Call and Response: Archive and Counterarchive. Dark background with alt-text in light blue font: sound of an enthusiastic convo in signed and spoken languages discussing the future of archive and collective reimagination. 26 Mar 2026
13:30 - 15:00
Call and Response: Archive and Counterarchive
On 26 March 2026, Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence Jay Afriando organises a presentation and panel discussion on the impact of Dutch colonialism on disabled/difable people in Indonesia together with in-progress archival research.
Indonesian text below
This presentation and panel discussion explores governmental-societal perceptions of disability in Indonesia from pre-independence to the present. The project aims to raise awareness of the need for concrete actions to create a just, inclusive and accessible environment for disabled/difable people in Indonesia. Disability/difability is often overlooked as part of human diversity, and the role of colonialism in creating ableist architectures through psycho-physical and structural violence, war and genocide is hardly seen.
As part of this research, the collaborators from Bawayang Production, Teater Braille, and SAPDA will artistically respond to the KITLV archive and counterarchive it with current data on disability/difability in Indonesia and the communities’ archiving practices rooted in their lived experiences and knowledge. It will be presented as a exhibition in summer 2026.
This public programme features a presentation and panel discussion from Jay Afrisando, Rini Rindawati (SAPDA – Centre for Advocacy of Women, Disabled and Children), Arief Wicaksono (Bawayang Production – Yogyakarta-based Deaf artist collective), and Yuda Wirajaya (Teater Braille – Yogyakarta-based blind theater artist collective), as part of Afrisando’s Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed residency.
Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 13:30 – 15:00 CET / 19:30 – 21:00 WIB
Programme
13:30 – 13:35 Welcome from Framer Framed
13:35 – 13:45 Presentation by Jay Afrisando
13:45 – 14:05 Panel Discussion
14:05 – 14:55 Q&A
14:55 – 15:00 Closing Remarks
Accessibility
The event will be held in spoken English, spoken Indonesian and Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO).
Spoken English-Indonesian Interpreter, Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) Interpreter, Dutch Sign Language Interpreter and International Sign Language Interpreter will be provided.
This event will be held in person at Framer Framed and online. A link to the online broadcast will be published here in advance.
Profiles
Jay Afrisando
Jay Afrisando is a neurodivergent composer and multimedia artist who works on aural diversity (diversity of hearing-listening), disability, accessibility, and decolonizing the arts through multisensory and antidisciplinary practice. He is currently the Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence 2025-26 and an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Rini Rindawati
Woman with Physical Disability. Crutches User. Breast Cancer Survivor. She graduated from the Faculty of Law UGM and Continuing Legal Education for Advocats UII. She has worked as a staff member at SAPDA (Centre for Advocacy of Women, Disabled, and Children – a national NGO in Yogyakarta) since 2014 to the present. Aside from providing advocacy in violence cases against women with disabilities, she is also actively involved in advocating for accessibility in courts of law, reproductive health, and sexual rights.
Arief Wicaksono
Arief Wicaksono is a profoundly Deaf person who has joined the Deaf Art Community since 2005. He has been an active member of the Bawayang Production community and has collaborated at prominent events, including Pekan Budaya Difabel (Difabled Cultures Week, 2020-present), Yogyakarta Deaf Artists Exhibition, ArtJog Service Center 2022, and LoveArtJog 2023–25.
Yuda Wirajaya
Barokah, professionally known as Yuda Wirajaya, is a man with total visual disability. He is a staff member of Pecinta Sandiwara Radio (PSR, Radio Drama Lover) community, founder of Teater Braille, and a public relations staff member for the SAT Adhirajasa community. Yuda is a student at ISI Yogyakarta and the first and only student with visual disability in Indonesia who is pursuing Theater Study and Performing Arts. He has won national and international competitions, and some of his poems and short stories have been published in the media. He also writes drama scripts for Teater Braille. His script titled “Menanti”, a theater performance in the dark that invites the audience to enter the world of blind people, was performed at Pekan Budaya Difabel (Difabled Cultures Week) in December 2025.
Acara ini menghadirkan presentasi dan diskusi panel bersama Jay Afrisando, Rini Rindawati (SAPDA—Sentra Advokasi Perempuan, Difabel, dan Anak), Arief Wicaksono (Bawayang Production—kolektif seniman Tuli di Yogyakarta), dan Yuda Wirajaya (Teater Braille—kolektif seniman teater netra di Yogyakarta). Acara ini adalah bagian dari program Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence 2025-26 yang dijalani oleh Jay Afrisando.
Presentasi dan diskusi panel ini membahas riset arsip yang sedang dilakukan Jay Afrisando yang menginvestigasi dampak kolonialisme Belanda terhadap persepsi masyarakat dan pemerintah terhadap difabel di Indonesia sejak era penjajahan hingga saat ini. Riset ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran terhadap kebutuhan akan aksi konkret untuk menciptakan keadilan, inklusi, dan lingkungan yang aksesibel untuk difabel di Indonesia. Difabilitas seringkali diabaikan dalam diskursus keragaman, dan efek kolonialisme dalam menciptakan arsitektur kehidupan yang ableis melalui kekerasan psikologis, fisik, dan struktural, perang, dan genosida belum banyak dibahas.
Sebagai bagian dari riset ini, kolaborator dari Bawayang Production, Teater Braille, dan SAPDA akan merespon arsip-arsip di KITLV secara artistik dan melakukan kontraarsip dengan menggunakan data faktual terkait difabilitas di Indonesia serta pengetahuan dan pengalaman hidup komunitas difabel di Indonesia. Hasil dari kolaborasi ini akan dipresentasikan kepada publik melalui pameran-pameran di musim panas 2026 nanti.
Acara ini akan berlangsung dalam Bahasa Inggris lisan, Bahasa Indonesia lisan, dan Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BISINDO).
Interpreter Bahasa Inggris-Bahasa Indonesia lisan, Intepreter Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BISINDO), Interpreter Bahasa Isyarat Belanda, dan Interpreter Bahasa Isyarat International akan disediakan.
Acara ini akan diselenggarakan secara tatap muka di Framer Framed dan daring/online.
Jay Afrisando
Jay Afrisando adalah komposer dan seniman multimedia neurodivergent yang bergerak di aural diversity (keragaman pendengaran), disabilitas, aksesibilitas, dan dekolonisasi seni melalui pendekatan multisensori dan antidisiplin. Saat ini, Jay merupakan Seniman Residen KITLV-Framer Framed 2025-26 dan Assistant Professor of Music, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Rini Rindawati
Perempuan Disabilitas Fisik, pengguna Kruk, Survivor Cancer Mamae. Menamatkan Pendidikan di Fakultas Hukum UGM dan Pendidikan Khusus Profesi Advokat di UII. Saat ini adalah staf SAPDA (sebuah NGO Nasional yang ada di Yogyakarta) sejak 2014 sampai sekarang. Selain menangani kasus kekerasan pada perempuan penyandang disabilitas, aktif dalam advokasi tentang aksesibilitas di pengadilan, dan hak kesehatan reproduksi dan seksual.
Arief Wicaksono
Arief Wicaksono adalah seorang Tuli sejak lahir yang sudah aktif bergabung dengan komunitas Deaf Art Community sejak tahun 2005. Arief aktif dalam komunitas Bawayang Production, berkolaborasi dalam program event besar seperti Pekan Budaya Difabel (2020–sekarang), Pameran Tuli seniman Jogja, Pusat Layanan ArtJog 2022, dan LoveArtJog 2023–2025.
Yuda Wirajaya
yang juga pengurus komunitas Pecinta Sandiwara Radio (PSR) dan founder komunitas Teater Braille, dan staf humas komunitas SAT Adhirajasa. Yuda adalah mahasiswa aktif ISI Yogyakarta dan penyandang difabel netra pertama dan satu-satunya di Indonesia yang menempuh studi Teater dan Seni Pertunjukan. Yuda telah banyak menorehkan prestasi dalam perlombaan tingkat nasional dan internasional, dan sejumlah puisi dan cerpen karyanya telah banyak diterbitkan di media masa. Ia juga menulis naskah drama untuk Teater Braille. Naskahnya yang berjudul ‘Menanti’, sebuah pertunjukan dalam kegelapan yang mengajak penonton untuk masuk ke dalam dunia netra, telah dipentaskan di Pekan Budaya Difabel pada Desember 2025 lalu.
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