Power to Powder by Riyadhus Shalihin

Visitors who know GoetheHaus Jakarta for the amplifiers of its concerts and the projectors of its screenings will find that the stage and seating arrangement make it just as much a theatre space. As part of the reopening program, we present a theatre format in which artists turn their own life stories into performances. By combining personal memories, research, and creative storytelling, they invite audiences into an intimate encounter with real experiences and individual perspectives.

Power to Powder by Riyadhus Shalihin
Through powder and pigment, factory workers and makeup artists create different kinds of landscapes. One shapes the earth by extracting minerals, while the other shapes the face through cosmetics. The performance explores the connection between natural resources and beauty products, tracing a journey from mining and extraction to transformation and aesthetics.

The Goethe-Institut Indonesien wishes to thank all the artists and collaborators of the project in Indonesia, the Phillippines and Vietnam, especially the mentors of the project, Regine Dura and Hans-Werner-Kroesinger, aRRRah bersama (Rebecca Kezia, M. Abe, Chriskevin Adefrid), Maria Pankratia, Aik Vela, also Anna Wagner and Marijan Randak of the Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt.