Connections Through Culture 2023

Cambodia
Univeristy of warwick
Chou I Heng aspires to contribute to STEM education in her home country and to develop local practices in food safety and sustainability. She plans to lead a knowledge-sharing community after graduation to support collaborative learning among peers.

UK: esea contemporary

Indonesia: Jatiwangi Art Factory

Collaboration exploring environmental sustainability through ongoing clay and forest initiatives. Artist residency in Manchester connects Jatiwangi's research to the UK ecosystem, fostering cross-cultural exchange.

Activities in Forum Film Documentary. Documentary Film Festival since 2006, over the past five years, focus on documentary archiving and regular screenings, which are regularly held in every month with the cooperation  based of community-cross media-networks. 

Mandy started her filmmaking adventure when she created a series of filmmaking workshops for high school students back in 1999. She then joined Miles Films as the publicist for Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (What's With Love?). Right now Mandy has established her own production company called Tanakhir Films, producing commercials, web series, shorts and documentaries. She is producing her first feature documentary titled 12 Wives, which has been selected to be part of Dare To Dream compilation.

Andreas Siagian is a cross-disciplinary artist with an engineering background focusing on creative communities, alternative education, DIY (Do it Yourself) and DIWO (Do It With Others) culture and interdisciplinary collaboration in art, design, science and technology.

His collective, Lifepatch, is based in Yogyakarta and uses social design methods to encourage experimental thinking and practice amongst the community.

Anton Wirjono is a DJ and Entrepreneur, a household name in Indonesia’s creative scene. Along with his brother, Hogi Wirjono, they co-founded Future 10, and succeeded in making a variety of lifestyle and party events like Brightspot Market, Jakarta Movement, Gatecrasher Soundsystem, Turn On Plastic, Back in the Days, and The Junction Bali. In between his hectic days in Future 10, he also the initiator of Jakarta’s own Electronic Act, Agrikulture.