The Faculty of Recording Media Arts (FSMR) of Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta on 14 to 16 October 2024 held a Visiting Lecture, Photography Exhibition and Film Screening at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) - University of Melbourne as part of the realization of the collaboration that has been established between ISI Yogyakarta and VCA. This activity was designed a year earlier and followed up through various discussions with VCA leaders both through online and offline channels, one of which was the presence of the Director of Victorian College of the Arts, Prof. Emma Redding to FSMR ISI Yogyakarta at the end of last August. In addition to being designed by ISI Yogyakarta and VCA Unimelb, this activity also received the support of Project Eleven, FSMR's strategic partner in Melbourne Australia through various technical facilitations that assisted in planning and running activities and opening networks with various parties.
The activity entitled "FSMR ISI Yogyakarta Goes to Melbourne 2024" was attended by FSMR leaders ranging from deans, vice deans, department heads and 2 (two) students each from the Television Department and Photography Department who were selected through a portfolio selection mechanism and active English language skills. The two student delegates were Saddam Putra Dewa Rimbawan from the S1 Film and Television study program and Anjania Nanda Pithaloka from the S1 Photography study program.
FSMR ISI Yogyakarta delegation with Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, Prof. Marie Sierra, VCA Director Prof. Emma Redding and Jerry Wong, Associate Dean International.
The arrival of FSMR ISI Yogyakarta in Melbourne was officially welcomed by the leaders of the Fine Arts & Music faculty of the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) through a dinner at the residence of Konfir Kabo, founder of Project Eleven as well as the Advisory Board of the Center for Asian Business and Economics, University of Melbourne and the VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) Foundation Fund. At the forum, the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, Prof. Marie Sierra gave a welcome speech and introduced the leadership and professors to FSMR ISI Yogyakarta, as well as the Dean of FSMR ISI Yogyakarta Dr. Edial Rusli, S.E., M.Sn. also gave a brief welcome and introduction.
Dean of FSMR ISI Yogyakarta, Dr. Edial Rusli, S.E., M.Sn. gave a speech
The photography exhibition was attended by 30 lecturers and students of the S1 Photography study program selected through an open submission mechanism while the film screening featured 7 works from the S1 Film and Television study program and the D4 Animation study program through selection and curation at the study program level. The photography exhibition was held at the second floor art gallery of the Visual Arts Department building, VCA from October 15 to 16, 2024, while the works on display can be seen in the digital catalog through the following link: https://bit.ly/photo-catalogue.
The photography works in the exhibition titled "Our Reflection" showcased various genres ranging from landscape, portrait, street, documentary, sports to fine arts. Anjania, a student delegate who participated in the visit also displayed fine arts photography with cyanotype technique and had the opportunity to present her work to the exhibition audience at the public talk session. The opening of the photography exhibition itself was held on October 15, 2024 which was attended by the leadership of the Fine Arts & Music faculty, VCA lecturers and students, Project Eleven founders and volunteers as well as several invitees from outside VCA. The opening of the exhibition itself also featured performing arts in the form of contemporary dance by Anjania, a photography student who also has the talent to dance and sing, while the musical accompaniment was made by another delegation member, Arif Sulistiyono. The photography exhibition was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, Prof. Marie Sierra and continued with the presentation of Anjania's photographic works and closed by Dr. Edial Rusli, S.E., M.Sn.'s presentation to the VCA students regarding the concept of the photographic works on display as a form of visiting lecture. The photography exhibition was positively appreciated by VCA students and lecturers as shown through questions, especially to Anjania and the head of the Photography department during the hospitality session.
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| "Our Reflection" exhibition opening | |
Meanwhile, the FSMR ISI Yogyakarta film screening featured 7 works consisting of 2 (two) fiction films by third semester students, 1 (one) documentary film by fifth semester students, 1 (one) dance film by lecturer research and 3 (three) 2D animation films by final project students of the D4 Animation study program. Information on these works can be seen in the digital catalog through the following link: https://bit.ly/movie-catalogue. The film screening was held on October 15, 2024 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cinema 2, the VCA Film and Television department building, attended by VCA lecturers and students as well as several doctoral students from Indonesia who are studying at VCA. At the screening session, the Head of the Television Department, Lilik Kustanto, S.Sn, M.A. also gave a public lecture related to the film "Cunduk", a dance film research work that was also screened at the screening. In addition to a short public lecture, there was also a presentation of Saddam Putra Dewa Rimbawan's fiction film "Gadis dan Penatu" which received attention from the audience including special appreciation from several VCA lecturers there for the work's international collaboration in the music scoring area with The Julliard School students.
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The atmosphere of film and animation screening and presentation of the film "Gadis and Penatu" by Saddam Putra Dewa Rimbawan. |
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Public lecture on dance movie "Cunduk" by Lilik Kustanto, S.Sn., M.A. and Agnes Widyasmoro, S.Sn., M.A.
On another occasion, a formal meeting was also held between the leadership of FSMR and the leadership of the Fine Arts & Music faculty and VCA containing further discussion of the realization of cooperation between the two institutions. Both the VCA and FSMR ISI agreed that the scope of cooperation is not only with FSMR but can be expanded in other fields such as music and dance. In addition, various possibilities of realizing more concrete work to be carried out without requiring large resources were also discussed, such as inviting lecturers to give workshops and the like to lecture materials through online platforms, collaborating on student works or continuing the realization of cooperation that has been carried out so far, namely inviting each other's work to participate in art exhibitions in each institution.
Strategic Meeting with faculty leaders of Fine Arts & Music, University of Melbourne
In addition to faculty leaders, more fluid discussions also took place with several parties in the context of art collaboration such as with Dr. Kiron Robinson, Acting Head of VCA Art, Professor Carol Brown, Head of Dance dept and Siobhan Jackson, senior lecturer in the film and television department. In particular, VCA also invited graduates of FSMR ISI Yogyakarta to continue their master program studies at VCA, especially in the fields of film, television, animation and photography. This was described in detail through the master program presentation delivered by Course Coordinator BFA Film & Television VCA, Andrew Blogg for film, television and animation and by Dr Kiron Robinson, Acting Head of VCA Art for photography.
Another series of activities in addition to collaboration with the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) University of Melbourne is a visit to RMIT University to conduct meetings related to the continuation of cooperation, especially increasing the status of formal cooperation under the umbrella of the MoU with ISI Yogyakarta. The FSMR ISI Yogyakarta delegation at the meeting was welcomed by Dr. Li Ping Thong, associate Dean of Digital Design along with two other staff. The meeting was scheduled to be attended by the dean of the School of Arts RMIT University in charge of photography, but unfortunately he was unable to attend. Therefore, cooperation talks especially in the area of photography will be held at a later date through email correspondence. Dr. Li on this occasion welcomed the continued cooperation that would be carried out between the two institutions and also gave opinions regarding the forms of cooperation. FSMR ISI stated that it would follow up on cooperation plans that started from easy things and without requiring large resources as has been done with VCA. Meanwhile, RMIT through one of the staff, David Beesley, offered a research collaboration that utilizes the latest technology owned by RMIT, namely UnReal technology for virtual television and film production sets.
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| FSMR ISI Yogyakarta delegation visits School of Arts RMIT University | |
FSMR ISI Yogyakarta is not only targeting universities for international collaboration but also targeting art support ecosystems such as museums. Initially, it was planned to collaborate with photography museums such as the Center for Contemporary Photography and the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) and Australia's National Museum of Screen Culture (ACMI), but due to technical reasons and other matters that fall under the authority of the museum, exploring cooperation can only be done with ACMI. Maggie Tekell as Grants Manager of ACMI stated that she is open to working together such as the utilization of cinema space for exhibition and film screening activities as well as other forms such as student internships.
FSMR ISI Yogyakarta Visit to ACM
In the end, the international collaboration activity became one of the ways for FSMR ISI Yogyakarta in an effort to develop itself to be able to have global competitiveness in the midst of disruptions that occur in the field of recording media arts. The collaboration is in addition to being benchmark for FSMR ISI Yogyakarta is also expected to have an impact on strengthening the quality of curriculum, research, lecturers, learning methods, infrastructure and various other forms of tri-dharma of higher education activities on an international scale.
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