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2:00 PM

Artist Talk: Between the Mountain and the Sea

Talk | This event is part of the Opening Week of the Goethe-Institut Jakarta.

  • English and Indonesian
  • Free of charge | With registration
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Between the Mountain & the Sea © Alit Wedhantara

Between the Mountain & the Sea © Alit Wedhantara

From the sea and mountains back to land! Join resident artists Mutia Bunga and Ayomi Amindoni, together with Raka Ibrahim and Rassi Narika from Arka Kinari for an Artist Talk exploring the connections between ocean narratives, climate memory, and island communities.

Drawing on their two-week sailing residency across the Mediterranean Sea aboard Arka Kinari and its continuation among coastal island communities in Ambon, the conversation brings together experiences from different island contexts and reflects on the relationships between people, water, and place. The talk offers a space to share perspectives on the sea and coastal areas as a carrier of memory, a source of connection, and part of our shared future.

This session will be moderated by Kiki Nasution (founder of Sabda Bumi).

ABOUT BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SEA
Since early this year, Goethe-Institut Indonesien has initiated "Between the Mountain and the Sea", a residency programme developed in collaboration with Arka Kinari. Since March 2026, Mutia Bunga and Ayomi Amindoni have been the artists in residence aboard Arka Kinari, a sailing ship transformed into a floating cultural space by musicians Filastine & Nova. Sailing across the Indonesian and Southeast Asian archipelagos, the ship connects coastal communities through artistic encounters around environmental and cultural sustainability.
 
From Cirebon and Mount Ciremai in Kuningan to the Mediterranean Sea and Ambon Manise, Mutia have gathered stories and impressions along the way. Their stop at GoetheHaus Jakarta will be one of the final stops of the journey, offering a glimpse of their coastal encounters before the project’s final presentation in early 2027.

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  • is an artist from Denpasar, Bali. She has lived and worked in Yogyakarta since 2013. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts Education, majoring in Painting, from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta in 2020.

    Since 2013 she has undertaken projects and participated in art activities across Yogyakarta and other Indonesian cities. She is a co-founder of TacTic Plastic, a multidisciplinary art collective established in 2016 to address plastic waste through artistic practice. In 2021 she served as a facilitator and Community Development Manager for the #MarineDebrisRangers program in Tulamben, Bali, working with Divers Clean Action for one year. She has also participated in Colomboscope (Colombo, Sri Lanka).

  • is a journalist based in Indonesia, specializing in high-impact storytelling at the intersection of women’s rights, indigenous communities, and climate crisis. With over a decade of experience—most recently as a senior journalist and editor at BBC News Indonesian Service—Ayomi has transitioned to independent journalism to pursue investigative project, long-form, visual, and audio storytelling.

    She is the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast series Investigasi: Skandal Adopsi and the co-director/producer of the documentary Mencari Ibu, which earned a nomination for Best Extended Documentary at the 2022 Indonesia Film Festival.

  • is a floating cultural platform, a performance by the artists Grey Filastine (Spain) & Nova Ruth (Indonesia), and a seventy-ton sailing ship on a voyage to promote resilience to climate change and re-engagement with the sea.
     
    By day, it hosts workshops on environmental sustainability and conversations with local communities. By night, it transforms into a stage for a performance by Filastine & Nova, using music to sound the alarm for climate change and cinematic visuals to imagine life beyond fossil-capitalism.

  • a writer, interventionist, and cultural activist traveling across the Indonesian archipelago, he explores music, underground culture, and everyday politics through journalism.
    He joined Arka Kinari in 2021, evolving from crew member to program curator, and now works with Yayasan Lintas Batas and the Coastal Community Conference to connect cultural initiatives across coastal communities.

  • is a children’s book writer and illustrator. In 2022, she spent a week as an artist-in-residence onboard Arka Kinari and is now the Program Manager for Arka Kinari’s Southeast Asia & South Asia programs.
    She is also the co-founder of Seumpama, a book studio that creates, publishes and curates children’s books in Indonesia.

  • is a Jakarta-based visual storyteller. Currently, he focuses on documenting the narratives of Indigenous communities, climate change, and sustainability through Sabda Bumi — a video podcast series that explores diverse perspectives to reimagine and re-enchant humanity’s connection with nature.