LOKANANTA ARCHIVE PROJECT

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The Lokananta Archive Project will focus on three main areas: collection preservation, narrative development, and public program creation. The goal of this project is to complete 30% physical preservation of Galeri Lokananta’s archive, including reel masters, vinyl records, cassettes, documents, and photographs, as well as to increase the digitization of reel masters to 60% by the end of 2025.

Output

A public event will be held at Lokananta, featuring a guided tour led by the institution’s archivists. The tour will focus on current preservation efforts. As part of the program, Lokananta will officially introduce the newly established Diskografi Room and present recent preservation initiatives through a curated display in the temporary exhibition space.

Requirement

The collaborator is expected to assess existing case studies at Lokananta, tailor preservation strategies to the current conditions, and evaluate whether Lokananta's team can adopt preservation methods independently.

Professional background: Archivist and/or audio engineer

Experience: 5–10 years

Area of expertise:

Multi-format archival preservation, specialization in audio conservation is prioritized
Operational workflows and standard operating procedure (SOP) creation and development.

Characteristics: Practical, detail-oriented, and diligent

Working ethics: Familiarity with the creative and cultural industries is highly desirable

Project Period

Preferably mid-July to October 2025

Collaboration / Exchange Preference

Hybrid. In person visits* and weekly online exchanges

* Number of in person visits can be discussed and decided together

Support includes

Honorarium of IDR 35.000.000 in recognition of your contribution
Return travel expenses between your city of residence and the host city (Surakarta) up to three times
Accommodation and daily allowance for up to 40 days, arranged in coordination with Galeri Lokananta team

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MUSEUM FORWARD 2025

Open Call for Indonesian experts

This year's EUNIC initiative seeks to facilitate knowledge & experiences exchange through connecting diverse museums with collaborators and experts, as well as realize a co-creation through hands-on experiences & collaborative efforts between stakeholders in the creative sector. This is intended as a response to the feedback, insights and urgencies identified by the local museum participants in the last year’s forum. Following the first open call—focusing on Indonesian museums—now we are looking for the Indonesian museum experts and cultural heritage professionals!

As a collaborator and facilitator, you will closely work with Galeri Lokananta, Museum Perkebunan Indonesia, and Museum Nyah Lasem also international experts on an assigned project in an intensive, intimate, productive setting & longer term.

Please fill out the form in English.

MUSEUM FORWARD is co-created & co-organized collaboratively by: Goethe-Institut Indonesien, Embassy of Austria in Indonesia, European Union Delegation in Indonesia, Institut Français Indonesia, Embassy of Ireland in Indonesia, Istituto Italiano de Cultura, Erasmus Huis, Embassy of Poland in Indonesia, Embassy of Spain in Indonesia, British Council Indonesia.