Paint, canvas sails, installed on a phinisi ship.
A short video of a residency aboard the ship 'Al Isra' conceptualized and coordinated by Britta Slippens, Wolfgang Widmoser, and Aubrey Roemer. Participating artists included: Ebon Heath, Angelina Cristina, Icarus Izaure, and Orly Even. Filmed and scored by Slam Jam Productions.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50',
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
Tracing Ebu Jana's hands.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
Tracing hands with artists Angelina Cristina at a port outside of Bira.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
Tracing the hands of locals onto the main sail.
Paint and sails installed on a phinisi ship, 90' x 2" x 50'.
View of Roemer's studio at Mentigi Bay, in Lombok, where the majority of the painting took place.
The hands of a group of workers, who came to 'hand model' on their lunch break.
Locals stop by the outdoor studio to see the progress of the painted sails, pressing their hands into the prints of others.
Detail of the front of the sails, where both imagery and the Buginese script are visible.
Painting a young men's handprint onto a sail.
After a mass hand tracing, these men model their turquoise tinged hands.