Kurun Niaga #2 - Landscape

Introduction

Kurun Niaga adalah studi tentang sejarah perniagaan di Solok, Sumatera Barat, yang diinisiasi oleh Komunitas Gubuak Kopi pada tahun 2019. Studi ini melibatkan partisipan dari beragam disiplin untuk membaca kembali arsip-arsip, baik itu berupa arsip fisik, ingatan, serta narasi yang berkembang di kalangan warga. Pembacaan ini dipresentasikan dalam medium seni, buku, dan perisitiwa seni.

Pada tahun 2019, Proyek Kurun Niaga, yang bertajuk “Kala Negeri Dikelola Pemodal" berfokus pada pemetaan awal mengenai aktivitas perniagaan di Solok secara khusus dan Sumatera Barat secara umum. Membaca bagaimana interaksi dengan bangsa luar memungkinkan silang kebudayaan dan perubahan cara pandang sosial. Politik perdagangan, kolonialisasi, hingga munculnya jalur-jalur transportasi lokal baru yang merubah dinamika kota. (Kurun Niaga 2019)

Tahun ini, Komunitas Gubuak Kopi melibatkan sejumlah partisipan yang merupakan praktisi seni untuk melakukan retrospeksi terhadap teks dan kajian sebelumnya dalam aktivitas membuat sketsa. Medokumentasikan serta merefleksi kontur alam Solok dalam layer-layer perniagaan. Para partisipan terdiri dari anak muda Solok, dan luar Solok. Saling berbagi pandangan dan impresi. Menghubungkan diri pada narasi sejarah dan menangkap kebutuhan pengetahuan memahami dinamika kebudayaan.

Selama berproses, selain membuat sketsa, para partisipan juga melakukan diskusi-diskusi terarah dan berbagi pengalaman. Mengembangkan kemungkinan praktik ini sebagai metode mempelajari aspek geografis, sosiologis, dan antorpologis dalam produksi pengetahuan. Bagaimana bekal bagasi pengetahuan dan pengalaman visual mempengaruhi bingkaian garis-garis pada sketsa.

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Kurun Niaga is a study about history of commerce in Solok, West Sumatera, initiated by Komunitas Gubuak Kopi since 2019. This study involves participants from various disciplines to read again the archives, both in the form of physical archive, memory, and the narrative that grows in the society. This reading will be presented on the medium of art, book, and art events.

In 2019, Kurun Niaga Project titled “Kala Negeri Dikelola Pemodal” focused on initial mapping about activity of commerce in Solok specifically and West Sumatera generally. The aim is to read how the interaction with foreign nations allow cultural cross and the changed in social perspective occur. Politic of commerce, colonialism, until the emergence of new local transportation lines changes the city dynamics.

This year, Komunitas Gubuak Kopi involves some art practitioners to retrospect the text and previous study during their sketch-making activity.Documenting as well as reflecting on contour of Solok nature in the layers of commerce. The participants consist of young people from Solok and outside of Solok. Mutual sharing of perspective and impression. Connecting each other to the narrative of history and to capture the needs of knowledge to understand the dynamic of culture.

During the process, aside from sketch-making, the participants also conduct focused group discussion and share the experience. Developing possibility of this practice as a method to study aspect of geography, sociology, and anthropology on the production of knowledge. How provision of knowledge luggage and visual experience influence their framework of lines within the sketches.

Albert Rahman Putra
Curator

Participant and Facilitator

Albert Rahman Putra

Curator

Albert Rahman Putra (b. Solok, 1991), or Albert, is a curator, writer, and collective activist. He is founder of Gubuak Kopi Community. His first book "Sore Kelabu di Selatan Singkarak" was published by Forum Lenteng in 2018. He is the manager of Orkes Taman Bunga music group and the artistic board of Rumah Tamera - Solok Creative Hub. He is interested in environment studies, history, music, and media activity.

Anggraeni Widhiasih

Participant Artist

Anggraeni Widhiasih, or Anggra, is member of Forum Lenteng and part of the International Competition selection team of ARKIPEL- Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival since 2019. She graduated from International Relations of Paramadina University and has been participating in the platform of audiovisual study named Milisifilem. Aside from that, she is also part of Prakerti Collective Intelligence.

Biahlil Badri

Partisipant

M. Biahlil Badri (1996) is a writer who are interested in cultural issue, history, and environment. He is one of the founders of Rumah Tamera – Solok Creative Hub; a space for collaboration of artists and creative activists in Solok and West Sumatera. He is also one of the members of Gubuak Kopi. Currently, he is actively managing @solokmilikwarega account, an archiving method via Instagram. He is also a drummer of Rumah Tamera band project named PAPAN IKLAN.

Biki Wabihamdika

Fasilitator

Biki wabihamdika (Tanggerang, 1996) lives in Gantuang Ciri, Solok Regency. He graduates from Karawitan Art study of the Indonesia Institute of The Arts of Padangpanjang. He is a composer and recently he starts focusing on the soundscape. Apart from doing music projects, he is actively involved in Gubuak Kopi Community. Previously, Biki was also active in several music groups such as Etnic Percution Padangpanjang, Bangkang Baraka, and Autotune production. Besides that, he was also involved in a bi-weekly discussion called Otarabumalam. He is also a collaborator of Kurun Niaga Project 2019.

Boy Nistil

Participant Artist

Boynistil (Solok) or Da Boy is an autodidact artist and part of K13, a community in Solok that focuses on the fine art. He is actively drawing, making murals and some crafts. He is also the vocalist of a band called Project Tiga Dua. Aside from that, he is actively following the dynamic of fine art in West Sumatera. A month ago, he participated in Tenggara Street Art Festival by drawing mural at Kodim 0309 Solok.

Dika Adrian

Participant Artist

Dika Adrian, usually called Badik, is a fine art student of Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP). He has been involved in some fine art events on West Sumatera. He is the bassist of PAPAN IKLAN, a band project on Rumah Tamera. He also owns a clothing brand called BDX Clothing that actively produce merchandise such as shoes and t-shirts that he paints.

Teguh Wahyundri

Participant Artist

Teguh Wahyundri (Solok City, 1996) graduates from Visual Communication Design of Universitas Negeri Padang. Currently he focuses his activity and study in Gubuak kopi. Since the past few years, he has been actively producing artworks. In 2018, he participated in Pekan Raya Visual at Taman Budaya, West Sumatra. In 2019, he participated a sticker exhibition titled "LEM IN AJA" in Rumah Ragam, Padang. In the same year, he participated in an exhibition in Naluri Coffee Shop. His final assignment or thesis exhibition was held on in the gallery of the Faculty of Language and Art in Universitas Negeri Padang.

Verdian Rayner

Participant Artist

Verdian Rayner or Dian graduated from the Indonesia Institute of The Arts of Padangpanjang. Aside from busy with his street food booth, he is currently active in making some murals, drawings, custom paints, pin striping, and production of visual crafts. He is also a vocalist on some underground bands, one of them is Blindside. He is also interested in customised motorcycle. He was involved as a selected participant in Solok Mural Competition (2019) and Silek Art Festival (2018). In 2020, he held a solo showcase at Tamera showcase Program, Rumah Tamera – Solok Creative Hub.

Volta Ahmad Jonneva

Participant Artist

Volta Ahmad Jonneva (Kinari,1995) graduated from Fine Art study, Faculty of Language and Art of Universitas Negeri Padang. He is the director of Rumah Tamera – Solok Creative Hub; a space for collaboration of young artists in West Sumatera. He has been active as one of Gubuak Kopi members since 2015. He is one of the founders of Layar Kampus, an initiative space for alternative cinema in the campus. In 2018, he was involved as part of curatorial team on “Kultursinema” exhibition, ARKIPEL– Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. In 2019, he is the curator of a sticker exhibition named “Lem In Aja”, organized with Rumah Ragam in Padang City. He is one of the participants in Milisifilem program of Forum Lenteng, Jakarta.