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URBAN TRAFFIC
Video from the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Semarang, held at the Yaitu Art House, involving two other communities: Videot and Kronik Film. Yaitu Art House is a contemporary art gallery, Videot community is a group of art students form the State University of Semarang, and Kronik Film is the Students' Activity Unit of the Diponegoro University. Eighteen participants took part in the workshop; most of them were students or artists.'Urban Traffic' recounts the road activities that the youth have on Saturday night.
UN-INCIDENT - Arrival-Departure on a Train
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Depok which was held alongside with the punk community and the community of street children who like to hang out at the New Depok Station, and concerns the trains and the community around them.
GEMAH SAMPAH: LHO KOK MALAH NUMPUK? - Thrashes
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Cirebon and was conducted by the Gardu Unik Sinau Community. The community works in the fields of art, theater, and performance. Most of the members are teachers, whether full time or part time. After holding a series of discussions and video production activities, on the last day there we screened the results of the workshop in a makeshift open-air theater along the river. 'Thrashes' is a video about the final dumpster of the town of Cirebon.
THE TOY GUN CITY
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Jogjakarta due to collaboration between ruangrupa and the Ruang MES 56 community. The community consists of several young artists focusing on the medium of photography. Several members of the Ruang MES 56 also distribute video and short film works in a compilation entitled Video Battle. Fourteen participants, consisting of video artists, photographers, painters, and art students, took part in the workshop.
KAKI - Steps
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Pekanbaru, held at Labor Vocational School, which tries to develop vocational skills starting from the level of high school. The school has quite comprehensive audio-video facilities. What is also very interesting is that the school has developed the Labschool TV, a community television station focusing on the issue of education. Ten participants joined the week-long video workshop consisting of teachers, students, university students from the department of communication, and artists. 'Kaki" is a video on wastes and shoes, which represent the culture and characteristics of a person.
ROUND ONE
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK.VIDEO Militia workshop in Malang in collaboration between ruangrupa and the Insomnium community, a community whose members are mostly students or alumni of the Muhammadiyah University of Malang. The community conducts photography projects, workshops, and short-films screenings. 'Round One' is a performance video that tries to criticize the existence of shopping center in the town.
ROB
From the OK.VIDEO Militia Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK.VIDEO workshop in Semarang, held at the Yaitu Art House, involving two other communities: Videot and Kronik Film. Yaitu Art House is a contemporary art gallery, Videot community is a group of art students form the State University of Semarang, and Kronik Film is the Students' Activity Unit of the Diponegoro University. Eighteen participants took part in the workshop; most of them were students or artists. 'Rob' is an experimental video work combining reality, history, and the city in a distinct way.
BERMAIN - Playing
From the OK.VIDEO Militia Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was producing during the OK. Video workshop at the Prambors Radio in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, in collaboration with ruangrupa and the youth radio. Since its birth in the 1970s, Prambors is a trendsetter for youth lifestyle and music in Jakarta. The history of Indonesian pop and music cultures will invariably include Prambors radio. 'Playing' tells of the city and the limited public space existing in Jakarta.
MORNING BRIDGE
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in the city of Bandung at Buton Kultur 21, a group which was established in March 2006 and conducts studies on the visual culture by holding researches, workshops, and art projects. 'Morning Bridge' is like a diary of someone living in Bandung.
MIKRO
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Manado with the collaboration between ruangrupa and the Multi Media Manado Community (KOMED). This community is one of the motors for the short and documentary film productions. KOMED's activists produce short films and documentary movies about social issues. 'Mikro" is a documentary video about the public minibuses that always play music.
KOMA
Video from the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Semarang, held at the Yaitu Art House, involving two other communities: Videot and Kronik Film. Yaitu Art House is a contemporary art gallery, Videot community is a group of art students form the State University of Semarang, and Kronik Film is the Students' Activity Unit of the Diponegoro University. Eighteen participants took part in the workshop; most of them were students or artists. 'Koma" tells of the history of the old town.
JEBOR
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during a workshop in Jatiwangi in April 2007, in collaboration with the Jatiwangi Art Factory community (JAF), established since September 2005 with diverse art activities, starting from music to visual art. The workshop involved the community and the workers from the roof tile factories. The OK. Video Militia workshop is also one of the ways taken by the Jatiwangi Art Factory to develop the audiovisual media for empowering the people. 'Jebor' is a music video with the images from the roof tile-making processes.
DE JA VU
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Depok which was held alongside with the punk community and the community of street children who like to hang out at the New Depok Station and concerns the trains and the communities about them.
PULANG-PERGI - Come and Go
From OK.VIDEO Militia, the Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Depok which was held alongside with the punk community and the community of street children who like to hang out at the New Depok Station, and concerns the trains and the communities around them.
Cock Rockin Roach
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in the city of Bandung at Buton Kultur 21, a group which was established in March 2006 and conducts studies on the visual culture by holding researches, workshops, and art projects. Cock Rockin Roach wonders what it would be like if one's eye is placed on a can of pesticide
DALAM KOTAK DI DALAM TERALIS - Inside The Box Behind Bars
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Depok which was held alongside with the punk community and the community of street children who like to hang out at the New Depok Station.
TAMASYA REKLAME - Advertisement Touring
Video from the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This video was produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Semarang, held at the Yaitu Art House, involving two other communities: Videot and Kronik Film. Yaitu Art House is a contemporary art gallery, Videot community is a group of art students form the State University of Semarang, and Kronik Film is the Students' Activity Unit of the Diponegoro University. Eighteen participants took part in the workshop; most of them were students or artists.
Choir
From the OK.VIDEO Jakarta International Video Festival 2007. This is a poetic video produced during the OK. Video Militia workshop in Depok which was held alongside with the punk community and the community of street children who like to hang out at the New Depok Station.
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