Meet the avant-garde of Indonesia's underground in this showcase of experimental music and video from Yes No Wave label, curated by Wok the Rock and Aki Onda.
Featuring sound-based artists Gabber Modus Operandi, Rani Jambak and J “Mo’ong” Santoso Pribadi, and video works by Natasha Tontey and Riar Rizaldi, this touring showcase is co-produced and -presented with Send + Receive Festival, Winnipeg; Music Gallery, Toronto; Debaser, Ottawa; Art in the Margins, Montréal; and Western Front, Vancouver between Oct 12 – 19, 2023, with the Ottawa performance on Monday, October 16.
The show will feature a screening at Artengine followed by musical performances in Club SAW. Food and beverages will be served. Tickets are on sale now.
Based in the Javanese cultural hub Yogyakarta, Yes No Wave Music is an online label and platform to nurture Indonesian artists and promote their activities internationally. Founded by Wok the Rock in 2007, the label is run with a DIY ethos to build a post-capitalist alternative to music industry norms. All music on the label is free to download, distribute, and even remix, reflecting the Indonesian social value of sharing communal resources, and the necessity for artists to develop their activities in spite of nominal government support and funding. In 2010, Wok and Timothy O’Donoghue initiated the monthly concert series Yes No Club traveling throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. He subsequently co-curated Nusasonic in 2018-2022. These efforts fostered the international success of artists such as Senyawa, Gabber Modus Operandi, Raja Kirik, and Asep Nayak.
Since moving to Yogyakarta to study graphic design as a teenager, Wok’s cultural activism has continued to grow over the past two decades. He co-founded art space Ruang MES 56, curated the Biennale Jogja XIII in 2015, and organized numerous community art projects. This informs his unique interdisciplinary practice of crossing boundaries of music and visual art.
Find out more and purchase tickets on Debaser’s Eventbrite page.
