G.H.O.S.T: 2011

22.6.11

G.H.O.S.T and DANJYO/HIYOJI

Last May, G.H.O.S.T 'Communion' and project MADNESS 'love/accident' was seen on DANJYO/HIYOJI collection in Singapore Fashion Week.

project MADNESS 'self portrait' neck piece

project MADNESS 'alamaeda' neck piece

All Photos are copyright of vogue.uk

21.6.11

360 CLARA Revival Night Lights

Last May, CLARA magazine held '360 Revival Night Lights', it was an event to launch their new revamped look. At its opening, they took three young designers who are hot discussion. Andreas Odang*, KLE and Tex Saverio showed their latest collections at the Clara Revival Night Light. We were honored to have our 'COMMUNION' pieces as a complement to Andreas Odang's Fall collection. The show was accompanied by the S.I.G.I.T feat. Bina Seni Vocal (BSV) Choir, and visual mapping by Isha Hening and Yolando Siahaya.

*) Andreas Odang is a young designer who started his career in 2006. He specializes in bridal fashion and coutoure/bespoke collections. He was a finalist at the Concours both in 1999 and 2000 and he won a summer scholarship program at the prestigious Instituto Marangoni in 2001. He was a finalist of Femina Group’s Young Designers Competition (LPM) in 2005. His collection for JFW 2010/11 is called ‘Love Hurts’.

Photos are property of fimela.com 2011.

17.6.11

Bearing 'Vulva' to the world

We would like to share a little about the making of 'vulva' wall installation, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. It took quite a lot of effort, but we really happy with the end result. Well, here it goes..

assembling the 'KALA' base

bits of acrylics pieces to be assembled

(you've got to see the entire pieces, they drove us crazy.. really)

'Kala' mouth and teeth

peeping the acrylic guys while they were mounting the 'KALA's' mouth to the head base

The head piece is not glued, but screwing the acrylics pieces one by one

TAAA DAAAA!!

measuring the artwork length and position

installing the customized kain ikat

installing the 3.7m wide 'KALA's' head is really another challenge

But, finally the gallery team managed to lift it anyway

tiding up the tangled wool threads

and VOILA! it's done!

We would like to thank the people who helped us to finish it: Our mom and dads, Wa' nyai, Ba Aya, Mr. budi and the acrylic guys! Without you guys 'vulva' wouldn't be born. So, Thank you!!

'SWEET AGONY'

Last April 28th 2011, we took part in another group exhibition at Dia.Lo.Gue artspace, Kemang. There were other 18 artist who participated the 'SWEET AGONY'. In 'vulva' we would like to portray the degrading values of women in modern world, by adopting the Javanese folklore 'BUTA KALA'; a mythical giant who loves to devour moon and virgins. It is the perfect metaphor to describe this alarming picture. We used acrylic, kain ikat and a lot of our personal trinkets from our closet to interpret the whole concept. We found that it's interesting to combine a lot of stuff and tell a story from it.

We've got some reviews of our 'VULVA' artwork from these guys:

'An example of this use of heritage as a medium, can be see in the standout piece by G.H.O.S.T titled Vulva. This large-scale mixed-media work has a plexiglass Javanese dragon head with fiery eyes and ominous fangs leading down to a neon green and pink pelvic skeleton before ending with soft colorful pom-pom ropes swinging from the end of the work. It is an assemblage filled with nuance as plastic alphabet magnets and even a sequined Mickey Mouse can be seen in this wall hanging, which speaks of the commodification of female power in modern Indonesian life. Yasmina Yesy and Agra Satria, the masterminds behind G.H.O.S.T,. took 4 weeks to create this work, which Agra describes as one which “articulates the idea that modern women don’t feel like they have boundaries.” The giant monster head, Yasmina adds, “is a metaphor, expressing that women have more power but something is lost in return.” Vulva, created at the duo’s base-camp in Bandung is a gorgeously executed work and crowd favorite at the opening.' - sub-cult.com

'The largest piece in the exhibition was a wall hanging titled, Vulva. This mixed media piece, by G.H.O.S.T. (Yasmina Yustiviani and Agra Satria) is one where a plexiglass Javanese dragon head sits atop of a textile body, a colorful custom cloth ikat dreamscape that depicts alphabet magnets flowing into a neon green and pink pelvic skeleton, touching down on a landscape where a sequined Mickey Mouse frolics with a black bird with a human skull, and a benign white animal head. The work engages the viewer in a conversation about the commodification of female power, a relevant topic in the modern Indonesian femmenist dialogue. Rooted in cultural metaphor and delving into social discourse, it’s a striking piece both in its execution and pertinent theme.' - wanderlustandwonder.com