Stories from our Cultural Engagement activities

Date: 16 March 2018 - 13:26

Josette Chiang Bridges Art with Geology, Mythology, and Chinese Cosmology

Josette Chiang is not your average artist.

Tags: Arts and Technology, Arts Residency

Date: 16 March 2018 - 12:27

Epic Fest’s Anthony Evans: “The future of disability arts in Indonesia is an exciting one”

Based in Cambodia and registered as a charity in the UK, Epic Arts use the arts as a form of expression and empowerment to bring people with and without disabilities together.

Tags: Arts and Disability

Date: 05 February 2018 - 09:45

Encouraging Social Change with DaDaFest and Epic Arts

As UK/ID moves into its third year, it sharpens its focus on arts and disability to tie in with Asian Para Games, coming to Jakarta later in 2018.

Tags: Arts and Disability

Date: 19 January 2018 - 14:50

Arts and Disabilities Round Table Discussion: 5 Top Take Aways

With the Asian Para Games 2018 to be held in Jakarta, British Council organized a round table discussion about the role of arts, creativity & sports in social inclusion for disabled people.

Tags: Arts and Disability

Date: 18 December 2017 - 13:02

Annisa Rahmania: Towards a more disability-inclusive Indonesia

British Council talks with Annisa Rahmania, a disabled dancer (deaf), about her views on disability art in Indonesia

Date: 15 December 2017 - 16:09

Interview with Invisible Flock: “Talking about art and technology as two separable things is simply not reasonable anymore”

Invisible Flock is an interactive arts studio based in Leeds, making public and digital artworks. Invisible Flock gang were in Indonesia for a collaboration with Digital Nativ

Date: 15 December 2017 - 15:30

Interview with Digital Nativ: “Technology is not all high tech circuits and wires, technology can be a way of thinking”

Digital Nativ is a digital fabrication and rapid prototyping studio. In the past couple of weeks, Digital Nativ explored Java and Flores for a collaboration with Invisible Flock

Date: 04 December 2017 - 13:56

Report: Arts and Disability Mapping – Indonesia

One of the British Council’s arts priorities is to lead the way in supporting disability arts, as we place high importance on representing marginalised voices and their access to the arts.

Date: 23 November 2017 - 15:57

Ikbal Sangkakala Builds a Musical Instrument, and Showcases It in the UK

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a catalyst for new approaches to art-making and digital invention. Ikbal Simamora Lubys, based in Yogyakarta, was showing his work in this event.

Date: 14 November 2017 - 13:56

Great Britain is Rich with Musical History

Perhaps not many people knew that Soleh was once a music journalist, and great at it.