A BUSY AUGUST : PART 13

FASHION SHOW FROM USED MATERIAL

August 26...

After the opening ceremony, the fashion show event was started.

There were 43 participants in this event, mostly high school students. 

This fashion show was held on the country road surrounded by rice field.

On the open area, and fairly hot day.

But all looked interested and enjoyed.

Look how beautiful their dresses...

This dress was made from plastic bag and cover paper.

This dress was made from plastic bottle.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

This dress was made from plastic bag, bottle cap and newspaper.

This dress was made from umbrella, plastic straw and plastic bag.

This dress was made from plastic bag and newspaper.

This dress was made from CD and newspaper.

This dress was made from fiber sack, plastic bag, snack sack and kitchen equipment made of bamboo.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

This dress was made from fiber sack, plastic bag and kitchen equipment made of bamboo.
And the crown was made from newspaper.

This dress was made from plastic bag, bottle cap and newspaper.

This dress was made from fiber sack, plastic bag and kitchen equipment made of bamboo.
And the crown was made from newspaper.

This dress was made from plastic bag, bottle cap and newspaper.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

This dress was made from plastic bag.

A BUSY AUGUST : PART 10

ONE DAY BEFORE FESTIVAL

Last coordination with the rafting and tubing communities for cleaning the river event.

Setting up the tent and finishing the rice straw installation.

Still had lots of works to be done, but lots of visitors in this area.

A great sunset on the main gate.
A pair of huge basket.
Picture was taken by a volunteer.

A late afternoon on the main gate, a day before the festival.

We worked over the night.
My son played on an installation while waiting for me.

Finishing touch late of night... 

Hoping we find the great morning next...

A WEEK FOR OUR RIVERS : PART 3

ART WORKs FROM RIVER SIDE
We can find two art works that made from wooden board, bamboo and aren fruits (Arenga pinnata).
Aren is a kind of palm that grown naturally on the river side.
Bamboo and aren are main plants that grow and support river ecosystem.

The first one is a 'mountain' that made from wooden boxes and aren fruits.
And there are some 'peoples' that work on that mountain.
The people made of dried grass.
I'm not sure what it means, I'm not an art curator...

I'm so sorry, I don't have any night shots.
The night situation is more dramatic.
The boxes that filled by aren fruits is also filled by lamps too.
The lighting effect is awesome.

The second art work is the bamboo wall with hanged aren fruits (Arenga pinnata).

There some holes there, these holes became  great frame for the visitor to take some pictures.

Simple lighting becomes a dramatic effect in the night.

There are four wooden boxes that full of aren fruits under the hanged aren fruits.

Just three kind of material...

Above the wall, there's a simple sentence that written on the Javanese script 'Ambanyu mili' means flows like as water.

Maybe, the bunches of the hanged aren fruit describe the water's flow.
And the boxes are 'ponds' that 'load the water'

These are the aren fruits closer...

Again, I'm not sure what it means.
Whatever it mean,  I'm really interested to this wall.
So beautiful...

A WEEK FOR OUR RIVERS : PART 2

MAIN GATE
This main gate is made from webbed bamboo.
It's located near the road.
These are view from the road.

Please, ignore the shade of me...

A couple of carrier baskets as a mobile stall for 'dawet' seller.

Dawet is a traditional drink from our town that made from Arenga pinata starch, coconut milk, and palm sugar.

These are picture from the parking area, or the back side.

The night view is more interesting.

The lighting makes a great effect.

And there are several 'statues' that made from grasses 'alang-alang' (Imperata cylindrica) behind this gate.
We can see that from the parking area.
It must be there's a story here.

There are two groups of statue here, both of right and left side.

What a shame, I don't know whom is the artist that design this gate.
I think it's a great art work.

From simple materials become a great art work, so interesting...
Let's check it up.