Nonfrasa presents Riar Rizaldi’s participation in Crash, Crush, a group exhibition at Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing. As part of the exhibition, Riar Rizaldi presents Larung (2024), a 5-minute song and music video composed in collaboration with Wahono and Stella Gareth.
Moving fluidly between documentary, horror, and science fiction, the film explores the volatile human-nature dynamics on Mount Merapi. Forged through collective filmmaking where the factual, scientific, and magical intertwine, the narrative tracks a mystic defying paramilitary violence, a volcanologist predicting a cataclysm, and a sand miner confronting an extraction economy. The presentation showcases a three-channel video fragment and process archives.
In the late 1920s, researchers and collectors captured Bali's ceremonies, rituals, gamelan orchestras, and everyday life. They pressed recordings into shellac and stored it all in archives abroad. For decades, this material remained largely inaccessible to the island it belonged to. Arsip Bali 1928 has spent years repatriating it from collections across Europe and the US, restoring it, and returning it home.
Bali 1928: Live Score Cinema resurfaces that footage every month through the end of 2026 — rare archival film with a live score and live narration, each edition a meeting of past and present.
This 17 August, Sore Sore transforms into a special Pasar Rakyat edition at Titik Dua Ubud, bringing you all the joy of a traditional pesta rakyat, with everyone berkain to celebrate in style!
Savour local favorites like bakso, ketoprak, klepon, and sweet treats, wander through stalls of blooms, fragrances, and self-care goodies, and relive the nostalgia of lomba 17-an games from joget balon to marble-on-spoon challenges, all with a chance to win exciting prizes from BAGASI!
Nonfrasa is delighted to present Megorot, a solo exhibition by Todd McMillan. This three-channel moving image installation—developed in collaboration with cinematographer Wayan Martino, sound artist Putu Septa and artist & kites practicioner Kadek Armika—combines 16mm film, video, and original sound to explore the spiritual and existential dimensions of kite-flying in Bali.
This month’s Klymax Movie Night brings together four captivating films celebrating Bali’s rich heritage. PAHIT MANIS, Night Forest blends animation and archival art to show how Balinese storytelling can inspire care for the environment. Solahang: Balinese Dance Through Archival Lenses reveals rare 1930s footage of dance and music, offering a fascinating glimpse into Bali’s artistic past. Bali Tryptic: Between the Mountain and the Sea explores Balinese beliefs and history, tracing how ancient rituals and colonial encounters shaped the island’s identity. Miracle of Bali: The Midday Sun, narrated by David Attenborough, immerses you in 1960s village life with mesmerising gamelan, Legong dance, and the artistic legacy of Walter Spies. Together, these films invite you to experience the timeless spirit and cultural depth of Bali.
Ten artists spent weeks shooting, developing, and printing their photos by hand, using traditional darkroom methods.
Film, light, chemistry, and creativity.
This May Day season, Masa Masa and Sinema Akar Rumput are joining forces to reclaim the screen. Together, they will present films that share the stories and memories of workers.
In collaboration with Desa Potato Head, NOWNESS ASIA is proud to present ‘Regeneration’, a film series showing every Wednesday in May.
This curated screening features archival NOWNESS ASIA pieces and exclusive premieres such as Natasha Tontey @krazykosmickid’s ‘Garden Amidst The Flames’, and Riar Rizaldi @riarrr’s ‘Mirage: Eigenstate’. The program will spotlight artist-led films and striking narratives alongside experimental visual works, each exploring themes of life, growth, change, connectivity, and identity.
The 1950s in Indonesia served as the backdrop for Turang, a beautiful film that holds a significant place as an early example of cinema engaging with the legacy of colonialism. This landmark film emerged from the vision of Bachtiar Siagian, a leftist director, writer, and thinker deeply committed to fighting against imperialist and colonial cultural narratives through his art. Unfortunately, the subsequent anti-communist violence during the New Order authoritarian regime resulted in the tragic loss of many of his important cinematic works.
