Artwedding Nadia & Halmar
Artwedding Nadia & Halmar brings art practice and an exhibition approach into a wedding celebration through interdisciplinary collaboration, presenting visual works, performances, and spatial design that tell the couple’s story and bring together Javanese and Malukan cultures.
Overview
Artwedding Nadia & Halmar was the first initiative to bring artworks and exhibition or museum approaches into a wedding celebration. Artworks became a medium for telling stories and introducing the backgrounds of the couple through visual art, performance, and interior design. It brought together a range of stakeholders, including artist collectives, event organizers, interior designers, florists, stage producers, and the venue. The celebration featured a theater group and the keroncong ensemble Sinten Remen from Yogyakarta. Artwedding brought Javanese and Ambonese/Malukan cultural symbols together in a wedding celebration.
Project Idea
The Artwedding initiative began with a spontaneous joke about how to bring an artwork into a wedding celebration, commonly known as a wedding reception.