Satan Jawa

Film director Garin Nugraha and composer Professor Rahayu Supanggah talk about Asiatopa and Satan Jawa, their venture with composer Iain Grandage, that synthesises film, gamelan music and symphonic music.

Satan Jawa mask jump - The Arts Centre Mlb Source: The Arts Centre Mlb collection

Why does the continual search for artistic innovation drive Garin Nugraha and Prof Rahayu Supanggah? What were the main technical challenges in presenting Satan Jawa? How hard was to collaborate across languages and across cultural traditions on such a huge production? Garin Nugraha and Prof Rahayu Supanggah talk about Satan Jawa, a performance to be presented at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on 24 February as part of Asiatopa 2017.