Makna tanpa Makna

Ulasan kecil dari pertunjukkan Soydivision: „Tumpeng Tindih“

You can read the translated English version here.

Saat itu udara di Berlin begitu hangat menyentuh pori-poriku. Aku berjalan sejajar dengan dinding-dinding bata yang diam. Lalu tiba pada ujungnya, yakni sebuah gerbang. Menyebrangi gerbang, aku seperti diantarkan pada sebuah masa yang aku tidak tahu kapan. Ada sebuah menara yang permukaannya terbuat dari bata, berdiri tegak tepat di antara dua tembok dan pintu yang membentuk sudut. Sisanya tergelar tanah lapang. Bangunan ini tidak nampak seperti studio, walaupun menurut mesin pencari yang aku tidak ingin sebut namanya, bangunan ini bernama Ufer Studio. Di situ lah aku melihat pertunjukkan Soydivision untuk pertama kalinya. read more

Makna tanpa Makna (English)

Words and photography by Umi Maisaroh.
Translated by Azhari.

A small review of the Soydivision show: “Tumpeng Tindih“

This article is a translated version of an article with the same title. If you wish to read this article in its original Bahasa Indonesia (recommended), click here.

The warmth of Berlin summer embraced my skin. I walked along the silent brick walls that end at a gate. Behind it, couldn’t grasp the sense of time of where I stood. A soaring tower made out of bricks stood between two walls and a fence. Below it was a spacious empty lot. These buildings don’t look like dane studios, even though the search engine -that I refuse to mention- says so. The name is Ufer Studio. There I ‎saw my very first performance by Soydivision Berlin. read more

Tentang Empathy Supper

Peleburan disiplin ilmu baru dari kampus: Human Center Design, dengan hal paling lekat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari: makanan, membentuk embrio salah satu format utama pertunjukkan Soydivision: Empathy Supper.

About Empathy Supper

The fusion of a relatively new discipline: Human Centered Design, with what is most closely related to everyday life: food, forms the embryo of one of the main formats of Soydivision’s show: Empathy Supper.

Melankolonial

Melankolonial merupakan sebuah usaha pendekatan untuk menggambarkan latar sosial yang meliputi tokoh Aryati dalam pertunjukkan Soydivision dengan judul yang sama.

Melankolonial (English)

This article is a translated version of an article with the same title by Umi Maisaroh. To read the original Bahasa Indonesia (recommended), click here.

Melankolonial, the night looks at me dimly, its voice groans, Aryati comes to me and whisphers:

Civilized Savagery

Once upon a time, in the past, Europe was plagued by a disease. Previously they had been ravaged by hunger. Others were defeated by war. Coutnless people fell. But one or two of them miraculously gained power. With the remaining energy and mind, they sailed in the sea of prayer. Hope and surrender were the winds. And one by one they found a fulcrum, which would change their faces, but also plague them with plague. An epidemic for which until now has not found a cure. read more

Bulan Aryati dan Hari Perempuan

Pada bulan Maret, ada satu hari yang khusus didedikasikan untuk perempuan. Bahkan di Berlin, hari itu menjadi hari libur resmi. Hari itu adalah Frauentag, hari perempuan, yang jatuh pada tanggal 8 Maret. Pada bulan ini pula Aryati akan memperkenalkan dirinya. Aryati, perempuan yang lahir dan mati dalam satu malam.

The Month of Aryati and Women’s Day

In March, there is a day specifically dedicated to women. Since a few years in Berlin, the day even became an official holiday. That day is Frauentag, women's day, which falls on March 8th. In this month also Aryati will introduce herself. Aryati, a woman who was born and died in one night.

Sumsuman Aryati

Dalam tulisan ini, Umi Maisaroh, kontributor Soy&Zine dan penulis naskah sekaligus pemeran dalam teater Aryati merefleksikan akhir dari proyek Aryati (untuk sementara ini). - Editor

Sumsuman Aryati (English)

Umi Maisaroh, contributor to Soy&Zine and scriptwriter and actor in Aryati theatre piece, reflected on the end of the project Aryati (for now). -Editor