ARKIPEL

Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival

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Landscape of Extractive Zone

Wimo Ambala Bayang

2025, Indonesia

27 min, Stereo, HD, Color, No Dialog

Sinopsis / Synopsis

Film ini menelusuri lanskap-lanskap Sidoarjo, Pegunungan Kendeng, dan Wadas sebagai ruang-ruang yang mengalami eksploitasi sumber daya. Melalui rekaman baru dan temuan visual vernakular, film ini menampilkan bunyi sebagai penanda luka ekologis dan perlawanan sunyi. Bunyi lumpur, mesin, dan peledakan tanah membentuk narasi tentang kehilangan dan pertanyaan atas kemajuan.

This film traces the landscapes of Sidoarjo, the Kendeng Mountains, and Wadas as territories subjected to resource extraction. Through newly shot footage and vernacular visual findings, the film presents sound as a marker of ecological wounds and silent resistance. The sounds of mud, machinery, and land explosions compose a narrative of loss and a questioning of progress.

Director’s Biography / Biografi Sutradara

Wimo Ambala Bayang (b. 1976) is a Yogyakarta-based interdisciplinary artist and curator. Working across photography, video, text, and performance, he unveils hidden perspectives in the everyday. A co-founder of Ruang MES 56, he has engaged in international projects and won acclaim for his documentary The Enigma of HeDonism (2021) at the Festival Film Dokumenter.

Wimo Ambala Bayang (b. 1976) is a Yogyakarta-based interdisciplinary artist and curator. Working across photography, video, text, and performance, he unveils hidden perspectives in the everyday. A co-founder of Ruang MES 56, he has engaged in international projects and won acclaim for his documentary The Enigma of HeDonism (2021) at the Festival Film Dokumenter.


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