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Arahaimani
Main Prize - 2009
Make-up or Break-up, 2006 - 2009
Artform: Performance Art
Javanese writer and poet, Arahmaiani, uses her artwork to highlight the diversity of Islamic cultures and the world stereotypes of her faith. She says, “When we speak about the Islamic world, it can be misleading if we don’t put it in context. Javanese Islam is quite different from Malaysia, Afghan or Arab Islam, in fact, it’s mixed with Animism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Islamic ways are not the same everywhere.” She believes an alternative image of Islam is needed due to today’s negative stereotypes.
Main Prize - 2009
Make-up or Break-up, 2006 - 2009
Artform: Performance Art
Javanese writer and poet, Arahmaiani, uses her artwork to highlight the diversity of Islamic cultures and the world stereotypes of her faith. She says, “When we speak about the Islamic world, it can be misleading if we don’t put it in context. Javanese Islam is quite different from Malaysia, Afghan or Arab Islam, in fact, it’s mixed with Animism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Islamic ways are not the same everywhere.” She believes an alternative image of Islam is needed due to today’s negative stereotypes.
This work has toured the world showing in Indonesia, China, German, Japan and Australia. Through this piece, as well as other accompanying public performances, this young artist aims to bring people of different cultural and social backgrounds together to see each other’s view-point. Arahmaiani wants her art to trigger the use of creative solutions to solve problems. “My art is participative and active so involving everyone who sees it and joins it in building a foundation for a more open, democratic, equal and tolerant society.”
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