PESTA BONEKA : The First International Biennale Puppet Festival in Indonesia

Pesta Boneka is an international biennale puppet festival initiated and hosted by Papermoon Puppet Theatre since 2008 in Yogyakarta-Indonesia.

Papermoon Puppet Theatre has been well known as contemporary puppetry artists from Indonesiaa who present their works either in Indonesia, or in other countries.

Not only attended by puppetry artists, PESTA BONEKA has been a place where people could see how puppets could be messengers who deliver message in many different forms, , through many different cultures in many different ways.

For the audience, the warmth of the festival will welcome them more than any other festivals do, the intimacy will be the thing that they will love. And for the participants, PESTA BONEKA will definitely bring them a very different journey of experiencing the richness of culture, in an intimate way.

This year , for our 6th Biennale, we will have 28 performances from 16 countries.

PESTA BONEKA’s menu :

1.     Puppet Performances

The performances will be happen in 2 different places.

Two days of festival will be happen in a theatre – non 2018 we will collaborate with Indonesien French Institute, and the last day of festival will be happen in a village – we will collaborate with the community of Kepek Village.

 

2.     Workshops & Presentation

Each participant will be making workshop as the way to share the knowledge about puppetry in different practices.

  

3.     When Puppeteers Cook

Not just present their art, in PESTA BONEKA, all artists will get the chance to meet the communities outside their stage, through this cooking session.

This is Yogyakarta, the place where the arts blend with the communities.

4.     Art Installation and Puppet Film Screening

PESTA BONEKA (biennial puppetry festival- held by Papermoon Puppet Theatre)

• PESTA BONEKA #1 (2008), participants : Carla Pedroza (Mexico), Carla Ori (Australia), Danielle Poidomani (Australia), Anne Sophie (France)
• PESTA BONEKA #2 (2010), participants : Wayang Beber (Solo- Indonesia), Wayang Kancil (Yogyakarta-Indonesia), Wayang HipHop (Yogyakarta-Indonesia), Automne 2085 (France), Sanggar Teater Boneka Indonesia (Yogyakarta-Indonesia), Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Yogyakarta-Indonesia)
• PESTA BONEKA #3 (2012), participants : Pak Raden, PM . Toh, Wayang Kancil, Wayang Hip Hop , Indieguerillas, Nasirun, Wayang Beber, Wayang Ukur Ki Sukasman (Indonesia), The String Theatre (UK), Angela Stempel (USA), Marianna Lis, Olga Salamon (Polandia)
• PESTA BONEKA #4 (2014), participants : ANINO Shadowplay (Phillipines), Jae Sirikarn Bunjongtad (Thailand), Bernd Odgrodnik (Iceland), Cake Industries (Australia), Polyglot Theatre (Australia), Tokyo Independent Collaboratory (japan), Belen Rubira (Spain), Tamas Kovacs (Hungary), GNAYAW Puppet (Mexico,  Spain, Indonesia), Anak Muda Bicara teater (Indonesia), Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Indonesia)
• PESTA BONEKA #5 (2016), participants : ANINO Shadowplay (Phillipines), For What Theatre (Thailand), Ting A Tong (Thailand), Babymime (Thailand),  Lemonys Puppet Theatre (Australia), Kohe Kawamura (japan), kana Ote (Japan), Flying Balloon Puppet (Indonesia), Frigg (Netherland), Anne Sophie Le Court-Aurelien Ottenwaelter (France), Tamara Shogaolu (USA), Ruth Marbun (Indonesia),  Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Indonesia), Wayang Sampah (Indonesia)