Komunitas Utan Kayu, Jakarta, Indonesia

Komunitas Utan Kayu started as a small arts centre in Jakarta, Indonesia which was founded by a group of intellectuals and artists. The project director Ayu Utami was a Prince Claus Award laureate in the year 2000.

The centre promotes freedom of thought and encourages artistic vision and creativeness, as inextricably linked processes. Komunitas Utan Kayu organises the Utan Kayu Literary Festival every two years as well as a variety of festivals and activities with its national, regional and international networks.

Komunitas Utan Kayu operates in a newly democratic Indonesia where freedom of thought has not been fully accepted. Therefore, its political concerns involve combating narrow-mindedness along with its mission to promote quality in the arts. However, even with the changing political landscape it has detected a level of intolerance amongst civil groups that prevents the development of free thought. Most of the recent cases of intolerance are based on the manipulation of religious identity.

Period

Komunitas Utan Kayu, Network Partner from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2007. They receive 163,746 Euros for a period of three years.

Website

Komunitas Utan Kayu

Komunitas Utan Kayu

Kalam, part of Utan Kayu

Network Partnerships

The Prince Claus Fund has an extensive international network of individuals and organisations. With a select number of organisations that are active in various cultural fields around the world, the Fund has forged formal long term agreements to work together.

Each year two network partners are chosen by the Prince Claus Fund. The selection is made by the Prince Claus Fund and its international board of advisors. No open applications are accepted for this programme.
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