Artisans Beats

[Antenor Ketkaew]

AtINOX Artisans, we embrace craft, contemporaneity, and accessibility. Our business is a force for good, nurturing Indian handicraft communities. Our vision is against the mundane churn of mass production. We're shaping a tomorrow that reveres artisans - crafting distinct wonders by hand. A future granting artisans opportunities - educating kin, ensuring wellness, and just rewards for timeless artistry.

Son has a small but steady flow of business from Kakaako thanks to Miwa Yamamuro, the principal of the interior design firm Muro Designs. Yamamuro has built a thriving business designing interiors of the new luxury condos sprouting up in Kakaako and Ala Moana. And artisans like Son, as well as local artists, are part of the equation.

As of December, Howard Hughes Corp., a Dallas-based real estate investment trust, had either opened or was constructing 2,129 condominiums in its master-planned Ward Village project encompassing the east end of the neighborhood. That does not count properties developed at the west end and in neighborhoods on land owned by Kamehameha Schools.

Connections are made largely by interior designers, who know condo buyers through real estate agents. A case in point is Maura Fujihira, co-founder of fishcake, an art gallery and furnishings shop, and an affiliated interior design company.

Join the festivities at this multicultural event that celebrates Latin American culture and traditions through art, food, folklore dances, zumba, live music, artisans, and exhibitors showcasing the wealth of each participating country! 2024 marks the 5th annual LarExpo, a fun, free, family-friendly celebration for all ages.

Reinvigorating three city blocks, the Bhangra and Beats Night Market returns to create a lively cultural hub and marketplace. Running from 5 pm to 10 pm over four Fridays, attendees can dive into an electrifying experience, blending the lively rhythms of South Asian Bhangra music by the Non Stop Bhangra collective with a rich tapestry of popular Bay Area music genres showcased across two stages: The Bhangra and Beats Stage and the World Music Stage.

Attendees can indulge in delectable street food, sip on refreshing cocktails, and explore over 30 unique local artisans and retailers offering rare Indian goods, San Francisco-made jewelry, apparel, personal care products, and art.

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People who make things are poised to benefit from the continued rise of big data. As algorithms and the data scientists that bring them to life become more abundant, we will crave and value more physical goods and experiences from new creative minds that can deliver them.

I expect a return of craftsmanship at all levels and a stronger pivot towards all things creative. Think of more storytelling, powerful visual narratives, artistry in design and craft. This creates new opportunities for brands to build a premium experience around how things get made.

Italian comfort luxury icon Brunello Cucinelli, fully cognizant of the premium power of craftsmanship, along with the limited supply of artisans, has opened a school of craftsmanship, to nurture and usher the next generation of makers for this lifestyle brand.

Making things is the future. We see nutritional innovation and creative fodder in tickling the brain through the hands. Expect more activities at both the amateur (a la current coloring book fad, painting, pottery) and professional level around the arts, crafts and design.

Stemming from this craving of physicality, I also expect a smarter and happier deployment of a physical lens to address multiple types of challenges and opportunities, from product design to experiences that elevate key life spaces such as education, work, play, etc. Physically shaping prototypes for products and experiences will bring forth a higher level of empathy and connectivity, key ingredients to build ultimate product relevancy.

For Malukan artists Presiden Tidore (a.k.a. Bams Comoras) and Muhammed Gillang, who recently visited ANU and enthralled audiences with a unique concert on campus, Hip Hop is their spirituality. When the world talks about Hip Hop, it is often associated with the West, but it has made significant inroads in Eastern Indonesia since the 1990s.

The arts are very strongly evident in Malukan culture, as well as across Eastern Indonesia. Music and dance are strongly rooted in the history, culture and traditions of its people. Artists share the stories of their ancestors through music and dance forms, and in doing so, deploy these art forms as vehicles of expression, truth telling and carrying forward their family legacies.

Hip Hop itself is close to the traditional beats and culture of Eastern Indonesia. Using costume, language and earthy beats close to the soul of their land, both Presiden and Gillang are devoted to educating audiences about cultural identity, resistance to oppression and colonisation, and respect.

Hailing from Ternate Island, Muhammed Gillang began his soulful relationship with dance and music at an early age. As he comes from a family of dancers, expression through art has been his way of life since childhood. Educationally speaking, Gillang earned a degree in Forestry, so he often amusedly comments that his passion and his skillsets are unconnected. He also worked for four years as a professional barista.

As a high school student, Gillang had already heard about Presiden as Bams Conoras, so when the two met at a community centre for musicians called Music Corner, they hit it off instantly. Today, they are partners in their mission to Hip Hop their messages to the world.

Equally, Hip Hop for Presiden has been a process of self-improvement. His exposure to the style has helped him elevate his communication skills, as well as change his world view on exploring new things and skill building.

It was while working on an article about Indonesian new collectives that Indonesia Studies academic Elly Kent met Presiden Tidore. And the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks to this collaboration, Australia is now privileged to experience North Maluku at its doorstep. As part of her work and her passion, Elly has partnered with Presiden and his crew, as well as a several local artisans and craftspeople, to showcase the culture of North Maluku and contemporary Indonesian art. Presiden and Gillang not only performed at the ANU School of Culture, History & Language; they also played for young crowds at Melrose High School in Canberra recently.

On Tradition, on till 29 June 2024 in Sydney, is an exhibition presenting artists whose contemporary practices draw on traditional stories, materials, methods and mediums for critical inspiration, and as sites for addressing the fundamental social and ecological issues of our time.

The ultimate dream? The two are making a B-line for the big stage. Their goal is to bring their messages on the global platform and spread knowledge, empower people to defend themselves, and contribute towards the eventual goal of equality between Eastern Indonesia and Java.

So, when the stage is set, the spotlight shines down, and the beatboxing begins, it is time to share the collective voice and vibe of a culture, a way of life, and a thriving, self-resilient community.

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