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JOGJA INTERNATIONAL BATIK BIENNALLE 2016

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BATIK TRADITION FOR INNOVATIONS,
Royal Ambarukmo Hotel, October 13, 2016
(as of 7/9/2016)

Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker:

Mr. Manu Jayaatmaja Widyaseputra, Lecturer and

Filolog, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia) presents
The History and Outstanding of Yogyakarta Batik
Tradition
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Moderator:
DR. Laretna T. Adishakti, Lecturer, Universitas Gadjah
Mada (Indonesia)
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Laretna T Adishakti (Yogyakarta, 19 October 1958) is a
Lecturer and Coordinator of the Center for Heritage
Conservation, Department of Architecture & Planning,
Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada in
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Laretna received her Doctorate
in Engineering from Kyoto University (1997) while her
Master of Architecture degree is from the University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA (1988). Currently, Sita, her
nickname, facilitates as Co-founder and Presidium,
Indonesian
Heritage
Trust;
Board
of
Expert,
Sekarjagad Batik Society, and Co-founder of the
Jogja Heritage Society. She is a Facilitator for the
International Field School on Asian Heritage,
Indonesian Heritage Cities Program, and also the
International Field School on Borobudur Heritage
Saujana. She is also Director, Natural Indigo Batik
Research and Design, Galeri Batik Jawa Indigo Co., Ltd.
She is a Member of ICOMOS Indonesia; the Asian
Academy for Heritage Management UNESCO-ICCROM;
the KERUPUK/Komunitas Peduli Ruang Publik Jogja
(Community of Jogja Public Space); and the Eisenhower
Fellowship. Sita, who is also a painter and flower
arranger, was selected as Eisenhower Fellow in USA
(2002), served as Selection Committee for Rolex Award

for Enterprises in Geneva, Switzerland (2006), received

Nikkei Asia Prizes 2009 for Culture, in Tokyo, Japan, and
Practical Award 2015 from Association of Rural
Planning, Tokyo, Japan.
Session 1: Global Innovation of Batik
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Ida Rochani Adi, Professor, Universitas
Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
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Panelists:
Mdm. GKBRAy Paku Alam X, Vice President,
Yogyakarta Regional Crafts Council (Indonesia)
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Mr. Edric Ong, Senior Vice President of World Crafts

Council Asia Pacific Region & Vice President of World
Crafts Council South East Asia Sub-region (Malaysia}
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Mdm. Annegret Haake, Batik Expert and Writer

(Germany)
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIFFERENT

TYPES OF ART IN MY ART
Mdm. Tatyana Agababaeva
Batik Artist (Azerbaijan)
For my batiks I choose, basically, our Azerbaijani silk,
which is at least two thousand years old. Ancient
Azerbaijan people gave to the silk a preference for
women head-scarves kelagai. I will tell you about
the manufacturing of silk kelagai in the village of
Basqal, and I will introduce to some of my art works
in

which

I used the techniques

of watercolor

techniques, prints, poster, easel painting and also

shibori, monotype on water, free painting and
airbrushing.

Some of Mdm Tatyana art works

CV Tatyana Agababaeva
Tatyana was born in a family of artists in 1953 year in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.
She studied painting on canvas in the Art school named A. Azimzade in Baku.
After graduating, in 1982 from the Art and Industry Academy in Saint
Petersburg her art work is inextricably linked to batik. She is a member of the
Union of Artists of Azerbaijan and USSR, 1991 present. and has participated
in All-Union, International and National exhibitions and symposiums, 1976

present. In 2004, she was the winner of the Republican contest "Azerbaijan
today", organized by the company Unocal Khazar and Baku Center of Art in
the category of "Batik". In 2009, Mdm. Tatyana was

the Speaker and in

2011, the participant of Kuala Lumpur International Batik (KLIB) Convention

& Exhibition (Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia). In 2011 she was the Curator and the
exhibition participant in Week of Batik in Baku. In 2014 she lead the
Master-class and batik exhibition in the Village of Azerbaijan in the Place
Saint Sulpice in Paris. Many of her batiks are in museums and private
collections in Azerbaijan and foreign countries.
Session 2: TALK SHOW the Current Issues on Batik Innovations.
Moderator:
Retno Murti, Fashion Writer (Indonesia)
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Resource Persons
Prof. DR. Rahadi Ramelan, Former Minister of Trade
(Indonesia)
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Mr. Triawan Munaf, Head, Creative Economy Board,

Indonesia (proposed)
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DR. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, President, World Craft

Council-Asia Pacific Regional (Kuwait)
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Mdm.

Surapee

Rojanavongse,

Former

President,

World Craft Council-Asia Pacific Regional (Thailand)

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DR. Min-Chin Chiang, Associate Professor, Center of

Traditional Arts, Graduate Institute of Architecture and
Culture Heritage, Taipei National University of the Arts
(Taiwan)
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