Judy Major-Girardin

A hand-made book project focused on water and flora of Bali

Judy Major-Girardin

Judy Major-Girardin received a BFA from the University of Windsor and an MFA from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She is a recently retired Professor from the School of the Arts at McMaster University where she taught for 39 years.  She lives in Cambridge Ontario and has served as Co-Chair of the Cambridge Sculpture Garden since 2005. Her studio work includes an integrated practise of painting, printmaking, drawing, artist books, and fiber-based works that raise awareness for the preservation and celebration of wetland environments. She has exhibited throughout Canada and the USA and internationally through exhibitions in New Zealand, Portugal, and Taiwan. She has attended artist residencies in British Columbia, Newfoundland, Quebec, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Portugal, New Zealand, and most recently in France.

www.judymajorgirardin.com

Duration in Bali: June 28 – July11

I plan to make a hand-made book focused on ideas and challenges related to water. I would like to generate a second book focused on plants with medical or food applications if time allows. I will be bringing a small underwater camera, a field guide to flora of Bali and some art supplies.

Michael Ang (Mang)

Michael Ang (aka Mang) is an artist, professor, and engineer who creates light objects, interactive installations, and technological tools that expand the possibilities of human expression and connection. Applying a hacker’s aesthetic, he often repurposes existing technology to create human-centered experiences in public space and the open field.

As a Node Leader at Dinacon 2025 I’ll be hosting a workshop on combining environmental data sonification with live musical performance. Come along and jam with the environment and each other!

Dates: June 26-July 5

Gear: environmental sensors, field recorder + microphones, music jamming gear

Aryatama Nugraha

BIO

Born in October 15th 1996 and graduated majoring in visual and communication design. Arya currently lives and works in Bali. His passion for self-taught experimentation, especially in mulberry papermaking brought him to be one of the best paper makers in the area. His mulberry paper (daluang) is recognized to be one of the finest in Bali and is currently being used by print and painting artists in Bali. In the pas, he colaborates his papermaking work with various local and international artists like Kemal Ezedine, Jero Apel, Kuncir Sathya Viku, Nyoman Erawan, Stephan Kotas, Ricky Lee Gordon, and many more. He also joined printmaking exhibitions such as Ars Multipicata, Devfto Group Exhibition on Deus Ex-Machina Canggu, 2024, Ubud Open Studio Showcase, Titik Dua, Ubud, 2024, Devfto Group Artshow, Manna Uluwatu, 2024, Printmaking Adventure: Exploring The Unexpected Group Exhibition Indus Gallery, Ubud 2024, Gelar Grafis Devfto Langgeng Art Foundation
Yogyakarta, 2023

WHAT I WILL DO IN DINACON
What I will do in Dinacon is to share knowledge about barkpaper and promote creative products of my start up Usaha Daluang Kreatif by conducting workshop and product display.