{"id":16954,"date":"2021-08-16T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koalisiseni.or.id\/?p=16954"},"modified":"2022-09-20T14:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T07:43:28","slug":"artistic-alliance-for-artistic-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koalisiseni.or.id\/en\/artistic-alliance-for-artistic-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Alliance for Artistic Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jakarta \u2013 Music group Efek Rumah Kaca collaborated with visual artists Ika Vantiani and Naomi Cassyane to demand artistic freedom. This initiative came from The Indonesian Art Coalition (Koalisi Seni), which actively encourages the improvement of artistic freedom in Indonesia.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this joint campaign, the song “Jalang (bitch)” created by Efek Rumah Kaca was responded to by Ika and Naomi by creating collages printed in a number of exclusive t-shirts, bags, and masks. The products can be ordered at <\/span>tokopedia.com\/tokokoalisiseni<\/span><\/a> from August 17, 2021 to September 17, 2021. This fundraising will support the advocacy work of Koalisi Seni, and 2.5% of profit will be donated to artists affected by the pandemic through social platform <\/span>Bagirata.id.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOur song ‘Jalang’ was composed in 2006 to protest the Anti-Pornography and Pornoaction Bill, which encourages artistic and cultural censorship and restrictions based on the interpretation of one particular group. It turns out that this protest is still relevant in 2021 because the barriers to artistic freedom are even stronger,” said Cholil Mahmud, vocalist of Efek Rumah Kaca, on August 16, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cholil, who is also a member of Koalisi Seni, sings in the song \u201cJalang\u201d: \u201cWho dares to sing \/ will be castrated later \/ Who dares to dance \/ will be executed \/ Because they are the most sacred \/ Then they say we are bitches \/ Because we have different missions \/ then they said we were bitches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n