance A live performance of this exhibition will take place in July at Handsworth Park as part of Ikon’s annual Migrant Festival some of you may be wondering why the exhibition is titled Passionate Pilgrim This is another live exhibition that Ikon has to offer on Sunday 28th May Suryodarmo and UK-based network and activist group Voice of Domestic Workers will move around an installation of 100 mirrors to contemplate their reflection and wider feelings of entrapment and confinement to societies rules This performance was inspired by an encounter Suryodarmo had with an Indonesian domestic worker who was experiencing inadequate living conditions and intolerant domestic work Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition should not be missed Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition should not be missed; unlike most art exhibitions which are still life I found this more engaging because the physical actions body movement and facial expressions vividly convey raw emotions which can be hard to interpret from still life art This in turn helps the audience to connect on a deep level and reflect how their emotions and life experiences personally relate to the performance This style of art exhibition is a new experience for the Ikon Gallery and something that I’m certainly glad I have seen for the first time Melati Suryodarmo’s exhibition Passionate Pilgrim is at the Ikon Gallery Review: Flatpack Festival: Little Shop of Horrors Theatre Review: Cymbeline Musical Review: Heathers the Musical – Double Perspective Culture writer Cassandra Fong reviews A Kiss for the Absolute mythology-infused poetry defies convention in an intimate and disorienting collection Deputy Editor Hannah Gadd reviews the RSC's production of Much Ado About Nothing finding it to be an immersive and brilliantly-executed modernisation of Shakespeare's beloved comedy Music Critic Soliyana Pellicer Alemayehu reviews Bad Bunny's newest album discussing the album's blending of old and new aspects of Puerto Rican culture Music Critic Simran Seera reviews K-pop band Stray Kids' EP discussing the musical variety and reflections on fame and success present Lauv and LANY's voices blend seamlessly together to narrate the story of a one-sided relationship