Waktu Batu. Rumah yang Terbakar

Garasi Performance Institute
2 & 3 July 2023 | 8 PM | JNM Bloc, Jogja National Museum


It is an intermediality performance (theater x video game x cinematography) about ecological grief; a deep sadness triggered by environmental damage and climate change, as well as layers of other interrelated problems.

Waktu Batu. Rumah yang Terbakar (WBRyT) is the latest version of the long project of Waktu Batu, which started in 2001, and during 2002-2006 spawned several versions of the performance e staged in several cities in Indonesia, Singapore, Tokyo, and Berlin.
As a narrative, WBRyT, while re-reading the performance text written by Gunawan Maryanto, Andre Nur Latif, and Ugoran Prasad, is worked on based on Javanese mythology and history, as well as its juxtaposition with transitional situations in contemporary Indonesian society which is full of stack, cultural collision, and natural damage.

Directed by Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, with Ugoran Prasad as its writer and dramaturg, this time the 4th version of Waktu Batu collaborates with interdisciplinary artists (Majelis Lidah Berduri, Mella Jaarsma, Deden Bulqini, Tomy Herseta, Foresters Guerrilla, A. Semali, Y -Dra, Retno Ratih Damayanti) and cross-generational performers (Ari Dwiyanto, Erythrina Baskoro, Arsita Iswardhani, Tomomi Yokosuka, Enji Sekar, Wijil Rachmadhani, Putu Alit Panca Nugraha, Syamsul Arifin, Putri Lestari).