- event type:WOMEX 24 Film Screening
- date:25 Oct 2024
- time:15:45 - 16:45
- city/area:Manchester
- venue:Film Room, Manchester Central
- country:United Kingdom
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
Directed by Arief Budiman, Bonny Lanny, Harun Rumbarar
Duration 40’ | Indonesian with English subtitles
Through an encounter between modern technology and the rituals of the people in the central mountainous region of West Papua, several young people transformed Wisisi and Pesek into a popular electronic music offering with a rocking Aster shuffle. From self-distribution mode such as Bluetooth transfer, to YouTube algorithm recommendations, Wisisi is now contemporary music that is loved in West Papua and beyond.
Arief Budiman is an artist and filmmaker whose artistic practice has been closely related to the internet, archives, and collective memory. Harun Rumbarar is a media activist who creates documentary films and serves as the chairman of Papuan Voices. Bonny Lanny is a filmmaker and musician who is part of the Papuan Voices filmmaking community.
Production Country, Year Indonesia, 2023
Produced by Wok The Rock
Co-produced by Arief Budiman
Executive Producers Sharjah Art Foundation, Project Multatuli
Associate Producers Papuan Voices
Director of Photography Arief Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Sonny Wamu
Sound Arief Budiman, Bonny Lanny
Music Asep Nayak, Nikolas Nayak
Editors Arief Budiman, Bernard Koten
Distributed by Yes No Wave Music
