Recording the Future: An Audiovisual Archive of Everyday Life in Indonesia in the 21st Century

<p>This project aims at documenting aspects of everyday life in Indonesia during the 21st century by creating an audiovisual archive that consists of recordings made in eight different places throughout the Indonesian archipelago. They are not a statistical representation of ‘Indonesia’, but open different windows on everyday life in Indonesia: the city, the provincial and harbor town, and rural, uphill, coastal and river areas.</p><p>The project started in 2003. Each year recordings are made in two places over a period of ten days, which results in 25-30 hours of recordings. In four years eight places are documented, after which the camera returns to the first place. The systematic repetition of recordings will open up the possibility of making comparisons in order to measure change and continuity.</p><p>Recordings are made from a fixed spot, from the top of a car and during walks of 3-4 hours. During the walk the filmmakers stop to talk with people, usually beginning by asking them what they are doing. Every morning the headlines of available newspapers are filmed, to catch glimpses of national events, world news and local issues. In addition, a variety of themes and topics we are familiar with but tend to ignore in terms of documentation – a school class, Friday prayer at the mosque, a railway station etc. – is recorded. During the recordings a diary is kept in which decisions about locations, trajectories, themes, topics and persons are explained. The recordings are made without a prefabricated script. The archive will eventually consist of the original and unedited recordings, a catalogue, a diary and digital photos.</p><br><p>The original recordings are stored at DANS. For viewing contact Fridus Steijlen at the KITLV: [e-mail]<br>In 2008 a documentary based on the footage of the first four years is released together with an exhibition- 24 hours Indonesia- at the Royal Tropical Institute - Tropenmuseum.</p>本项目旨在通过构建音视频档案，记录21世纪印度尼西亚的日常生活风貌。该档案收录了印度尼西亚群岛八个不同地点的采集素材，其并非对‘印度尼西亚’的统计学式全貌呈现，而是为观察印尼日常生活打开了多元视角：涵盖城市、省级城镇与港口城镇，以及乡村、山地、沿海与沿江区域。 本项目于2003年启动。每年将在两个地点开展为期十天的录制工作，单年度累计产出25至30小时的音视频素材。四年间将完成全部八个地点的记录，之后摄制组将重返首个记录点位。通过系统性重复录制，可为对比分析提供支撑，以衡量社会的变迁与延续性。 录制工作分别从固定点位、车顶机位以及3至4小时的徒步行程中开展。徒步过程中，摄制人员会停下与当地人交谈，通常以询问对方正在从事的活动作为开场。每日清晨，摄制组会拍摄当日可获取的报纸头条，以捕捉国家大事、国际新闻与本地议题的相关动态。此外，摄制组还会记录各类我们耳熟能详却往往疏于记录的主题与话题——例如课堂教学、清真寺的周五礼拜、火车站场景等。录制期间，摄制组会同步撰写日志，对拍摄地点、行进路线、主题选择以及受访对象等内容作出说明。所有录制工作均未使用预设脚本。本档案最终将包含原始未剪辑素材、目录清单、拍摄日志与数码照片。 原始录制素材存储于荷兰数据存档与网络服务中心（DANS）。如需调取素材，请联系荷兰皇家东南亚与加勒比研究中心（KITLV）的Fridus Steijlen，联系邮箱：[e-mail]。2008年，基于前四年录制素材制作的纪录片与主题展览《印尼24小时》（24 hours Indonesia）一同在荷兰皇家热带研究所——热带博物馆（Tropenmuseum）展出。