"Art Project" @ Star Wars Day Jakarta #SWDJKT
One aspect of Star Wars Day Jakarta, for me personally, was the SWDJKT: "Art Project" exhibition. Curated and organized by Yudi Andhika, on show were a myriad of artwork depicting scenes and characters from the Star Wars lore, including ANTZ, Clogtwo and Inkten representing Singapore!
Shown up top is the poster for the Art Project - as done by housethehouse studio - but was unable to make the first day launch of the 2-day weekend show, unfortunately amongst a few other artists/designers' too.
Thus far I had also featured works from The Yellow Dino (with Marine Ramdhani), Castella Natalia, Wiyoga Muhardanto and David The Killer (all 3-dimensional pieces, actually), and even the "Live" Graffiti session featuring The Yellow Dino, Bedlam and Mr KumKum … and today we take a look at all other canvas artwork! Mind you, my photographs does the actual artwork no justice, baring the flares, whiteouts from spotlights … forgive me?
[48 x images in slideshow above / Click for full-screen viewing]
What I truly enjoy about this exhibition, was the interpretation of fictional characters from as far back as nearly four decades ago, by artists who might not have actually sat in the cinema seats when the film(s) premiered (which isn't and should't be the issue at all, as Yudi explained in the video below), and that amongst all the celebration of Star Wars - which consisted of merchandize and memorabilia, and toys etc - is this refreshing depiction+creation of art, in both 2D and 3D forms. Bravo, everyone!
[16 x images in slideshow above / Click for full-screen viewing]
As well, images seen in the slideshows above (and more!) has been posted in THIS dedicated Facebook album for all to view! Again I offer my apologies, as I do not have all the artists' information, so please feel free to add your name and URL-links to your relevant page = it's all good, folks!
I had an interview with "Art Project" Curator (who insists on being called "Organizer" instead) Yudi Andhika aka The Yellow Dino about the project's genesis (my humble apologies for the lackluster audio recordingm please tune the volume way up top listen!):
