"Birds Migration"
in Jakarta, Indonesia
9 Dec. 2006
Jane Jin Kaisen (Denmark)
"Trans*mi*gra*tion"

Jane Jin Kaisen (Denmark)
"Trans*mi*gra*tion"

Jane Jin Kaisen
"Trans*mi*gra*tion"
Genre:
“Transmigration” involves various genres of performance art from conceptual and fluxus inspired performance strategies to lecture performance, live art, theatrical performance, and media integrated /new media art performance.
The performance involves live performing, audio and video projection, Internet live streaming, andaudience participation in several locations simultaneously (Jakarta, New York, Amsterdam, perhaps Copenhagen).
The intention is to integrate more “traditional” performance art practices drawing upon the ritualistic elements of repetition, symbol, staging, and audience participations while at the same time integrating new media art forms such as projection and Internet live streaming to question and complicate issues dealing with presence/absence and documentation in relation performance art.

Performance Description:
Trans*mi*gra*tion (Trans-migration)
Drawing upon definitions of transmigration, the performance conceptually seeks to explore the phenomenon of migration in social, historical, trans local, and universal contexts. The title of the performance festival, “Birds Migration” as well as the theme “History and Today” and reflections on the status of performance art is investigated in the performance.
Transmigration refers to The Transmigration Project in Indonesia and seeks to convey the after effects of
this, the world’s largest resettlement project and how it has deeply effected present day Indonesian society demographically, environmentally, economically, and politically. The Transmigration Project can be seen as a symbol for many of the major incidences and circumstances shaping recent Indonesian history and present society: Dutch colonization, dictatorship, nation building, the IMF and World Bank, as well as internal ethnic and religious unrest.
In addition, the term transmigration refers to the Transmigration of the Soul and the human desire to fly and to transcend, thus commenting on forced as well as voluntary migration and the after effects of both in present day society.
Intending to set up a live streaming web cam in New York, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen, having groups of artists participate online, the performance seeks to further broaden the perception and perspectives of the complex issues of migration, globalization, and presence in all the locations.

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