In November – December 2015 I had the opportunity to join the 2-country residency group Indonesia – Australia at Gertrude Contemporary Gallery Melbourne Australia. This project was represented by Andreas Siagian, Tarama Pertamina, Ican Hareem, Lintang Radittya from Indonesia and also Debris Facility, Tarquin Manek, Lara Thoms, and Tim Dwyer representing Australia. Kristi Monfries is the curator for this project.


This project is quite unique because it combines artists from various artistic disciplines, such as performing arts, multimedia, electronics, fine arts and music. At the end of the residency program, a presentation form in the form of performance art is chosen.

The specific choice of theme with the Jayabaya (Term) Forecast is decided during the initial presentation from each artist. The interest of Jayabaya's prediction lies in the reality that many believe is coming true today. Western-style skepticism apparently did not hinder each artist's interest in this specific theme.

From approximately 200 Jayabaya predictions, Ramalah was chosen:
  1. The earth is shrinking more and more : The meaning of this prediction is Jayabaya's prediction about the loss of distance, because technology has narrowed distances and brought time closer together, specifically the Internet.
  2. The market lost its voice : Still connected to the internet and globalization, the existence of traditional (offline) markets is increasingly disappearing, replaced by the existence of online stores. Without a real buying and selling process.
  3. Horses eat chili sauce : One of the predictions that has a very complicated code, the horse here is interpreted as a "vehicle", one way to encrypt this prediction is through the traditional Javanese song "Jaranan" and the art of Kuda Lumping.
  4. Men dress up as women, women dress up as men, men lose their manhood : A contextualized prediction about Transgender, and human sexual behavior today, which is fundamentally deviant.
  5. Many people are drunk on prayer : This prophecy speaks of the excessive cult of religion and prayer. Humans only worship and pray non-stop to the level of trance/drunk.
  6. The arrival of the Kala Bendu period : This prophecy is at the end of a series of predictions about the world's dark times, marked by the emergence of "Satan" and ultimately a new era will come with the birth of a Fair Queen (Ratu Adil).
The final presentation of this 1 month residency program was held at Glass House Gallery Melbourne.