Street art has been taking a part as one of the urban arts in human’s culture. To celebrate the movement of its originality, Indonesian Street Art Database held the ISADFestival on November 23rd to December 1st 2013 which took place at Rumah Bintang, Jakarta.

This one of the biggest street art festivals in Indonesia wasn’t only showing the art works from street artists but also having some music performances from DJ Bols Q, Kojek, Racun Kota, and Danger Dope. The opening night (23/11) was inaugurated by Danuri or mostly known as Pak Nur. Pak Nur is one of the noted Indonesian street artists who have been contributing his street art work for over than a decade.

On the next day (24/11), ISAD Festival hold a public program such as Video Screening & Discussion: INA Walls, BlackBook; Documentary Film of Indonesian Hip-hop: HiphopIndo.net, Community Gathering & Presentation, and Indonesian Street Art Awards. The festival also had some showcase of live paintings from the bombers. What made this street art exhibition very unique was they showcased some archive exhibition which was originally brought from various cities in Indonesia, Aceh, Jakarta, Kendal, Kudus, Kuningan, Magelang, Medan, Pekalongan, Semarang, Solo, Tanggerang, and Wonosobo.

To close a week of Indonesian street art showcase (1/12), the festival topped the event by putting some community’s bazaar and a grafitti workshop by CK Graffiti Forum. As the icing, edgy performers like Indobeatbox, Yacko, Jhonsound & Night Club, DJ Gantung, and Delay Tribe hopped in the cab to make the closing night into a merrier euphoria.

Street art is one of the art activities that took place in public spaces. Street art can present as ‘town’s artistic decoration’, but on the other hand can also be present as an alternative media to vocalize the aspirations of social, political and cultural.

In Indonesia, the movement of street art getting more significant and sporadic in the last decade, not only in the big cities, but also in small towns. Yet, this development does not accompanied by documentation and archiving activities of street art in various media, such as images, videos, audios, and any other adequate written records.

Based on the fact, Indonesian Street Art Database ( ISAD ) that have been mapped and identified street art artists in Indonesia, especially Java, both individual and community, took the initiative to organize ISAD Festival. This festival will exhibit the journey and development of street art in Indonesia through the documentations and archives that had been managed by ISAD networks in 12 cities in Indonesia.

Indonesian Street Art Database Festival 2013 will exhibit a variety of archival photographs, posters, clippings, videos and texts on the development of street art in some cities such as Aceh, Jakarta, Kendal, Kudus, Kuningan, Magelang, Medan, Pekalongan, Semarang, Solo, Tangerang and Wonosobo.

In addition to this series of archive exhibitions, ISAD Festival will also be accompanied with some fringe events; screening of Hiphopindo.net, video screening and discussion with INA Walls, Indonesian Street Art Awards, a special presentation from Tembok Bomber, bazaars by art communities, Graffiti workshops by CK Graffiti Forum, and also music performances by Yacko, Indobeatbox, Jhonsound & Night Club, Kojek, Racun Kota, Dangerdope, and much more.

ISAD Festival 2013 will take place from November 23^rd to December 1^st, 2013, at Rumah Bintang, Jalan Raya Pasar Minggu no. 33, South Jakarta.

PROGRAMS

OPENING

Saturday, 23^rd November, 2013 | 19.00

Inaugurated by Danuri a.k.a Pak Nur

Live Painting: Komunitas Street Art & Artcoholic

Music Performance | 19.35 – 22.00

DJ Bols Q, Kojek, Racun Kota, Danger Dope

EXHIBITION

24 November – 1 Desember, 2013

10.00 – 20.00

Archive Exhibition

Aceh, Jakarta, Kendal, Kudus, Kuningan, Magelang, Medan, Pekalongan, Semarang, Solo, Tanggerang, Wonosobo

Special Presentation of Tembok Bomber

PUBLIC PROGRAM

Sunday, 24^th November, 2013

Video Screening & Discussion: INA Walls | 14.00

BlackBook; Documentary Film of Indonesian Hip-hop: HiphopIndo.net | 14.30

Community Gathering & Presentation | 16.30

Indonesian Street Art Awards| 19.30

CLOSING

Sunday, 1^st Desember, 2013 | 12.00 – 22.00

Art Communities’ Bazaar

Grafitti Workshop by oleh CK Graffiti Forum

Music Performance |18.30 – 22.30

Indobeatbox, Yacko, Jhonsound & Night Club, DJ Gantung, Delay Tribe