May 16, 2025 / Exhibition To Make the World a Better Place – MIGRATION section
One of the five sections of Andreja Kulunčić’s exhibition, To Make the World a Better Place, is dedicated to the theme of migration. This section will feature a music workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Art, led by ethnomusicologist and musician Julija Novosel. The first session of the workshop will take place on Friday, May 16, starting at 6 PM, and is open to all interested participants – no registration is required.
Javanese gamelan refers to a type of bronze percussion orchestra, along with other instruments and singers, that developed in the royal courts of Central Java. With the growing global interest in non-Western musical traditions, gamelan has spread across Europe and the Americas, where numerous ensembles are active today.
How did gamelan originate? Why are the instruments played in a seated position? How does an orchestra function without a conductor? Why does each instrument come in a pair, and what is its role? How do gamelan players behave during performance? – These are just some of the questions that participants will explore. Attendees will also have the opportunity to try their hand at basic playing techniques and, working together, attempt to perform a traditional gamelan composition.
No prior musical experience is required.
The workshop will be led by Julija Novosel, instructor of gamelan courses at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Zagreb. As a recipient of the Darmasiswa scholarship, she spent two years studying gamelan performance in Yogyakarta. She is currently a doctoral candidate and assistant at the Institute of Ethnomusicology at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.
The program is free with a valid exhibition ticket. No registration is required to participate.
A second workshop session is on May 23 at 6:00 PM.
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The program is part of the project Microsituations of Togetherness: Creating the Experience of Being Together – organised by the Art Pavilion in Zagreb (curated by Irena Bekić, project coordinator Ivana Završki) and the MAPA Association. This program is co-financed by the City of Zagreb, as part of the Intercultural Welcome Programs.
GAMELAN – INDONESIAN MUSIC WORKSHOP
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM / MSU, MIGRATION section
