Heimwee / Riḍu
Gamelan Automaton, Sound and Light Installation
by
Bilawa Ade Respati
Jelmer de Haan
Nindya Nareswari
3.6.2026 – 7.6.2026
Errant Sound | Gerichtstrasse 45, 13347 Berlin-Wedding
Opening 3.6.2026
19:00–22:00
as part of the Project Space Festival
Exhibition
Thu, Fri: 17:00–21:00
Sat, Sun: 15:00–20:00
“Heimwee / Riḍu” is a multimedia installation for gamelan automaton, surround sound and light by composers Jelmer de Haan and Bilawa Ade Respati, and lighting designer Nindya Nareswari. The work is inspired by a historical narrative at the end of Dutch colonial rule during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia (1942–1945). The installation tells a story about “longing for a home that does not exist (anymore).” Indonesian poets and modernists long for an imagined independent homeland; the Dutch placed in internment camps faced hardships that are contrasted with their colonial life.
Given the colonial relationship between the Netherlands and Indonesia in the past, history is written differently by each nation. Memories were selected, events were interpreted: which version of history can we agree upon? By whom is that agreement made? Can we deny the genuine longing for a home that everyone feels? How does this reflect on our current world situation? The audience is invited to experience the stories through a combination of multichannel soundscapes, self-playing gamelan and a light installation.
The work is made possible with the kind support of Errant Sound, Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen in Berlin, and the Project Space Festival Berlin.
Artists Bio
Bilawa Ade Respati is a musician living in Berlin. He performs on the Javanese gamelan and the guitar, composing and improvising on both instruments. In his works, Respati pursues a syncretic approach: from music information retrieval to the performing arts, from the art of Javanese Karawitan to algorithmic music composition. His artistic interest lies in the dialectic between tradition and innovation, as well as the revaluation of tradition in contemporary life. Respati’s works range from music theater performances to live concerts and web sound installations.
Jelmer de Haan is a Dutch, Berlin-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist working under the name Yelmur. Yelmur’s world is built on dichotomies: beauty and the grotesque, tension and release, analog and digital. He blends the sound design, manipulation and aesthetics of electronic music with elements of jazz, prog-rock and neo-classical. His debut studio album How We Hide was accompanied by a large-scale 360° live production. Alongside his own work, he is an active session musician and producer.
Nindya Nareswari is an Indonesian light artist and designer based in Berlin. Her practice explores how perception is shaped through the interplay of light, material, and space, with a focus on temporality and ephemerality. She works with reflections, refractions, and shifting patterns as visual phenomena that emerge through interaction between light and tangible materials. Often activated by atmospheric conditions and spatial context, her artworks take shape as ever-changing, time-based settings where images continuously appear and dissolve. Her practice reflects a tension between control and the uncontrollable, inviting the viewer into a slower, more attentive way of seeing, sitting with what remains of a fleeting moment, where perception itself becomes the subject.
Bilawa Ade Respati: https://sastraswara.site/ (IG: @sastraswara)
Jelmer de Haan: https://yelmur.com/ (IG: @yelmurmusic)
Nindya Nareswari: https://www.nindyanareswari.com/ (IG: @__nareswari__)
Project website: https://heimwee.crd.co
