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ResonARTion: When Photography filmmakers, animators, educators and creative professionals, the exhibition reflects the increasingly
interdisciplinary nature of contemporary visual storytelling.
Becomes a Universal Language Since its establishment in 2009, Road to Creative Media has become a hallmark event for the

Faculty of Recorded Media Arts at ISI Yogyakarta. Every year it serves as a public presentation of the
By Harjanto Sumawan EFIAP/s ESFIAP educational achievements of the Photography, Television, Film and Animation programmes while
Co-director Pandeng FIAP Exhibition Centre, Indonesia simultaneously providing accountability to the wider community regarding the quality of artistic
education.

Rather than functioning as a
conventional student exhibition, it
offers a comprehensive overview of
For more than seven decades, FIAP the creative ecosystem within the
has promoted photography as a universal faculty. Students exhibit alongside
language capable of crossing borders, lecturers, established professionals
cultures and generations. Around the and invited guests, creating an
world, FIAP Exhibition Centres have become environment where emerging
places where this vision takes tangible form, artists can learn directly from
creating opportunities for photographers to
Exhibition Centres and celebrate visual creativity. One of the important educational philosophy: Exhibition Centres
experienced practitioners.
exchange ideas, discover new perspectives
reflects
model
an
This
newest examples of this mission can be
artistic development flourishes
found in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where the
when learning extends beyond the
FIAP Exhibition Centre at the Faculty of
Recorded Media Arts (FSMR), Indonesian
process; from concept development and production to presentation, audience engagement and
Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta, classroom. By exhibiting in a professional environment, students experience the complete artistic
continues to expand the dialogue between critical discussion.
photography and other forms of visual The title “ResonARTion” cleverly combines the words resonance and art, suggesting that
media. creative expression does not exist in isolation. Every photograph, film or animation has the potential
From 27 October to 3 November 2025, to inspire another artist, influence another culture or generate new collaborative ideas.
the FIAP Exhibition Centre at Pandeng In today’s interconnected world, collaboration has become one of the defining characteristics of
Gallery hosted the seventeenth edition visual communication. Digital technologies have enabled photographers to work with filmmakers,
of Road to Creative Media, an annual designers, musicians, programmers and artificial intelligence specialists, creating projects that would
exhibition that has grown into one of Indonesia’s most important academic showcases of recorded have been unimaginable only a decade ago.
media arts. Carrying the theme “ResonARTion: Resonance of Art and Collaboration”, this year’s
edition demonstrates how photography can inspire meaningful collaborations that extend far The exhibition embraces
beyond national borders. this reality by recognising that
media arts increasingly overlap.
The exhibition represents much Photography may become the
more than an annual presentation starting point for an animated
of student work. It is a meeting sequence. Documentary images
point where education, professional may evolve into multimedia
practice, artistic experimentation and installations. Still photographs
international friendship converge. By can be transformed into moving
bringing together photographers, narratives through digital
storytelling.

Rather than viewing these
Opening ceremony.
From left to right are Dr Edial Rusli, Dean of disciplines as separate entities,
the Recorded Media Arts Faculty; Dr Irwandi, ResonARTion celebrates their
Chancellor of the Indonesia Institute of the interconnected nature.
Arts; and Duro Jovicic, arts patron and
writer for Imprint, Art Guide Australia, Although the exhibition encompasses television, documentary film, feature films, animation
and Art Collector in Australia and video art, photography remains one of its central pillars.

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