Carving In Time
(Posted Feb 2, 09:59 AM)
Between 1994 and 1995, I travelled to Tanimbar to undertake research into local traditions of sculpture. This research was funded by a Newcastle University Bartlett Travel scholarship and undertaken in conjunction with Pattimura University, Ambon and LIPI, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
The following is an online version of the report I wrote for the sponsors of this project. It is very minimally edited and remains very close to the original version. If would like to ask me any more about the work I undertook in Tanimbar, you can contact me.
(The following links are not yet all operational, but should be by the end of February 2006)
- Introduction
- Implementation
- A History of Tanimbarese Art
- Images and Power
- The Sculptor and Society
- Time, Art and History
- Tradition and Modernity
- The Construction of Time I: The Jaman Purba
- The Construction of Time II: The Jaman Pertengahan
- The Construction of Time III: The Jaman Moderen
- Conclusion: Art and Change in Tanimbar
- Appendix: Selling History – New Patterns in Tanimbarese Art