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Kemarin kami berjalan kaki di Pantai Seminyak, bersama Jalan Gembira. Sambil berjalan kaki, kami merefleksikan bahwa selama ini, secara sadar atau tidak, berjalan di pesisir sudah menjadi upaya kami untuk memahami perubahan, atau menyadari hal-hal yang tidak selalu terlihat ketika kami datang ke pantai dengan intensi lain (seperti piknik, jajan lumpia, atau sekadar bengong menikmati sunset). Dengan melakukannya secara rutin, kami belajar bahwa berjalan kaki bisa menjadi metode sederhana untuk mengalami secara langsung: merasakan perubahan, membangun sensitivitas, dan memperhatikan apa yang muncul maupun hilang di sekitar kami. Bagi kami, berjalan kaki bukan hanya aktivitas, tapi juga upaya untuk pelan-pelan memahami pesisir sebagai ruang publik yang seharusnya bisa diakses dan digunakan bersama. by @seaweedetc
Moments from the first five days of Residency #32 — Rethinking Tourism Network: Cultural Heritage and Identity, in collaboration with @samongbali and @arrivalstudies. The programme explores how authentic, responsible cultural heritage practices can support both locals and visitors in tourism-saturated contexts like Bali. Over two weeks, participants are exchanging knowledge across cultures, disciplines, and geographies, asking how tourism can sustain rather than erode cultural and ecological integrity. The first few days were full. We opened by sharing backgrounds and grounding the residency in personal experience. We met collectives @seaweedetc and @jalan.gembira, who led a walk retracing the recent Denpasar flood and opened a conversation on artistic practice amid ecological and social crisis. We visited @penerbitpartikular (Juli Sastrawan’s bookshop) and spoke with architect @barda_______ about Denpasar’s community flooding map, tourism’s impact, and rapid urbanisation. We also joined B–Part @b.part.official by @mulawaliinstitute, beginning with a heritage walk on the history of Gajah Mada with Dewa Yadhu Wasudewa and Jaswanto, followed by panel discussions and performances including The (Famous) Squatting Dance: Merayakan Marya. We spoke with @wayansumahardika about tourism, culture, and heritage in Bali today. Throughout the week we deepened our understanding of each other’s practices and learned more about the development of @samongbali. Participants include @nicholasjjones – Founder & Artistic Director, @praksisoslo @samongbai / @ktut_karya – Samong Haven Truls Ramberg – Curator, @koro.no @victorkesha – Artist; Founder, Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre @_don_lawrence_arkitekt – Architect Dr. Hyungyu Park – Associate Professor in Tourism @sepatokimin – represented by Gabriella Manurung Stephanie Florence – Artist & Curator @elise.hoebeke – Artist & Lecturer @lamaranapr / La Maraña – represented by Cynthia M. Burgos López @Erirapu – Artist & Photographer @gatarisk – Researcher & Curator Supported by @nordiskkulturfond and @koro.no by @seaweedetc
How can art move alongside ecology and the memory of a city? Last Wednesday, together with PRAKSIS (Oslo) and Seaweed Etc, we retraced the paths of the flood that swept through Denpasar two months ago by walking. We followed waterways, rivers, drains, and sewers while reflecting on the role of artistic practice amid the ecological crisis. This activity is part of PRAKSIS Residency 32: Rethinking Tourism Network, Culture, Heritage, and Identity. by @seaweedetc
On Wednesday, we held a workshop with PRAKSIS (Oslo) and Jalan Gembira (@uniph ), exploring the traces, impacts, and causes of the destructive flooding that tore through downtown Denpasar two months ago. We began by reading aloud an introductory text and gathering questions around why we walk and the roles artistic practice can play amid ecological crisis. Following this shared reflection, we walked the pathways of water such as the river, drains, and sewers, tracing the city’s circulations and scars. Along the way, we visited Penerbit Partikular @penerbitpartikular , where co-founder, Juli Sastrawan @juli.sastrawan shared book recommendations including works addressing the intellectual genocide that took place in Bali in 1965. We concluded with a roundtable discussion with Barda Gemilang @barda_______ , one of the initiators of the community flooding map in Denpasar. This workshop is part of PRAKSIS Residency 32: Rethinking Tourism Network – Culture, Heritage and Identity. We are pleased that our members Eri Rama Putra @erirapu , artist and photographer (ID), and Gatari Surya Kusuma @gatarisk curator (ID), are participating in the programme alongside an international group of artists, architects, researchers, and cultural practitioners. by @seaweedetc
Jalan Kaki di Tepi Pudak Apa aroma laut ketika kawanan ikannya hilang? Apa suara yang tertinggal setelah para nelayan tak lagi melaut? Apa tekstur air ketika rumput laut lenyap, digantikan oleh limpahan limbah daratan? Tur jalan kaki ini mengajak kita menyusuri pesisir utara Gresik. Dari kejauhan, garis pantai mungkin tampak biasa: air berjumpa daratan, kapal-kapal melintas, laut membentang luas. Namun, ketika kita menjejakkan kaki, pengalaman itu berubah: tekstur jalan yang tidak rata, udara yang membawa aroma tertentu, hingga pandangan yang menyingkap lapisan-lapisan lain dari laut. Melalui berjalan kaki, kita diajak merasakan apa itu krisis ekologi dari pesisir: bagaimana laut yang dulu penuh kehidupan kini perlahan kehilangan fungsinya; bagaimana perubahan di darat berimbas pada ekosistem laut; dan bagaimana ingatan tentang laut tetap melekat meski kehidupan di sekitarnya kian berkurang. Pertanyaannya, apakah indera kita mampu merasakan perubahan yang tidak kita saksikan langsung? Bisakah tubuh kita membaca krisis yang hadir secara perlahan, senyap, dan kadang tak kasat mata? Tur ini bukan hanya perjalanan fisik, tetapi juga melatih kepekaan indera: melihat, mendengar, mencium, dan meraba tanda-tanda krisis yang terhampar di tepi Pudak. by @seaweedetc
Thanks to all who joined the program of The Ocean is One and the festival "Picknick i Bäckviken” July 11 and 12 on the island of Ven! We learned that the Ocean is Many Many Many – which also means One..!! The program consisted of walks along the coast, performances, workshops, talks, photography, and film about the sea and its cultures with artists and researchers, in collaboration with the music festival “Picknick i Bäckviken” in Bäckviken harbor. PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTORS: Seaweed Etcetera (Bali, Indonesia), Feral Malmö (SWeden), Katya Sander with Jens Prom (Denmark/Germany), Yi Ten Lai & Co (Hong Kong/Spain), and Åsa Sonjasdotter (Sweden). ABOUT THE OCEAN IS ONE: The marine ecosystem is experiencing increasing changes and in some cases collapses – this applies to the cod stock in the Öresund – which has a far-reaching impact on the environment, including the humans. The Ocean is One program aims at counteracting isolation and despair in situations of ecological loss, opening towards processes of reconnection and repair. Organized by the artist-based, trans-disciplinary network The Ocean is One, in collaboration with the music festival “Picknick i Bäckviken” on the island of Ven in Öresund. Supported by Landskrona Municipality, Region Skåne, Statens Kunstfond (Denmark), Casco Art Institute in collaboration with Utrecht University (both Netherlands). More about THE OCEAN IS ONE: https://fb.me/e/iANLWKAW5 About PICKNICK I BÄCKVIKEN: https://fb.me/e/bM8IoXvyU #theoceanisone #picknikibackviken #seaweedetcetera https://fb.me/e/iANLWKAW5 by @seaweedetc
In this issue, we feature the seaweed community through the lens of Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia. For generations, seaweed farming in Nusa Penida has been deeply intertwined with the island’s environment, culture, and resilience. However, the practice now faces ecological challenges as climate change, coastal development, and tourism reshape the landscape, forcing the community to adapt and redefine their future. Blessed with a long eastern shoreline and ideal coastal conditions, Nusa Penida has long been a producer of Cottoni seaweed. Farming here is a living tradition, woven with the ancestral story and ecological wisdom of a stranded whale “Ulam Agung” in the 1990s, believed to have carried Cottoni seaweed seeds to the island—serving as a reminder of the community’s deep relationship with the ocean. As climate patterns shift, seaweed farmers like Wayan Sukadana and Wayan Sudarma have witnessed firsthand the changes in their environment. Rising sea temperatures have made seaweed more vulnerable to disease. Unpredictable weather—stronger storms, shifting ocean currents, and sudden rainfall—have also made traditional farming techniques harder to sustain. Additionally, past development choices—such as the mining of beach sand for construction in the 1980s—have eroded the coastline, further threatening seaweed farms. Meanwhile, tourism has surged, bringing both opportunities and challenges. While it supports the local economy, fast boat traffic disrupts seaweed farms, and increased waste threatens the quality of seawater. Amid these shifting dynamics, the community faces a crucial question: should they continue protecting their seaweed heritage, adapt to new realities, or explore sustainable pathways like ecotourism? Credit text to: Gatari Surya Kusuma Credit images to: Eri Rama Putra Credit illustration to: Ario Fazrien Captured for a long-term project by Seaweed Etcetera, a collective of photographers, filmmakers, researchers, and illustrators documenting the ecological crisis in coastal communities and its connection to seaweed farming in Nusa Penida, Bali, through visual and community narratives. #rumputlautindonesia #SeaweedSeriesJourney by @seaweedetc
New work on! Ulam Agung by Ario Fazrien. I chatted with Seaweed Et cetera about their current work while they visited Netherlands in September for a series of talks. Glad to show a piece of story they were working on. Seaweed Et cetera @seaweedetc is a project about seaweed, coastal community, and their dynamics which based in Bali, Indonesia. This project is consisting of three people with various background of practice such as an art curator and researcher, artist, photographer, videographer and illustrator. They are aiming to create a platform for archiving the changes of seaweed industrialization which is impacting the coastal community, land, and the knowledge that rooted with seaweed, sea, and coastal. This project is using a combination between storytelling, narratives, and visual which are highlighting the sensorial methodology. The artists believes that the work of collecting stories will not lasts for only certain of people but should need more mouths, hands, feet to redistribute, recollect, and archives all the stories and narratives. Description from artist: This illustration describes the story of a large fish stranded in Semaya village, Nusa Penida known as Ulam Agung. Through a dream experienced by many people, Ulam Agung asked one of the residents there to build a temple. After the stranding of the big fish and the temple was built, a new type of seaweed grew in Semaya Village. Illustration is a way for me to document a story that is present in Semaya Village. By documenting this story in the form of illustrations, we include the story of Ulam Agung as one of the histories of the emergence of seaweed. I traced the story from the former village head and transformed it into a graphic recording. Ario Fazrien @plu__t00 lives and works based in Indonesia. Interested in exploring digital art, Ario started his digital art practice with Klub Karya Collective. In 2016, he co-initiated Sinema Kolekan, which works on audio-visual archives from student works, as part of a Jakarta 32C program initiated by ruangrupa. In 2022, he participated in the Extended Asia project. by @seaweedetc
Now available in the Casco Kiosk! The photo zine ON BEING #1, published by our friends from @seaweedetc. Seaweed Etcetera is a collaborative initiative focused on preserving and documenting the coastal culture of Bali’s Nusa Penida island and the gradual decline of seaweed farming through spirituality, myth, and personal narratives. Last month, members of the collective visited Casco to share about the project, with Gatari Surya Kusuma offering insights from the collective’s ongoing work. Accompanying the talk were also vivid graphic pieces by Ario Fazrien and the ON BEING #1 photo zine by Eri Rama Putra. As a record and a form of documentation, the photo zine vividly captures Eri’s experiences on Nusa Penida, highlighting the gradual disappearance of the seaweed culture, which is being threatened by the environmental impacts of tourism, including island’s struggle to secure water resources for its human and non-human inhabitants. Throughout the day, we gathered, shared stories, and re-imagined translocal connections. You can check out the photos for a glimpse of the event and visit our Kiosk to support their practice and acquire their publication! Image description: the photo zine, harvest we made during the session, and the crew hanging out in Casco. by @seaweedetc
On 5 September 2024, @framerframed co-organises 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, a presentation by the documentation and knowledge preservation project 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 (@seaweedetc) in collaboration with Framer Framed. The presentation will explore visual representations of the ecological crisis through stories of seaweed and coastal culture. It includes a talk, a showcase and a photo zine by members of 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢. Knowledge of the ecological crisis is unevenly distributed and the situation can be challenging to see clearly. 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 is part of a documentation and knowledge preservation project that started in mid-2023 in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia. The project, called 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢, focuses on documenting the coastal areas and the slowly declining seaweed farming on the East Coast of Nusa Penida, Bali, using photography and graphic recordings. 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 uses images to document how the ecological crisis unfolds, including the relationship between humans and nature, through the perspective of spirituality and the intersection of myth, folklore and firsthand experience. This presentation will include a talk by Gatari Surya Kusuma (@gatarisk), a showcase of graphic recordings by Ario Fazrien (@plu__t00) and a photo zine by Eri Rama Putra (@erirapu). ▪️ Join us on 5 September and let us know you’re attending! → 🔗 IN BIO @framerframed ▬▬▬ 📷 Photo: courtesy of Eri Rama Putra. by @seaweedetc
Perjalanan dimulai dari Pelabuhan Padang Bai menuju pelabuhan Nusa Penida menggunakan kapal feri yang hanya dua kali sehari berlabuh. Kuota terbatas bagi penumpang berkendaraan motor karena harus disisihkan bagi angkutan logistik dari Bali daratan menuju Bali pulau (Nusa Penida). Hingga, perjalanan ke Nusa Penida bagian utara memiliki fakta lainnya bahwa banyak peternak sapi tutup kandang karena harga beli air bersih semakin tinggi, lapangan pekerjaan tidak mampu memenuhi kebutuhan, dan krisis iklim kian mencekik menyebabkan air hujan tidak lagi sederas 10 tahun lalu dan tampungan Cuban tidak lagi terisi dengan ideal. Sebelum akhir perjalanan, kami mengunjungi mata air yang ada di Pantai Kristal. Mata airnya berada di pantai lalu ditampung ke penampungan mata air bersih yang sudah berusia lebih dari 50 tahun. Merunut perjalanan rumput laut juga perlu merunut bagaimana siklus air di Pulau Nusa Penida, salah satunya adalah bertemu dengan permasalahan air di Pulau. Para kawanan rumput laut tidak bisa hidup jika air laut bercampur dengan air tawar. Maka dari itu, rumput laut hanya tumbuh di bagian selatan Pulau yang nyatanya juga menjadi salah satu pusat pertumbuhan roda pariwisata. Banyak kisah menjadi mitos antara rumput laut dan warga karena rumput laut yang timbul tenggelam dan harus bertaruh dengan suhu air laut, hempasan ombak, dan pergulatan modal bagi para pegiat industri pagan rumahan. Kisah tentang rasa sedap olahan rumput laut pun menjadi kisah yang selalu diucapkan dengan “katanya sih…enak” Teks: Gatari Surya Kusuma @gatarisk Foto: Eri Rama Putra @erirapu #SeaweedEtc #MencatatRumputLaut by @seaweedetc
Ada beberapa pernyataan yang bisa diutarakan ketika membicarakan tentang rumput laut di Pulau Nusa Penida. Ada beberapa fakta yang tidak bisa dihindarkan, antara lain: rumput laut Cottoni yang tidak bisa lagi bertahan atas perubahan cuaca iklim dan suhu laut sudah naik 5 derajat. Jalan sunyi pengelolaan rumput laut rumahan dengan harga alat produksi yang nyaris mustahil untuk ditebus bagi para pegiat industri pangan rumahan. Gudang penyimpanan rumput laut pun terlihat singup dan pantai-pantai yang biasanya jadi tempat penjemuran dipenuhin oleh beberapa jenis sampah. Perjalanan ke Nusa Penida selalu memberikan tawaran cara melihat kaitan krisis iklim dan kerja-kerja kebudayaan yang dinamis. Pariwisata yang memegang peran utama roda perekonomian masyarakat Nusa Penida adalah pijakan pertama untuk mengenali bagaimana Nusa Penida sebagai pulau dan ekosistem pesisir bergerak terus hidup. Tidak menutup mata terhadap fakta, namun tidak menutup imajinasi atas apa yang bisa dilakukan di tengah krisis iklim adalah jalan yang barangkali bisa ditempuh. Teks: Gatari Surya Kusuma @gatarisk Foto: Gatari Surya Kusuma & Eri Rama Putra @erirapu #SeaweedEtc #MencatatRumputLaut by @seaweedetc

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