Ta Teut Amarasi – Awakening: Contemporary textiles and prints based on the traditions of Amarasi, West Timor
On show at the Wesleyan Church, Botanic Gardens Darwin, Darwin Festival 15–31 August 2008. Open evenings 6pm–10pm.
Ta Teut Amarasi - Awakening is visual arts exhibition of traditional Indonesian hand woven textiles and contemporary prints on hand-made paper and is part of the at Darwin Festival 2008. The exhibition is the outcome of an ongoing artistic collaboration between Darwin artists and Sanggar Uim Nima, an Indonesian weaving collective.
In 2007, Darwin artists, Winsome Jobling and Leon Stainer, travelled to Baun, Amarasi, in West Timor to introduce fine art print and paper-making techniques to Sanggar Uim Nima. Local plant crops including grasses and banana trees were utilised for papermaking, while the community learnt print-making techniques including linocut and copper engraving.
Image: Leon Stainer and Yohannes Yulianna during the workshop in Baun, West Timor
From the workshops a series of limited edition prints has been produced. These prints, which employ motifs and imagery used in Sanggar Uim Nima’s textile work, will be exhibited as part of Ta Teut Amarasi - Awakening along with a range of the community’s traditional textiles.
This project is part of the Asialink Eastern Indonesia – Northern Territory Partnership Program, funded by The Ford Foundation, Jakarta and Arts NT, and produced in partnership with Yayasan Kelola, Charles Darwin University and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Nomad Art Productions.
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Zarid Baksuni Kaun Tup Hitu (Sleeping Snake) rice chin colle’ on hahnamulle 17X17cm 2008 |
Robert Koroh Simbol Raja Kerajaan Amarasi Rasi Koroh (Seal of the Raja of the Amarasi Kingdom) rice Chin colle’ on hahnamulle 17X17cm 2008 |
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Dina Nahak Kaun Tup Hitu (Sleeping Snake) tais mutin (Man’s cloth wrap)cotton and natural dyes detail 2008 |
Read the essay by Angus Cameron 2008>> Ta Teut Amarasi – Awakening: Contemporary textiles and prints based on the traditions of Amarasi, West Timor.
View the Ta Teut Amarasi collection on the Online Gallery >>
