Event series

January 2026

Dealing in Distance

Festival|A collaborative approach inviting Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora artists and their works to learn, unlearn, and relearn about the praxis of diasporic and migration in Germany, especially in the Southeast Asian context.

Dealing in Distance © Goethe-Institut Indonesia and Maria Uthe

Dealing in Distance © Goethe-Institut Indonesia and Maria Uthe

Events

  • Dealing in Distance – Exhibition

    Mini Festival | Dealing in Distance is a mini traveling festival that explores themes of diaspora, migration, and identity in distance.

    • English and Indonesian

  • Dealing in Distance

    Mini Festival | Opening Night

    • CushCush Gallery

    • English, Indonesian

  • Open Level Dance Contemporary Fusion

    Workshop | Dealing in Distance

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • Indonesian

  • Textile Landscape Workshop

    Workshop | Dealing in Distance

    • CushCush Gallery

    • Indonesian

  • Curators’ and Contributors’ Talk

    Talks | Dealing in Distance

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English

  • A High Mountain, A Sweet Dream

    Performance | Dealing in Distance

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English

  • Young Birds From Strange Mountains

    Film Screening | Dealing in Distance

    • MASH Denpasar, Bali

    • Indonesian

  • Denpasar Walking Tour

    Walking Tour | Dealing in Distance

    • Meeting Place, Bali

    • Indonesian

  • Girls gotta do what girls do?

    Interactive Salon | Dealing in Distance: Girls gotta do what girls do? (2026), Interactive salon, 5 hours

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English, Indonesian

  • Tracing Identity Through Living Archives

    Talks | Dealing in Distance: Talks with Nelden Djakababa Gericke, Ngurah Suryawan, Minh Duc Pham - moderated by Gatari Surya Kusuma

    • CushCush Gallery

    • Indonesian

  • Dose of Pleasure

    Workshop | Dealing in Distance

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English

  • Thelma and the Vixen

    Poetry Performance | Dealing in Distance: Thelma and the Vixen (2026), Poetry performance with sound, 35 minutes

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English, Indonesian

  • 90/Now

    Dance Performance |  Dealing in Distance: 90/Now (2023), Solo Contemporary Dance Performance, 20 minutes

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English

  • Makan Apa Hari Ini?

    Cooking and food sharing experience | Dealing in Distance: On Plants, Mobility, and Alignment Of The Roots, hosted by Zelin Seah x Prinka Saraswati x Made Masak

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English

  • Light Walk

    Collective Walking | Dealing in Distance: Collective walking and light experiment with Nindya Nareswari

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English, Indonesian

  • Meta-morgana: reflections on distance and the illusion of the real

    Lecture | Dealing in Distance

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English, Indonesian

  • Dealing in Distance

    Performance | Closing Night

    • Masa Masa, Bali

    • English, Indonesian