Rupa Kata is an exhibition in two realms; just like the word's meaning, Rupa means 'form' and Kata means 'word'. In this project, the works on display result from interpretation of poetry in the Kaleidoscope anthology, 100 Poems of Choice by Dr. Acep Iwan Saidi, S.S., M.Hum. / AIS (2021). AIS is an Indonesian poet and lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Design ITB and Chairman of the FAD ITB Cultural Studies Forum.

"The message we want to send is about global friendship. We are experiencing a global friendship crisis in industry and markets. With collaboration and choice of rhymes delivered, hopefully, we find the art of being a cure for humanity," said AIS to PUBLIC RELATIONS ITB, Friday (12/17/2021).
AIS said the reason for choosing the mall is that many people pass by. So it is expected that visitors can be caught and see the art posters displayed. "Through art that wants to be interpreted and liked. I'm sure we are brothers because something connects us, which is taste, and and one that gathers taste is art," he said.

The Rupa Kata Kaleidoskop is the first international exhibition in Indonesia's history of literature, art, and design, unlike several previous exhibitions that only involve local artists and only transfer prose (short stories, novels) to works of form arts, not from poetry. In addition, he also wants to talk about the dryness of imagination.

Through the exhibition, AIS also wants to convey the dryness of imagination because we measure everything a lot by numbers until imagination becomes the umpteenth part of the mind. Imagination is in deficit. "We are now entering the third orality motivated by the digital world. Art can actually be a damper for it, holding some people from reflecting and imagining," he said.

Drawn into the broader academic sphere, it is a transdisciplinary exhibition, i.e., between literature, art, and design. There is an integration of the work process between writers, artists, and designers (some of the participants were architects and photographers). Transdisciplinary is a trend in contemporary knowledge discourse discussed in various international forums in the past decade.

Meanwhile, 60 artists from 18 countries who participated in the poster exhibition included Hungary, Mexico, Indonesia, Switzerland, America, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Iran, Iraq, Ecuador, China, Cyprus, Malaysia, Turkey, Italy, Israel, and Egypt. The exhibition will run until 22 February 2022. Are you interested in visiting?

Reporter: Adi Permana
Translator: Aghisna Syifa Rahmani