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A Crossings Series Event Thursday–Saturday, November 29–December 1, 2012 • 8PM Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center, UC Davis Sponsored by question & answer Session With members of Jogja Hip Hop Foundation Moderators: Henry Spiller, Chair, UC Davis Department of Music Katherine In-Young Lee, Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology, UC Davis Department of Music Sarah Geller, Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology, UC Davis Department of Music Question & Answer Sessions take place in the performance hall after the event. 48 | Mondavi Center Presents Program issue 3: nov 2012 Debut MC joGja hip hop foundaTion Jogja Hip Hop Foundation Yogyakarta, Indonesia Muh Marzuki, (Kill the DJ) Director, Rapper Yanu Prihaminanto, (Ki Ageng Gantas) Rapper and Producer Balance Perdana Putra, (Balance) Rapper and Producer Heri Wiyoso, (M2MX) Rapper Vanda Verena Kartikasari, (Vanda) DJ Candra Bernhard Suandi, Film Maker Aulia Anindita, Manager Suzanne La, Center Stage Company Manager If there were still any doubt that hip-hop is a truly global culture, look no further than Indonesia’s Jogja Hip Hop Foundation (JHF). Program is subject to change. The artists and your fellow audience members appreciate silence during the performance. Please be sure that you have switched off all electronic devices. Videotaping, photographing and audio recording are strictly forbidden. Violators are subject to removal.
jojga hip hop foundation samples poems, wishes and curses in a mix with literary Javanese texts and colloquial riffs.Their musical hooks are pinned to global rhythms, traditional gamelan music and a love of language. Their songs speak out about corruption, shout for social justice and have been taken up as anthems in public demonstrations and rallies. Recognized as one of Southeast Asia’s foremost collectives, JHF was established to promote diversity and pluralism. After few small projects, JHF started the Indonesian poetries project in 2006 then produced the albums Poetry Battle 1 (2007) and Poetry Battle 2 (2008). Both incorporate poetry and oral literature dating from the 18th century and contemporary poetry they reinterpret for a new audience, reinvigorating an interest in the country’s rich past. In other instances JHF has successfully merged these ancient texts with Islamic teachings to exemplify the spirit of syncretism and plurality. On a national scale, the group has experimented with other Indonesian languages to create songs about anti-corruption. JHF engages various socio-political and cultural issues while aesthetically continuing to ground their work in popular and historical Javanese sources. They expand the Javanese-ness of their hip-hop in ways beyond their lyrics. Their hip-hop sounds are extremely hybrid. Founded by Marzuki Mohammad aka Kill the DJ in 2003, JHF is an umbrella for Yogyakarta-based hip-hop crews that mostly use traditional Javanese language. Even though the name might sound formal, JHF operates in a more communal way rather than as a formal institution. JHF is best known for three crews: Jahanam, Rotra and Kill the DJ; a bunch of Javanese rude boys standing still in the crossculture. Talking about yogyakarta It is almost impossible to leave Yogyakarta out of a discussion of Indonesian culture. It is a small province, the smallest among the four other provinces in Java, yet its pivotal role is enormous. It is the place where almost all signifiers of Javanese cultural production— such as gamelan, wayang kulit (shadow puppetry), wayang orang, court dance, oral literature, etc.—were developed for centuries, long before the dawn of the colonial age. And they eventually took part in shaping the national Indonesia as a modern idea. At the same time, Yogyakarta is not an enclosed and sterile space. Its glorified history is also strengthened by its post-independence function, which was to serve as the city of education. For decades, Yogyakarta has built a strong foundation for the growth of educational institutions, making it one of the most dynamic and youthful urban cities in Indonesia. —Ugoran Prasad An artist and independent researcher, Ugoran Prasad is a playwright and dramaturg in residence with Teater Garasi Yogyakarta as well as program manager at the Indonesian Society for the Performing Arts. He is a performing lyricist of Melancholic Bitch, a Yogyakarta-based shadow pop band. He was also featured in the first JHF Poetry Battle album. He was a visiting scholar at the Performance Studies Department at New York University and a fellow of the Asian Cultural Council in 2011. center stage Diplomacy doesn’t just happen in conference rooms or at embassies. It can burst out in classrooms and studios, on town greens and beside historic landmarks, in coffee shops and arts centers, moving from person to person, between artist and arts lover. From June–December 2012, 10 different contemporary performing arts ensembles from Haiti, Indonesia and Pakistan are making independent month-long tours in the U.S. as part of Center Stage. Residencies include performances, workshops, discussions, peopleto-people exchanges and community gatherings. This public-private partnership is the largest public diplomacy effort to bring foreign artists to American stages in recent history. Keep up with Center Stage and find additional information about Papermoon Puppet Theatre at www.CenterStageUS.org, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CenterStagePage) and Twitter (@centerstage). Special thanks to Rachel Cooper and Asia Society. question & answer Session moderators: Henry Spiller, chair, Department of Music, UC Davis, is an ethnomusicologist whose research focuses on Sundanese music and dance from West Java, Indonesia. Katherine In-Young Lee, assistant professor, Ethnomusicology, joined the UC Davis Department of Music faculty in July 2012. Sarah Geller is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology. She teaches African American Music at UC Davis and is currently writing her dissertation on hip-hop in America. Indulge Fine iTALiAn CUiSine 2657 PorTAge BAy eAST, DAviS CA 95616 (530) 758-1324 oSTeriAFASULo.Com Free PArKing FASTeST & eASieST WAy To THe monDAvi CenTer MondaviArts.org | 49
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