Launch of "CERITRANS: Trans Stories Transcending Borders"

Produced under our House of the Unsilenced activities series, Trans Stories Transcending Borders (in Indonesian, CERITRANS: Cerita Transpuan Lintas Batas) is a collaborative arts project for trans women in the greater Jakarta area to share their stories through prose, poetry, and filmed performances. The project aims to elevate and celebrate trans women’s voices, and increase public awareness, respect, and empathy for trans stories and experiences.

For this project, InterSastra has partnered with Eliza Vitri & Infinity, an initiative introducing a collaborative creative method based on writing workshops and guerrilla dissemination of the resulting works; Sanggar Swara, a Jakarta-based school and community of trans women; and Khairani Barokka, a UK-based poet and disability justice activist. The project is supported by the Connecting through Culture grant from the British Council.

LAUNCH DETAILS

The launch will be streamed at 09:00 BST (London)/15:00 WIB (Jakarta)/18:00 AEST (Sydney) on Saturday, June 19 2021 from InterSastra’s YouTube channel. Viewers can also watch via Zoom by registering here.

The launch comprises a screening of all participant performance films, a discussion with collaborating artists and participants, and Q&A. The discussion will be in Indonesian with English and Indonesian Sign Language interpretation. Please update to the newest version of Zoom to enable interpretation channels. The Zoom link will be sent by email and available via InterSastra social media channels on June 19.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The bios of the organizing committee, executive committee, storytellers, collaborating artists, and all others involved in the project can be found here.

MEDIA

The media release and photos for media use can be accessed here. Please note photo credits.