Congratulations to Sutrisno Hartana upon the completion of his doctoral degree in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria, Canada. The graduation ceremony will be held in June 2017.
Sutrisno Hartana (or Pak Tris, as many of his North American students call him; or Sute Laoshi, a nick name well known by many students/colleagues from universities in China) is a native Javanese performing artist, master gamelan teacher/gamelan tuner, puppeteer (dalang), arts collaborator, scholar/researcher of wayang (Indonesian puppet plays), and art historian. The topic of his thesis is the changing nature of Indonesian shadow puppet plays (wayang) with a focus on performances held in North America. Although the number of wayang performances in North America are significantly fewer in number than in Indonesia, they are very important because the influence of North American culture and technology has had a profound effect on wayang performance and contributed to the internationalization of Indonesian shadow puppet theatre. Sutrisno has made a significant contribution to the scholarly documentation and analysis of wayang performances in North America with the publication of his dissertation.
Read More About Dr. Sutrisno Hartana’s Dissertation “Origins, Journeys, Encounters: A Cultural Analysis of Wayang Performances in North America”
Sutrisno now plans to sell his set of Javanese gamelan instruments located in Java, Indonesia. Please see the page describing the gamelan by clicking on this link. However, if an educational institution is interested in starting a gamelan program, Dr. Hartana would be happy to teach using his gamelan.
Please contact Sutrisno for more information, or to assist in supporting his on-going artistic activities and his work directing and teaching community gamelan.
He is also accepting donations and in order to thank you for your generous contribution, Sutrisno would like to offer you the opportunity to download his dissertation or receive a CD copy of his compositions played on a Javanese style gamelan.
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Thank you for your kind attention. To find out more about Sutrisno’s work please enjoy these video documents of performances that he is involved in as a composer, instructor, artistic director, puppeteer (dalang) and performer.
Regards,
Ibu Victoria