Katia Engel dan Faozan Rizal memberikan satu atmosfir khusus dengan foto-foto dan sekuen film dari patung-patung yang ditempatkan di tengah alam. Patung-patung yang ditempatkan di pemandangan alam yang berbeda menyajikan lubang dan pandangan menembus lubang-lubang itu - bentuk-bentuk, yang untuk kedua seniman merupakan metafora untuk asal dan kefanaan.

Homeland - Origin and Alienation

With their photographs and film sequences of sculptures in nature, the artists Faozan Rizal and Katia Engel convey a peculiar atmosphere. The sculptures, placed in different landscapes, present holes and views - forms that to the artists represent a metaphor for origin and transience.
Linking up to this atmosphere, a performance will be shown at the vernissage using photographs of a volcanic lake as stage design. The performance moves on the cutting edge between the need for integration, starting anew and the feeling of not fitting in, of being alienated in this seemingly untouched nature.

Homeland - Origin and Alienation
Katia Engel and Faozan Rizal
in cooperation with the Institut Kesenian Jakarta
Photo-exhibition | Performance
Vernissage and Performance: 3rd May 2010, 7:30 pm
Dancer: Yola Yulfianti, Ratna Ully • Music: Syahrial
Photo-exhibiton: 4th -14th May 2010, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
GoetheHaus
Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9-15, Menteng
Jakarta Pusat
+62 21 23550208
e-mail kultur@jakarta.goethe.org

Katia Engel (* Augsburg, Germany) has passed her formation in dance at the dance institute “Impuls” (Bremen/ Germany) and at “Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies” (New York). Moreover, she studied mask-making, sculpture and photography. Her numerous films, dance performances and productions were presented at international festivals, among others in Asia, South America and in the USA. Katia Engel lives in Berlin (Germany).

Faozan Rizal (* Central Java, Indonesia) learned to dance and paint at a very young age. He passed his film studies at Arts Institute Jakarta and at “La Femis” in Paris. Faozan Rizal worked as a camera man in the Indonesian movie scene and also as a documentary film maker. He is known for his experimental films that were presented and awarded worldwide in numerous film festivals. Faozan Rizal lives in Jakarta (Indonesia).