[2016] BatikStory 1 (en) by Total Museum of Contemporary Art

BATIK STORY

2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympics

PyeongChang Cultural Olympics ODA ‹Arts Dream Camp›

Cultural Olympics refers to a series of cultural programs and festivals proceeded before the Olympics to the end of it as a part of the Olympic event. The official definition of Cultural Olympics by IOC is ‘a multi-platform program which includes cultures, entertainments, festivals, and educational activities in which people from the host country and worldwide participate through Olympic values.’ The beginning of Cultural Olympics traces back to the ancient Greece. It is said that back then, Greeks including not only athletics but also philosophers, academics, poets, musicians, sculptors, political leaders showed off their talents through Olympic spirit, so we could say that the origin of Cultural Olympics have begun with Olympics after all.

PyeongChang Cultural Olympic ODA ‹Arts Dream Camp› (hereinafter ‘Arts Dream Camp’) is a culture and arts education business proceeded in order to increase the attention to the winter sports of the children, adolescents, and local residents from the southern hemisphere where the winter sports are not vitalized due to the conditions such as the climate through using culture and arts as a medium and to induce their attention to 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Parlympic Winter Games (hereinafter ‘PyeongChang Olympics’).

IOC's Olympic Charter also considers the Olympics as a convergence of sports·culture·education, regulates cultural programs in Article 39 which makes the Cultural Olympics compulsory, and the concept of Cultural Olympic was introduced and has been proceeded as an official event since 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games. Korea also has legislated 「Special Act on Support for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games」 and proceeds Cultural Olympics as well through Article 4 (1) which states that ‘The state and local government shall establish and implement comprehensive policies and prepare a support plan so that the Games are held as the cultural and environmental Olympics’ 2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympic will be held with 3 categories under the theme of ‘Passion. Connected.’, 1 Cultural festival business in which people from all over the world participate together through a medium called culture, 2 Business which inspires and opens a new horizon for the future generation, 3 Business which makes PyeongChang as a complex mecca of East Asian culture and tourism after the Olympics. Various Cultural Olympic events during PyeongChang Olympics would increase the expectation and the atmosphere for the upcoming Olympics and would be especially a wonderful opportunity for foreigners to enhance the cultural image of Korea.

Korean artists visited the countries in the southern hemisphere which are isolated from the winter sports in person and conducted creative arts education programs which grafted their unique local cultures from November to December, 2016. Afterwards, some of the participants were invited to Korea in February, 2017, and they are planning a festival in which culture and arts are mixed as one. During the second half of 2016, a total of 4 countries (Vietnam, Columbia, Malawi, Indonesia) participated in the project, and Vietnam conducted culture and arts education business in play (puppet play), Columbia in dance (modern dance), Malawi in music (jazz), Indonesia in visual arts (traditional crafts). Korean artists and local artists have worked together and developed culture and arts programs to provide an experience-oriented educational curriculum which would enhance the inherent sensitivity of culture and arts within the local children, adolescents, and residents. Arts Dream Camp aims to run creative culture and arts program which reflects the demand from local partner institutions and local characteristics to maintain the multilateral culture and arts business as an Olympic Legacy even after PyeongChang Olympics.

2016 BATIK STORY Date 01 Dec (Thu) - 07 Dec (Wed), 2016 Venue Alam Batik, Indonesia Pasuruan Consultant Do Young KIM Coordinator Euna KIM (Luna) Marina Abdul Ghanie Maslinda Abdul Ghanie Project director Nathalie Boseul SHIN Artist Gihun NOH • Yoonsuk CHOI Movie director Hyoung Ju KIM Journalist Mee Hye LEE Fashion designer So Young MAH Designer Heiin SON • Tae Hoon JANG Batik Specialist Sri Kholifah(Bu Ifah) Anang Samsul Arifin Fery Sugeng Santoso Kasto Prima Amri Surachmad Widianto

Students Ainun Mardiyah • Aris Wahyudi • Ciani Ningsih • Fitriyah Rakhmawati • Handini Fatma Mega • Jossie Aldi Efendi • Koko Prayogi • Lailatul Mukarromah Yasin • Moch Andre Setiawan • Maslikha • Nafisatul Jannah • Roudhotul Alifa • Winda Ariska • Yessica Sabath Indraputri • Yusrotul Amri Indonesia Pasuruan State Office Diano Vela Fery Santoso Esthiana Hendraswati Tri Rahayu Lulis Ratnawati Yudi

CONTENTS

INTERVIEW Sri Kholifah(Bu Ifah) 06 INTERVIEW Lulis Ratnawati Yudi 1 2 DIARY Do Young KIM 1 6 Euna KIM 23 Heiin SON 34 Maslinda Abdul Ghanie 36 So Young MAH 39

Sri Kholifah(Bu Ifah) INTERVIEW 6th December

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KIM hello, everybody! Social talk show <KIM Do Young’s NANUGI>. Today is the special broadcasting in Indonesia. What do you think of Indonesia? Many things cross up in your mind, have you ever heard of batik? Batik is very important cultural treasure in Indonesia. Batik use beeswax to draw. First of all, melt beeswax and draws on the thin fabric by canting. Then move on into the natural dyeing process. After melting again wax and dry, then white lines left and make patterns. Batik is the way to make fabric pattern in Indonesia, Malaysia and other South Asia. It is quite labor intensive and sophisticated process. Today we invited batik specialist, batik master. Let’s start social talk show <KIM Do Young’s NANUGI> in Indonesia! Today we have two guests. One is from Indonesia, the other from Malaysia. Unfortunately, they cannot speak in Korean, and I also cannot speak in Indonesian. Therefore, I am obliged to interview in my limited English. We have to go on first in English, then Indonesian. It is a bit complicated process. I lean on your generosity. Hopefully, you understand even my English is not fluent and sometimes I make mistakes. We invite two guests. First of all I have to introduce Bu Ifah to our audience. She is the batik specialist from Indonesia. KIM hello, Bu Ifah. Could you say hello to Korean friends. Bu Ifah Hello! My name is Bu Ifah. I am from Indonesia. Currently I am teaching batik at SAC3, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. KIM We have another guest. She is from Malaysia. Can you say hello and introduce yourself to our audience? Marina Great to be invited to your show. Hello, My name is Marina. I am from Malaysia. I am working as deputy director at SAC 3, education, institution center at Kota Kinabalu.

KIM Marina is helping to translate English into Indonesian. Thanks Marina. As I told, we are talking about batik today. I am briefly explain about what is batik to Korean friends. But Bu Ifah is the master of batik. She is very famous batik maker around the world. So could you introduce and explain what batik is and why batik is so important? Bu Ifah Actually, batik is technique to draw and create motif by using wax to separate the colors. In Indonesia, batik is really important, because it has been introduced since 7C, long time ago. This technique of making batik, making dots is not from Indonesia. But overall batik techniques are from Indonesia. In 2009, value of batik is recognized as Indonesian Cultural treasure (listed on UNESCO cultural treasure). Batik becomes global culture and originated from Indonesia. KIM Wow~. Batik is very important heritage of Indonesia but also global human being, Right? Just like the other traditional techniques and heritages, modern technology like computer, printing technique spread whole over the world and much cheaper and the faster, much better. Traditional batik technique is very difficult to learn and take long time but you had been working to train Indonesian traditional batik technique to Indonesian people or other country people. Then, what does it mean and why is so important to keep traditional technology? Bu Ifah It’s true. Batik is very complex. Also, it is difficult to learn and do. But behind batik, it is not just about batik. There is story behind whole process to make it. It is reason why batik is important why we should preserve it. This traditional thing is so important that it should be taught to do younger generation forever and then to the whole world as well because batik must be done as a group. Batik cannot do batik alone. Batik is group work. Batik is the mirror of the community in our daily life because we cannot live alone. KIM Wow, that is really great. It touches my heart. Sri Kholifah

To you, Bu Ifah batik is not a simple or only a technique. It is a kind of core thing is to maintain community and the spirit of community. It is kind of philosophy in Indonesia, right? Bu Ifah Yes. Batik is really complex. But batik has its own meaning. For example, it needs more concentration. You have to be much focused. In order to produce a very good batik. In one example, when you make the move of canting, you must move forward only. You cannot make canting go toward you. I mean you cannot move backward. The reason behind this is because in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life we cannot look at the past, we must always look in front. Whatever is in the future, we can do a reflection, but we must always go and move forward. KIM Wow! Batik is not a batik. It has a lot of meaning and process. And the wisdom of the mankind. Bu Ifah Yeah. When you do batik, you make a dot in process. It must not be hurry. Making a dot in order for you to make a batik you need to make a dot in the rhythm. It shows that they must be

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in up and down to humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and this up and down make human make our life more beautiful. Because if we only had the ups on our life, we never know the down on our life. That make our life a bit boring and so that is beauty of batik. KIM Oh, too hard. The batik is the way of meditation. Bu Ifah Yes. Actually it is meditation. While we doing it, we also pray sometime KIM Oh, Now I understand why she is focused on the batik. And try to train the other people because it is good for recover and healing themself and make a community spirit and recover that. Through the batik it is very easy and right away. Batik is not a purpose, batik is the way and method to get good original human being, recover the life of human being. Bu Ifah Yeah, I used to be a teacher in a school, teaching design. And then I continue my study in textile design in Jakarta. So when I was studying textile design, there was a national contest of design, making new design for textile. While trying to discover and trying to research, I had

come to very dead end. I cannot cut patterns of design. Trying to research, I discovered batik. I went and did my research all over Java Island (East Java). So I didn’t learn batik from my mother or whatever. I learned batik through discovery, my research. Until to the point, I forgot my real intention. When I started, I wanted to find out what the best way to cut the design is. After research, I just discoverd batik and I forgot about my original intention. That’s how I know batik. KIM I see, when was that? Bu Ifah 2002. KIM I see. You started to learn batik for making a majority of design. Now, you become you are making a lot of beautiful batik productions. I heard that 1 week ago, you had a fashion show in Australia, right? Bu Ifah Yes. KIM Well, Many people told me that Bu Ifah is a ‘Mother of batik in Indonesia’. You tried to spread the traditional batik to whole of this country for more than 10 years. You taught batik to students. Moreover, students spread batik in local communities in the whole Indonesia. They consider batik as the social enterprise because we do batik, they make the money and they help poor local community people by batik skills. Could you briefly explain the function of batik in local communities and why are you endeavor that make batik to be social foundation? Bu Ifah Yeah. When I started to teach batik first time, I was not paid. I was doing for free although I don’t get some money, I achieved the happiness from teaching batik to over Indonesia. Because I think that this is her way to teach people how to appreciate our life, how to meditate holistically. And this is her way how to tell people, teach lessons ‘we need to live not just for ourselves, but also for others in the community.’ For me,

teaching batik is already part of my life. I don’t care on incomes. Marina Maybe, That’s why people call her ‘mother of batik’ on Indonesia proudly. KIM Wow. I see, Batik is a kind of a sharing to her philosophy and the way of her life. It’s great! Bu Ifah When I taught, by teaching, I can share same feeling and same way of how I look at my life. I think a lot of people in Indonesia, they are poor. And they have lots of difficulties. At some point, they are not really happy because they are really poor. This it the way batik is doing something for them. KIM could you briefly explain us how the batik can help the poor people’s economy? Bu Ifah As I said before, batik is the way to achieve the happiness. But I also realize people need money to survive and sustain. That is one of the reasons why try to figure out like making very good quality batik. Rich people will love batik, will love to buy batik. Good batik gives people to get attractive to buy the product and many people get this. I am very thankful for teaching more than 2000 student in whole of Indonesia. And I got the successful story from my ex students and they are no longer poor. They have plenty life and they can register their children for a school. It means to my eyes, my ex-students had already leaped their economy through batik. One of the the best example is myself. I born in the poor family. But 1 does great now. I am good enough for living for herself. I got the own house, having my creation, batik. With this, making my life is best example to my students. This story will motivate student and they get the same way from batik. KIM Now I see, Wow! there is great story. She is the ‘mother of batik’ in Indonesia. But I want to call her ‘Change Maker’. She is a social entrepreneur and she doing a best to change the world. It’s special for poor people. I’m very honored to inviting this talk show, Bu Ifah, your Sri Kholifah

activity is not limited in your country. You are trying to spread to teach your thinking and wisdom all over the world. So you have a project in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. So, Marina you are working with her on this project. Could you briefly explain this project in Kota Kinabalu? Marina Bu Ifah came to Kota Kinabalu in 4 or 5 years ago with a program called ‘Batik Program’ was found by Yayasan Sabah. In the program, she was hired the master trainer for batik, especially botanic batik. Batik is made from natural dyeing. She has trained more than a 300 student in 5 years. We hope that the program helps a lot of people in Sabah to become own batik. KIM I see. Your endeavor and vision spread whole new world now. One of a factor is our team. Also, I’m here, Indonesia. Bu Ifah is a working with Korean team, especially Nathalie Shin who come from the total museum in Korea. She is working with Korean artist and designer, journalist, photographer and movie director so on. Therefore, there are 10 people in here, Indonesia. Our team is working with Bu Ifah, to learn her philosophy that the way of spearing a life and ideas. 5 days ago, we started a project and we gather Indonesian teenagers and have a time to teach batik with our artist together. We trying to make a better batik design and to be better or make different way. Korean team is trying to find out how batik can be expanded practically well. During this kind of endeavor, we have been working with 5 days and Bu Ifah is very tired, and Marina also tired. So Thank you for be here. What do you think about this project ‘Arts Camp’ with Korean people? Bu Ifah First of all, I really honored and I felt very impressed and thankful. Because I never imagine this kind of situation. The one day, Korean would love to come here and know more about batik and I felt very speechless. By having Nathalie here from the Total Museum and whole Korean INTERVIEW

team. We are honored because we have never imagined and this batik is very traditional. ‘Arts Dream Camp’ came here to teach us and share something with us and change our prospective and their prospective. We are very welcome to do so. I thought that batik is really traditional and only Indonesian knows about it. However, batik will be accepted worldwide market and able to be known worldwide. We should be done whether we make it more contemporary or not. We have spread well. Indonesian have known more to fabric for fashion. I am very welcome to change us because the world is changing. We also have to change, so it is for benefit of all people and community. I think very thankfully. KIM Thank you very much for welcoming us. Well, you are talking about the main point of how we can change the world. Our goal is not making a great batik production. Our goal is not earning an amount of money. Our goal is to change the world, to live better. There is healing to pain from the poverty to poor people. Few people cannot solve this problem. We have to do this together and be experts from other areas. That is why our team consists various occupation artist, curators, move director, journalist, and designer so on. The group would change the world. In Korean idiom, ‘you go alone if you go to fast but if you go too far, you go together with your friends’. That’s why I here, It’s great! Yesterday, you told me about Indonesian tradition ‘Jimpitan’. Could you explain ‘Jimpitan’, briefly? Bu Ifah I know ‘Jimpitan’ during my childhood. According to my mother, she giving ‘Jimpitan’ just like an engraving food using your farm very small amount, a handful of rice. I saw a lady bring in a bag, my mother toss handful of rice to the bag. So I ask ‘why are you tossing the rice that woman’s bag? My mother said ‘This is Jimpitan’, meaning to say that way of the community to help a person in need. Because we only give a bit, so we don’t feel tell the burden of helping a person. If a lot of people will give the handful of rice, maybe that lady will be able to have a bag with full of rice.

This is the way of their life to help each other. That the meaning of ‘Jimpitan’ KIM In Korea, we have ‘sip-si-ill-ban’ It is very similar meaning. ‘Jimpitan’ means If there have poor people, community can help them by way of ‘Jimpitan’. This is custom we have to recover on current society. It’s very nice. ‘Jimpitan’ spirit through the batik. You want to recover the community spirit and happy together Bu Ifah Although if the case of batik cannot make the economic or the society change directly, I still believe batik will able to help human, especial the community. Community people are frustrated by poverty. If batik cannot help to in terms of income, batik will be able to help to be happy, healthy and prosperous on people’s life and community. I know and think that batik preserve Indonesian will be able to preserve that tradition from dyeing. KIM I see. What a batik story! Bu Ifah’s story touches my heart. And it will be moved to the world. Could you tell me your vision or future plan? Bu Ifah I’m getting old. I would like to be slower on this time. I want to introduce more about colors. People don’t use that color because it’s too difficult and complex to produce. I’m trying to research more undiscovered colors. Discovering colors is difficult. But that is really important. For example, those colors and national dying are really important to care our health. I would like to study and research and I help to preserve to nature and so it is not just about personal life or human’s life. It is also about life of the earth. KIM I called her ‘The Master of Batik’ but I will call her ‘The Guru of Batik’ since now. There is very impressive and touch my heart. Before finishing the interview, I will give the last question. To Bu Ifah, ‘Sharing is OO’ what do you going to answer. ‘Sharing is what’

Bu Ifah Sharing is giving, sharing is working together, sharing is co-operated. Sharing is we have now with Total Museum team from Korea. In order to first share the knowledge, there is no lost it. Because whatever share today will get back and return more. That’s what I believe about sharing. KIM Thank you. When Marina translates English, she was almost crying. Marina I was deeply moved by her talks. I lost my word. KIM It really great to understand the secret of batik and main purpose in the batik way. It’s very nice and be honored to invite you to my show. Your endeavor and the vision come true in near future. And I’m sure many friends from different countries, Korea, of course, will be with you to make our dreams come true through batik project. Bu Ifah Thank you very much. KIM Today, we have time together with Bu Ifah, ’The Guru of Batik’. In conversation with her about natural dyeing batik and her life, we got philosophy that how to make our life happy and how to recover social community. We recognized again through the talk with Bu Ifah that the world can be changed when we were together, it is not happen by one special person. Thank you, Bu Ifah. I’m very honored with you. Thank you for your translation, Marina. Kim What is ‘good bye’ in Indonesian? Bu Ifah I don’t want to say good bye. I hope to see you again. I tell you to have a good trip. I hope that your team feel and learn a lot in this journey. Anyway, see you again as some schedule perhaps next year. KIM Thank you. Let’s close the interview by hugging together.

Sri Kholifah

Lulis Ratnawati Yudi INTERVIEW

6th December

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KIM Hello, everybody. Social talk show <KIM Do Young’s NANUGI> together with you, specially, we are going to record in Indonesia. Hello. I’m with Madam Lulis. Kindly Mme. Lulis invited us. We will have a nice little chat with her. Could you introduce yourself and say hello to Korean friends? Lulis Hello friends in Koea! My name is Ibu Lulis, the wife of Bu Pati of Pasuruan, East Java of Indonesia.

KIM Wow! What an encouragement. Thank you very much madam. The teenagers will very happy by you and with your encouragement.

KIM I see. Ten Koreans are here. Curator, artist, photographer and journalist and movie director, and video artist and so on. And the reason why we’re here is to learn about the beauty of batik. My feeling here, batik has the potential to be popular to whole of the world. Could you briefly explain about batik?

Lulis I would love to work with fashion designer or other designers, because it can bring the batik to the main stream of fashion industry.

Lulis I am very proud of batik. Indonesia is really famous for batik. And a batik from Indonesia is different from each districts, each regions. For that reason. The batik has different motif each of them.

Lulis I hope this program, Arts Dream Camp will go on and on for coming years. Actually, this kind of program will not just motivate but also to give more knowledge to young people in Pasuruan, in terms of Batik.

KIM The last several days we are worked with Indonesian teens to make a batik product. We found their talents were great. So our artists will want to help them to make a good batik product. Artwork I mean. So this is beginning of our project start. What do you think of our Batik Art Camp project?

KIM Thank you very much madam. Could you give some massage to Korean friends?

Lulis I am very happy and proud of having Arts Dream Camp here in Pasuruan. I hope like other flower such as Jamu Sedap Malam, Christian flower, which we will use to theme as inspirational motives in the Batik itself, someday batik will not only be famous in Indonesia not to the whole world. KIM We’re very happy to be here. I do work with young Indonesian teenagers. Could you give encourage words to the participant of Indonesian teenagers?

Lulis I will do support whatever and whenever to young people in Pasuruan, Indonesia after this camp in order to keep make more batik. And then I will always try to let this artwork to have more value. I will do this kind of effort go on and on. I mean one of things that I will do is support more exhibitions and showcases of the Batik by these young people in Pasuruan and to other regions, the whole Indonesia. I will do it.

KIM That’s great! What a good news to teens.

Lulis To all of the friends in Korea. I would like to welcome. Come to Pasuruan, because Pasuruan does not only offer a nice flowers, exotic flowers, likes Jamu Sedap Malam, Christian flowers. Apart from this, we also have a lot of fruits, I mean tropical fruits, which is really nice like Mango, Durian. Pasuruan offers more beautiful things such as scenery beauty of Pasuruan. Please come to Indonesia, especially Pasuruan. KIM Wow. That’s great. Thank you for your time with us. We have a really great interview with madam in Indonesia, Pasuruan. Lulis Thank you, and welcome to all Korean team. All See you again in Indonesia! Bye-bye!

Lulis Ratnawati Yudi

DIARY

1st - 7th December

1 / Dec. / 2016 Thursday

«KIM Doyoung’s Diary» 1. In the airplane We can’t see an exit if we are in the middle of the labyrinth. All we can do is just run diligently. It all depends on our ambiguous memory and luck. Only when we go up on a high and look down on it, we would realize how foolish we were when we were making meaningless circles. If we were lucky enough, we might see the way to the exit of the labyrinth. I like the word “from unfamiliar point of view.” It is because sometimes I need to look at myself from different point of view. It is because I should live wisely, properly not intensely, plentifully. I am heading mountain village in Indonesia. If I am standing in an unfamiliar place, the questions I have forgotten or postponed will come up gradually. Maybe it needs a lot of courage for me to face them. “Always the question that has to be asked right now is what kinds of questions are not asked now. Questions that are skipped, because they are too easy, too fundermental or too unrealistic, will ultimately define my limits and my destiny.” - From AHN Kyuchul, ‹All and but Nothing›(2014) 2 / Dec. / 2016

Arrived at Arts Dream Camp Indonesia welcoming ceremony together

Friday

with curators, artists, fashion designers, columnists, film directors,

Morning

media artists and photographers… Undeserved hospitality from local governor and prominent figures… Especially the event of people wearing Hanbok finely and bow to ground… We did not know what to do.

Do Young KIM

I am going to think about how to establish a sustainable social enterprise with Indonesia's traditional dyeing technique, batik, in the afternoon workshop. If we put our heads together, we will probably come up with good questions. And if we put our hearts together, I hope we can find good solutions.

"Let’s dream a dream. And let's make a dream come true 'TOGETHER'." I finished my speech with this sentence.

2 / Dec. / 2016

I visited batik specialist’s house. In order to create an artwork, the

Friday

pattern needs to be drawn with wax repetitively and one by one and

Afternoon

dyed repetitively as well. Some product took four months. I picked a piece that I really liked, and he said it took a year. The size is 2.5m×1.5m. The price is as much as 2.5 million won. He said that people from Europe buy them as artworks. Yet this rarely happens so the future of traditional batik is quite bleak. Traditional batik products are being pushed out by industrially printed products. He worries not only that industrial products are environmentally problematic, but also that the traditional Batik technology is in danger of disappearing. But comforting fact is that young students are learning. It seems like a story from Indonesia, far away country, yet how many things are lost to commercialism in other countries including Korea.

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3 / Dec. / 2016 Saturday

‹Alam Batik Workshop› I was learning and making batik with the village youth. Young people are discussing about snow, winter and so on in this place where there is no winter, and draw the rough sketch. And with melted beeswax, they copy the drawing on the cloth. When they finish this process, they dip in natural dyes and dry them.

He is the director of Alam Batik Center, Fery SS (Ki Joyo). He is a batik expert and it has been four years since he came to this village. He leaves the process of drawing on cloth with beeswax to village people and creates profits. Since design of drawing and dyeing are highly sophisticated, so he and his staff do these jobs. About 20 villagers participate together, and they can make monthly income of 100,000 won. Considering the fact that average income of ordinary villagers is about 150,000 won, it is very high extra income. Yet as of now, most of the current sales are government purchases. It seems like government dependence is too high. It needs to create new revenue sources and promotion. This is one thing that Korean members who are participating in this project are considering about.

Do Young KIM

‹My first drawing for batik› There are orangutans in the Borneo forests of Indonesia. Orangutan means a person in the forest. It connects people and the nature. Snow is falling in Indonesia. Orangutans and friends in the forest are getting snowed on. Animals are excited to see the snow in the hot country. The lizard is making a snowman and the rabbit tries a snowball fight with a tiger. Parrots and monkeys are having fun as well. The scent of the flowers that are in bloom beneath the animals spreads through the snowflake. Affection is shown when seeing the people enjoy together with animals. Because of the white snow, the jungle, animals and people all become one. 4 / Dec. / 2016

‹Batik Workshop›

Sunday

It’s the second day of the batik workshop with students here.

Morning

Photo club students from the college also come to this place too. Alam Batik Center is filled with so many people.

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Director of Alam Batik Center, Fery who is like a human cultural assets directly teaches me how to do batik. After the sketch with wax is completed, it is a dyeing step. We make colors such as yellow, red, orange, and black with leaves, nuts, etc. and soak cloth. My first piece is also dipped in yellow dye.

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I visited houses of two girls who participate in the workshop. After

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wandering for a while, the place we arrived was very rural. Considering

Afternoon

poverty and difficulties that they are probably experiencing, I was thinking of how to help them. But when I arrived at the village and visited the house and met their family, I had a feeling that my thoughts were wrong. From our point of view, they seem to need a help yet they look so happy right now. I thought that they may be preserving the essence of happiness we have forgotten. The members that went with me had the same idea. This question came to our mind, why do these people seem so relaxed and dignified? What else do these people need to have a better life without forgetting the happiness and community culture?

Do Young KIM

Suddenly I heard noise from the next door. I visited there, and found out that there was a chicken fight. To prepare for the fierce fight, they lower the body temperature of chicken with cold water and feed the chicken forcefully with white rice. An old man’s eyes with pink T-shirt are sharp. He is the best chicken fighting master in this village. Chicken fight begins. The chickens mouth it with their beak, then jump and then kick each other with their foot. It is literally bloody fight with the blood all over the place. After 30 minutes of fighting master’s chicken wins. He cherishes and cures the opponent chicken which has severe injuries on head and comb. In any area, there is an aura in the back of the master. The first chicken fight that I watched in my life...I keep in mind of master’s glaring eyes and warmth of the master who took care of the opponent’s chicken.

5 / Dec. / 2016

I dyed a white cloth that was drawn with melted wax with natural dyes.

Monday

While waiting to dry, everyone is busy preparing for the exhibition Because it is time for young students who learned batik to show their pieces to local people.

DIARY

5 / Dec. / 2016

I was invited to the house of Ms. Sri Kholifah, who is the expert of

Monday

Indonesia Batik. Fortunate to see not only cloth, but also the best works of batik on woods and leathers… She is awesome. She is a very active person in order to inherit a tradition of batik and introduce it internationally. She had a fashion show in Australia a few days ago, and she is also running a batik academy in Malaysia. In particular, she has been making efforts to create profits with local people by educating his disciples for 11 years. She is social entrepreneur and change maker although he does not define herself as.

6 / Dec. / 2016 Tuesday

Madam Lulis irsyad yusuf, the wife of Pasuruan Regency governor, invited me to provincial government building with the children. She cooked for us, and even gave us T-shirts presents.. :) I also had a special interview with her in CTS radio program <KIM Doyoung’s NANUGI>. She promised active supports for our program at the interview. She also promised to continuously help us connect with Indonesia fashion industry and sell products that these children have made. She asked for a Korean nickname, so I called her “a.rum.daun. madam lulis”. She loved it so much.. :) Batik camp for five days is over. We also display the products made by young students. Moment of saying good bye..Andre, a pure young man who dreams of becoming musician, cries. 7 / Dec. / 2016

I departed from Indonesia local accommodation at 6 o'clock this

Wednesday

morning yet it is almost 12 o’clock in the evening that I arrived home. It is quite far away… I deeply appreciate for those who care for me.

Do Young KIM

1 / Dec. / 2016

«Euna’s Diary»

Thursday

For the first time to travel to Indonesia.

Day 1

For the first time to take Singapre Airline. Preparing for PyeongChang Culture Olympic ODA ‹Art Dream Camp› project, we've never been together in one place. People had begun to gather at the gate. “hello!, Great to meet you. I am KIM Euna. I am the person who have been contacting to you” I thought to myself that this kind of first greeting was what the museum staff was supposed to do. Then, people share greetings with each other. A crew uniform of Singapore airlines is a traditional batik pattern. ‘hmmm… We are going to go to Indonesia to learn ‘that’ batik’ I spent a lot of energy at the flea market yesterday and was knocked down before taking off. The beef always runs out first among airline food. I ate a cheese omelet instead. It was not bad. In the meantime, Nathalie suggested me to drink Singapore Sling, adding it is special drink in Singapore Airline and it tastes like fruit drink. The alcohol taste is stronger than I thought. Is it vodka? I've been previously taken home after sipping vodka. The plane is approaching the Singapore airport while I was watching the ‹Suicide Squad›, which is popular Harlequin starring. Malaysian Coordinators Marina and BB will join at the Singapore Airport. The Singapore duty-free shop was convenient to use because it has a large-scale and convenient structure to match the reputation of the country of shopping. The rest area in the middle had long benches that were connected seamlessly with ceramic sculptures, which is reminiscent of Gaudí's Guell Park. After meeting with Marina and BB, we started off to Indonesia again. I chose the fish between fish and chicken at this time. I was surprised for rich flavor and ate out it. Because it was a small airplane, we were watching foreign arts program on the monitor that came down from ceiling. It looked like a foreign version of <Let’s Go Dream Team> show airing on Sunday morning.

Euna KIM

Watching the slip and fall on the water mats on the TV show, there was a burst of laughter everywhere. It was impressive that watching the same TV show, Koreans were expressionless without laughing (including me) while the foreigners were laughing with a big smile. While seeing the same TV show, the face of Koreans is expressionless (including me). We are arriving at Surabaya in one hour and 20 minutes flight. As the landing time was approaching, so outside of the window was full of dark clouds. When I checked the weather forecast, it was said that the rain accompanied the thunder throughout the schedule. I only hope all of our team will be safe. 2 / Dec./ 2016

The venue was in sight. Arts Dream camp placards, crowds, and

Friday

cameras were waiting for us. A couple of local men and women

Day 2

wearing Korean hanbok greeted us with their hands gathered together. I realized later that the traditional costume of the country was the traditional costume of the guest country, not of Indonesia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow this is very moving.â&#x20AC;? Even though the process of preparing the traditional costumes would not be so hard, it was for sure a time-consuming thing to do. I couldn't help but open to those who were willing to prepare with heart. They approached Korean guests, presenting batik scarves for women, and batik hoods for men. I went to the venue with the guidance of a dancer who dressed in traditional Indonesian costume, and a couple wearing a Hanbok made a big bow to us and I was deeply moved from the core of heart. Nathalie and Mr. KIM delivered greetings to them. Endless commemorative photographs continued with a huge photo journalist. In the form of the 70s-80s in South Korea, a smile of figurine laughter emerged, but it was warm and refreshing for us as we saw their warm hospitality towards guests.

Euna KIM

Afternoon: Visiting Alam Batik Center I visited the Alam Batik Center, which will host the Arts Dream Camp workshop. It was located in a secluded rural village in Pasuruan, and I liked the way it was located in nature. From the outward appearance, the teachers who radiated the force of the batik craftsman greeted us, and the students were painting with wax on cloth. Today, because I came as an inspection, after exchanging greetings with the hands-on staffs, I was guided throughout the center. There were naturally organized places to trim the material, to paint with wax, and to dye. I hope that this center, which is located in the life of the locals, is not a place to press patterns with a machine from a large plant, but this center will be able to have a new vision through this camp. 3 / Dec./ 2016

â&#x20AC;šBatik Workshopâ&#x20AC;ş 1

Saturday

It was a day for workshops with local children. As I received only

Day 3

the brief personal information of the students, I actually went to the center with expectation and excitement about them. The students who had a big pure smile waited for us. The male and female sex ratio was generally around 2: 8, and there were many women, and they were wearing the symbol of Islam, hijab. However, there are not a few students who wear hijab, accessories, and clothes in the same color system. I also felt a sense of aesthetics of students interested in crafts. A total of 14 students gathered for the Arts Dream Camp, and we decided to proceed with a team split in order to do workshop efficiently during short camps.

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Batik Training Team: KIM Do Young, KIM Euna, MA So Young and 7 studentsPromotional Production Team: LEE Mee Hye, SON Hyein, NOH Gihun and 7 students Interior Team: Nathalie Boseul SHIN, JANG Tae Hoon Shooting Team: CHOI Yoonsuk KIM Hyoung Ju My batik practice team decided to hold an idea meeting on snow and winter. Could people whose have only summer express cold? What kind of winter would they imagine? I wondered if they had the word snow. I was wondering how I could describe the winter that they have not felt and help them express it in design. If snow comes to Indonesia, where the four seasons are summer, what happens when the cold winter comes? I suggested them to imagine how it would be if it snowed in Indonesia. But it was not enough to make them imagine it. It may have been the first time for them that it was hard for the students to make a sense of the feeling. They just imitated the designer's drawing. However, even in a similar framework, each other's stories were hidden in the paintings. There were a child who wanted to make a snowman with warm gloves as they saw in the movie, a child who wanted to do a snowball fight with friends or even a child who wished that the snow would not come because it would be too cold for the trees. With anxious eyes. As I imagined what it would look like if it snowed in this village, found a lizard that rode freely on the wall of the center, and I imagined what kind of reaction the lizard would show if it saw snow. It is a creature that lives only in the summer country like people here. Might it try to eat the snow with its long tongue? It was a great time in that I could stimulate students with new experiences and creativity despite the lack of educational materials.

Euna KIM

4 / Dec./ 2016

â&#x20AC;šBatik Workshopâ&#x20AC;ş 2

Sunday

The teacher did a very good retouch on the cloth that I had painted

Day 4

with wax yesterda. I painted a paraffin that was warmed to an empty space to give a wrinkle effect after retouching. It was not the desired effect, but I tried it with a heart of learning. (It was a very regretting to add paraffin after I finished it.) I selected the color you want for dyeing and then paint the body of the lizard with red, yellow and blue. After that, I dipped it in the dye box that would make the background color of cloth. After about 5 minutes, hung it on a string to dry. Today's batik process ends here. Now I have to resume batik work with a new design until the cloth is dry. I finished one more winter theme and one Pyeongchang Olympic theme and today 's work. When I was asked why I did batik so hard, I told them I would be the first batik expert in Korea. From then on, they called me Korean batik expert. So I became a Korean batik expert half-willingly and half not. I hope that many miracles will happen in the future through the Alarm Batik Center and I will keep my interest on it.

- Batik process summary 1. Sketch the desired pattern on paper. (Of course, you can draw on cloth directly, but you can get rid of it.) 2. Sketching on a cotton cloth 3. Draw a line on the cloth with a canting. (Wax extracted from beeswax is melted at 70 degrees Celsius, keeping the temperature and draw a line) 4. When finished, draw the contour one more time. 5. Immerse the fabric in soapy water for 10 minutes. (In order to make it dyed well) 6. The next step is to select the color to be dyed and immerse in the color for 30 minutes. 7. Soak and dry several times to get the desired color. 8. When dyeing is finished on the cloth base, heat the wax and remove it, and dye the remaining white part. 9. After repeated repetitive dyeing and drying processes, one batik work is completed.

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5 / Dec./ 2016 Monday Day 5

Since I arrived in Pasuruan, I was obsessed with the workshop all the time, so I became a bit boring. BUT I was on a safari tour today. Yay! The zoo, located in the high mountains, made us feel as if we were coming into nature and looking at animals (personally, in Korea, I did not go to see animals confined in the cages, but the atmosphere here was quite different) I was hooked on the fun of meeting the animals from the world. In the afternoon, I went to see bags made by knitting crochet. There was a factory just next to door. It was a pity that the design was not good compared to the workmanship. I didn't buy anything but I was able to learn how to knit crochet. In a short period of time, I learned how to make a bracelet with the skill I learned. Now we have to prepare an exhibition to decorate the last day. Mr. JANG was busy to make showcase. I was also so busy that I had to prepare something to install the structure, and ask the students and teachers for the questionnaire and photography consent as the last day of the workshop. Malaysian coordinator BB and Marina helped a lot. They were quick to move together and work well. After returning to the hostel, I checked out the items I needed to take care of last and then I left out of the Alarm Batik Center. With the hope that everyone will have more fun than we have prepared.

Euna KIM

6 / Dec.â&#x20AC;&#x2020;/ 2016

Today, we were planning a meeting with Governor Pasuruan early

Tuesday

in the morning. Our team had gone a long way to attend together

Day 6

with Nathalie, Mr. KIM, the batik specialist Bu Ifah and the Malaysian coordinator. Participants in the Arts Dream Camp were also accompanied by the remaining team members who did not have any vehicles that were not available and spent a busy time preparing for the afternoon exhibitions at the hotel. After the official schedule with Governor Pasuruan, we gathered in the Sukorejo Office to prepare an exhibition to decorate the camp. I greeted the students who were waiting for me and then I had lunch. It was the last day, and one of the children seemed more beautiful. Let's get ready for a full-fledged exhibition!

Under the direction of designer Mr. JANG, students are divided into parts and move in one piece. First, we had to install the structure with bamboos, so we wiped the dust off with a towel and collect the strings and tacked to fix on the table. Oh, but it seemed that the string that the Ferry from Alam Batik Center gave was like weaving the hair of a person, so it was hard to bind it with his bare hands and it was hard to fix it. Oh, this was not a usable item and I went to a stationery store to buy a nylon string. The local stationery shop was reminiscent of the 70s~80s in Korea, but it was as affectionate as a stationery store in front of an elementary school that I often visited during my childhood. As a result of working hard with students and helping each other, a very plausible exhibition space was created. Especially, the batik cloth attached to the bamboo structure looked very well.

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Now it's time to get together and have an opening ceremony. On the first day of our visit to Indonesia, the representative couple and representatives of the regency who welcomed us and many other people attended and rejoiced. Now is the time to conclude this camp and pledge to the next. Nathalie said farewells on behalf of the inviting team. “We are impressed with your passion and pride in your batik, and we want to maintain good cooperation in the future.” Finally, I started to think about how to speak about it. We could invite only 10 students to Korea in February next year, but I was careful that I would not be able to encourage competition among students from the beginning of the camp. I did not know when it would be good to tell. “I was very happy to be with you at this camp. There is an opportunity to invite you to Korea next year, and I will make sure that as many friends as possible can visit Korea.” As the general manager of this camp, her saying was to wash away the worries of everyone. It was moments when the eyes of the students who listened to the story quietly grew about twice. The students who were just amazed that they could go to Korea were filled with smiles on their faces. We also felt warms in our hearts. After 6 nights and 7 days of camping, while we would part with each other but I hoped this opportunity would be a new incentive for young people 's life ~!

Euna KIM

7 / Dec.â&#x20AC;&#x2020;/ 2016

Today is finally the day to go home. I had to leave early at the hotel about

Wednesday

an hour and a half away from the airport because it was a 10 am flight.

Day 7 Eating a breakfast lunch prepared by the hotel in the car that goes to the airport, such a thought comes to mind. It was a short camp, so I was more obsessed with the results rather than getting closer to the students. I wondered how the time we spent together helped the young people here and the Alarm Batik Center.

Epilogue After a total of about 12 hours of flight via Singapore, I landed safely in Korea. I am really going home directly. It was already late, so I walked in a dumb state, and I saw a signboard that wrote my name 'KIM Euna'. Of all the baggage of passengers, only my baggage did not arrive in Korea ... What is this? My bag was left at Singapore Airport without any reason. At first, only the laughing came out and then I got angry as I thought of it. When I was told by the airline staff that I was late for check-in, so the bag was not put on the plane, and felt like the crew was trying to pass the airline mistake to passengers. I checked in on time with my group. After all, I received my baggage at home the next day, but the trip with Singapore Airlines was not really pleasant. When we arrived in Indonesia, two luggage didn't arrive at the airport, so we got the luggage the next day at the hotel. We had another luggage accident when coming back to Korea, so the credibility of Singapore Airlines dropped to the bottom. If there was no baggage accident, I would have been fully satisfied with the camp, which was all perfect.

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1 / Dec. / 2016 Thursday

«Heiin's Diary» Korea > Singapore > Indonesia, Keep raining Today, I realized that Indonesia is very far away. I took the flight at 9am, arrived in Singapore at 2 : 50pm. After transferring, It took 2 hours more on flight to Surabaya. Then we had to drive for 2 more hours to be here. I used to think Europe or America is very far away but it is not true.. Yeah, this country is in the middle of the ocean. What I always think about is that it is very interesting to meet the people who were only available on monitor. I know them but they don’t know me. I only know them! Marina and BB were more cheerful than I thought, and the batik specialist Bu Ifah looked more kind. I arrived accommodation in the middle of the night, I couldn’t see around yet but I could hear some singing of insects and smell grass. I couldn’t wait to see the scenery of morning. I felt like I was really far away maybe because I had two meals on the flight. It took a lot of time anyway. Good night for today. 2 / Dec. / 2016

Indonesia Sukorejo > Alam Batik, Cloudy. Raining, Raining.

Friday

The banana fry that I ate in the morning was so delicious. I was warmly welcomed by Sukorejo. I was impressed by them so I couldn’t say anything for a moment because of the full of surprises. Sukorejo had the most delicious mango in Indonesia, and Matoa was specially the most famous one here. Matoa’s leaves could be used in Batik’s ingredient. It was very embarrassed beyond all the description when I walked inside to the Sukorejo office building with red carpet. It was very amazing thing to be expected to but somewhat it is uncomfortable.

Heiin SON

I hoped that my pictures would not be posted on the newspaper and not to be seen by myself. I already felt uncomfortable because we had 3 photograph and video writers.. (I already worried about making a book with these pictures) Finally, I arrived in Alam Batik Center in the afternoon! It was the place where I could feel the touch of a master craftsman. I was constantly surprised by all the good works that I’ve been imagined. There were all the designers in here! I was going to admire on and on because they had great details of pattern and color everything.

3 / Dec. / 2016

‹Alam Batik›

Saturday

It is definitely the rainy season. It rains on 2pm all the time. The workshop was officially started. I felt like everyone was great except me. “Who am I, and Where am I? “ I got an assignment when I was thinking ‘Could I earn my keep?’. ‘Making a replete of Alam Batik’. It was the idea of Mee Hye. Ah, yes. I thought that was necessary when I saw her business card. But how could I print it? I didn’t bring my laptop here, Who was going to write it? Marina and BB could translate it and ask help to Mee Hye and looking for the print shop, no, the paper first, no, What should we do at first? What about the photo? I’m screwed. I was just thinking about such things only while I was talking with Mee Hye about our concepts and contents. Having papers and two times translating (English-Indonesia) were so severe to both of Marina and BB. Maybe I had no choice to make a book by chanting. I thought making a book was very good educational process (I believe so) for children even though it is just a catalog within 10 pages. I stopped writing my diary here.

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4 / Dec. / 2016

‹Rebuild the Diary› Was it rain… or not… I can’t remember.

Sunday

The good manager was very important. I had learned a lot from great managers. The book we were going to make was the guide book for people aged from late 10s to 20s who started to learn batik and this guide book would be a key role to make them introduce Batik to their friends and family. 1. Introduce about batik / 2. Check the process of batik which means the way of drawing and dyeing / 3. Explain what kind of batik ingredients we have / 4. Introduce about 7 students nicely We had a long interview time because everyone came from other villages so we were kind of having awkward moments. We had an interview with the master of batik, Mr. Ferry. We were divided into two groups: The process of batik and Ingredients. And we had a research time, and were going to organize it with picture or writing at the same time. And we were going to move on to the Batik. (Oh, I’m out of breathe) Meanwhile I made students draw, memorized their names and thought about bookbinding (I still couldn’t decide how to bind it) and needed to make a cover. I still don’t remember why I did the cover part. (I guess Alifa told me to do so) While I was making a «Batik Story» Recently, there are some people call the graphic design a communication design. I think this «Batik Story» could be the one of examples of communication design through the process. I who am not fluent in English and seven students speaking Indonesian could make a certain visual outcome together through 4 or 5 days limited time. It shows that how I communicate with them. We usually believe we could communicate with others in languages, but language is not having 100% part of real communication. My voice, body language, facial expression, and behavior everything are included. The real language is not the majority part of it. So, when students draw something well, I try to show my expression as much as I could. If my expression of ‘Good’ is delivered to them, they could do their work more comfortably. I don’t do vague expression and body language. Also, It is hard to ask and have an answer from them, I look at them drawing anytime I could. That’s why I find the ‘Aris’ who was lost favor all the time. I could see all the developed result that I showed them as Orangutan’s mind. Is this when we say No word are needed, there’s the right chemistry between them here?

Heiin SON

5 / Dec. / 2016

‹Alam Batik›

Monday

The day I was doing the ironing, I saw the lion. When I was coming and going Bu Ifah’s house and Safari, I was only thinking about the needle and thread. The lion and tiger told me. ‘You can’t sew’. That’s right. If I don’t have a computer, I can’t even imagine that I could be a designer. When I talk like this to Ferry, he laughed out loud. After having a lunch and arrived in Alam Batik Center, fabric which we did canting all day long yesterday were dyed. I was a little touched. Even if it was not visually good, I would be touched. But it looked really good. It was above the proud of my students, I felt I could take a bow them. Lastly, after stitching, stitching, ironing, a book came out. Coming back to the house and finishing the work and shooting, I slept with excitement about that I could drink a beer finally!

6 / Dec. / 2016

‹The last day in Sukorejo office› I guess it wasn’t raining

Tuesday

I went to Alam Batik Center in the morning and took the last shoots. I learned the newfound ingredients and saw the drone exactly. I drank a coffee in quiet Alam Batik Center, did the last work. Meehye reported it hard and Gihun took pictures well, then I was the only one left to do. In Sukorejo, we met many people just like the first day, and we were took 3 times more pictures in there. We went to wrap-up party after saying goodbye hard to the students. My laptop hasn’t been turned on for a week. One designer said before that exhibition is not hey presto show, it is the just the day to comfort and encourage each other. The great significance of these days was putting together everything we’ve done and smile in front of it.

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1 / Dec. / 2016

«BB’s Diary»

Thursday

Our trip to Surabaya begin today. We met the Korean team at Singapore before all of us fly together to Surabaya. We arrived at Surabaya Juanda International Airport at 6.00 pm and fetched by Ibu Ifa. From the airport, we went to a mall; ‘City of Tomorrow’ to have our dinner. After that, we continue our journey to our accommodation place; Taman Dayu. The journey to Taman Dayu took approximately around one and a half hours. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s programme!

2 / Dec. / 2016

The day is finally here. We woke up as early as 6.30 am to get ready for

Friday

breakfast. After breakfast, we went to Sub District Office at 8.00am and it took around half an hour to reach there. As we arrived, we received a warm welcome by all the officers as well as the Chief District Officer. Each of us received a nice welcome gift (woman received scarf whereas all men received traditional cap) from the district office. A ceremony was held which includes speech and a simple fashion show on batik. Today, our lunch were prepared by the sub district office and it was delicious. We continue our trip to the ‘Alam Batik’ after lunch; the place where we will have our workshop and we were given explanation on batik such as on batik preservation. After that, we have high tea at Surya Hotel in Tretes. The view was impressive as we were facing the mountain. We had our dinner at the Food Terrace and that ends our programme for today.

Maslinda Abd Ghanie(BB)

3 / Dec. / 2016

Today is the first day of batik story workshop. We arrived at ‘Alam Batik’

Saturday

approximately around 10.00 am. After discussion, the participants were divided into two groups which are publication and batik making. For publication team, 7 participants involved whereas 8 participants involved for batik making. It is quite surprising for me as it looks like the participants can do chanting neatly even though these is the first time for them to experience batik making. We had bakso and angsli for our lunch. After lunch, Nathalie and I had a small tour with the Batik Specialist (Pak Fery) at Alam Batik. Mr Kim also joined our discussion on how members of ‘Alam Batik’ works; distribution of profit, costing, orders and others. The workshop ends at around 6.00pm.

4 / Dec. / 2016

We had a tour around the village at 10.00am. Amazingly, this village

Sunday

has many trees and plant which can be used for batik dyeing. On our way, we had a visit to one of the participant house, which is just nearby ‘Alam Batik’. Besides, it was a great experience for me as we visit the ‘tempe’ making place which made from soy. Lunch for today was prepared by Bu Ifa. After lunch, the workshop continues as there will be a small exhibition at the Sub District Office on 6th December 2016 (Tuesday), to display the final product of this batik story workshop. After breakfast, our day starts with visit to Bu Ifa’s house (Batik Specialist). It was awesome as she has a lot of batik collection and batik awards winning and proceeds with visiting Taman Safari Indonesia. After lunch, Gi hun and I visited some of the participants’ house for taking pictures. I manage to ask some of the participants on their purpose of joining this batik story programme and it was quite sad to know and see by myself as they are poor and yet they has strong enthusiasm to make changes on their life.

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5 / Dec. / 2016

We woke up as early as 5.30 am as we

Monday

had an appointment with the Regent. After arriving at pendopo (Regent House), we were welcomed by the Regent’s wife and had our breakfast which specially prepared by her. The journey took approximately 3 hours (return) as it is located at Pasuruan district. We had our lunch at the Sub-District Office which has been prepared by caterer. We then continue with preparing the small exhibition room and interviews of some of the participants.

6 / Dec. / 2016

Before we end this programme, we had a small closing ceremony

Tuesday

which includes speech from Sub District Head (Pak Diano), Programme Leader (Ms Nathalie Shin), and Batik Specialist (Bu Ifa). For dinner, we had it with all the batik instructor for farewell.

7 / Dec./ 2016

Finally it is time go home. We leave Taman Dayu Resort as early as

Wednesday

6.15am as we had to reach airport at 8.00am. We depart at 10.30am (WIB) and arrived at 1.30pm (MYT). Then, we continue our journey back to Kota Kinabalu at 4.00 pm and arrived at 6.15pm. It was a wonderful experience for me to coordinate programme out of Malaysia. I never thought that I would have these kind of experience in my life! Till we meet again!

Maslinda Abd Ghanie(BB)

1 / Dec. / 2016

«Soyoung’s Diary»

Thursday

We arrived in Indonesia. The road was rough and bumpy, while we got in Alam Batik Center. Children are huddled around here and there. When we are in Alam Batik Center, They arranged batik base materials. it is from wood, tree, leaf, ground, fruit and more more from nature. It makes me curious how it will work out with batik.

There is amazing hand made work in the next room in Alam Batik Center. the staffs said most of batik hand made work takes time to be done about 3-6months. It is reminds of my old hand embroidery works. Now, I am get used to do with machine embroidery work and mass production so my heart is so touched with these hand work. We talked and shared ideas about ‘What If snow comes to Indonesia’. There is not right words for winter and snow in Indonesia, because there is no winter in Indonesia. So children are not a easy to imaginations for drawing. Children started for drawing with pencil.

I watch every single steps for batik precessing but still, I can not imagine how the batik works come out at the end, so it is keeping me for curiosity. Batik work is based on calm and healing. It is like mediation work. But I was hurried and wanted to finish in rush. so It came out with undone and unwell. We walked around village to find out base of batik materials from the nature. It was hard to to recognised which work is chemical work or pure hand made work. Batik fabric is so amazingly drawing shape and wonderful colours. So if there will be simple design comes together, it will be much better for modern design.

So Young MAH

6 / Dec.â&#x20AC;&#x2020;/ 2016 Tuesday

We were prepared exhibition, we got all materials from local shop so \it was good experience to see the local material things. It was quite nice moody and calm after all batik fabric are hanging on the wooden table. Children are standing in front their works and calmly see their works. It makes me heat warm, I hope there will be more chance to have new exhibition in Indonesia. So I hope children's know how amazing talent they have. I feel so original and pure when I meet indonesian and batik center staffs. It was rain season. there is Koran music is all over the village same time, Every day.

The bright colour was everywhere. So my eyes are so enjoyed I see a lot of emerald colour while I was passing the house. they are not afraid to use bright colours. So Young MAH

Children loves posing for photography. We visited one of Alam Batik Center students' houses. Her family members was welcoming with big smile. It was original and pure. Walls, cutains and all the duvets are so so colourful.

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