How can sound & music be preserved and at the same time evolve in line with the present?

  • Outside the Dominant Cultural Narrative: Tanger Fish Market (photo: Rebecca Favale)
    Writing With the Archive
    Sound Piece by Francesca Ceccherini, Zaira Oram, Ash Kilmartin, Abdellah M. Hassak
    A Symphony of Archives transforms historical traces into living sound. In this conversation from the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2025, curator Francesca Ceccherini (Zaira Oram) speaks with Ash Kilmartin about territory, memory, and the notion of «situated listening».
  • The Weightless Flight
    Photo Series by Peter G. Y. Rumondor, Gisela Swaragita
    Mundor’s stage photography captured the best of Jakarta’s indie scene in the mid 2010s.
  • Echoing Imprints
    Photo Series by Aghnia Amalia, Gisela Swaragita
    Aghnia's «Echoing Imprints» is an intimate walkthrough and exploration of Jakarta’s vibrant music culture that takes us to the important sites at the very heart of the city’s music scene, inviting us to listen to their silent hums and lingering rhythms.
  • The Weeds Are in Bloom.
    The Weeds Are in Bloom
    Video Essay by Anida Bajumi, Areispine Dymussaga Miraviori, Robonggo, Gisela Swaragita, Dania Joedo
    This video essay offers an unfiltered look into Jakarta's music scene through cellphone footage of one of its most familiar faces.