Needing/Getting (OK Go cover) - Mickey

Nowadays, having a conversation has been transformed in various ways depending on technology. Talking to each other has different forms of sound as well to perceive which tells how the situation of a person.

This is a composition based on sound which tends to be unconsciously produced by our type of daily conversation during the pandemic.

Talk To You

Napak Tilas is a narrative soundscape installation work that speculates on the situation from the May 1998 riots in Jakarta and May 1982 in Gwangju. The work was intended to amplify the acoustic situation similarities between the events to get know how our perception being shape by the past events.

The composition of this soundscape was composed based on information both personal and public data about the events. The sound material also comes from the present urban sounds in the areas where the riot took place in Jakarta and Gwangju.

Jakarta's present urban sound was composed to be Gwangju soundscape speculation in May 1982.

Gwangju's present urban sound was composed to be Jakarta soundscape speculation in May 1998.

POD 3

POD JKT

POD GWJ

A speculative soundscape of Bone Base in Fort Rotterdam in Makassar. The soundscape narrates the situation that might have happened in the base during Indonesia's Revolusiton period (1950s). APRA, a multinational army unit led by Westerling to conduct a coup in Makassar that kills many civilians.

Sulut Asap - Smoke Flare

A speculative soundscape from an ancient well in Fort Rotterdam, Makassar, close to a drained pier. Some claim that during Makassar's colonization era, this location was crucial for the distribution and trading of spice commodities. The building behind the well was used as the spice storage at that time.

Remah-remah Rempah - Spice Crumbs

A series of audio collage that made from radio records in the form of some poetry.The poetry are in Indonesian, english, and german. Each radio records cut by syllables into other language. From german radio to indonesia poetry,vice versa, and both from german and indonesia radio to english poetry.

Matahari

Dingin

Der Vorhang

I recorded this song with my mobile phone. hahahaha

Us (Regina Spektor cover) - Mickey

A situational music composition at Cihapit traditional market. The activities, subjects, objects, and situations considered as atonal music composition.

There were some birdcages inside the market, which became the reference of this composition melody.

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