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Lembana Artgroecosystem, is a group of cultural activists working in a rural area, on the outskirts of Sumenep, Madura. we interested to map out how our village has its own specific way of producing physical movement and everyday repertoire, based on how they embodied a certain temporal choreography: affected alot by climate, season, spirituality of life; how the village is organized by a specific arrangement of productive, non productive, and leisure time. The project is called 24 Hours in Lembana, a video documentary and program book mapping physical repertoires in our village throughout the daily cycle (24 hours), beginning and ending at Dawn. Methods and Approach ● we visited every place in Lembana and began to document (took notes, videos and pictures). ● we gathered daily event units in each place and compiled them into one chronological map. ● then we organized these units as performance; ○ we decided the time the performance starts and ends. ○ and the place where the event occurs is seen as a theatre stage. ○ then we selected the place and position for audience, including the distance between the audience and the performance. ○ decided on the number of audience to befit the characteristics of each performance and place. Program book ● We see the whole daily event units as one festival repertoire, then we arrange them based on the logic of a program book. ● This program book can also be seen as a guide; it consists of information on the events, places, and audience technical. ● The video document is made according to the orders in the program book. However, this video is not a guide and can't be seen as a performance. It only functions as a documentary to mark the places and events we curate or select. ● Therefore to watch 24 hours in Lembana is to be present in Lembana. Program Book Organization Framework ● The curation frame that went into this book is: (1) How far the space can choreograph the residents in their daily activities. (2) How the idea of time operates in particular space. ● The frame is based on space in relation to time. Some particular spaces have different social time. For instance, during the day when most residents take a break, the people in Tobacco Warehouse are still working. This indicates that social times are different according to each spatial character. Additional Notes ● The events in 24 hours in Lembana happen simultaneously, but since each space operates not fully 24 hours, we selected specific time to mark the choreography in particular place. ● We avoid big events involving massive crowds such as prayer services in mosque or other religious rituals like tahlil. some findings, 1. The question that arose at the beginning is that "why are the people so relaxed?" We identified that the shops are closed and people are mostly sleeping in the middle of the day in the dry season 2. Three women in Tobacco Warehouse work the hardest. Their bodies perform extreme intensity. They keep working even when most residents rest. 3. There is a phone provider tower present recently in Nyi Muna's land property. It alters the choreography in her shop. 4. "Fear" choreographs the people passing Saim street at night. 5. Your presence can provoke the people of Lembâna to see you. If this condition happens, the choreography will be reversed: it is not you who are watching, but it is you who are being watched. 24 Hours in Lembâna is crucial not only because we want to see the choreography as a framework for viewing the geocultural aspects of Lembâna, but also as a research mode to study, explore, and map knowledge about the spatial quality of Lembâna, along with the values that operate within it.