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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8-17 August 2013

Report on

Annissa Gultom,

Jakarta October 2013


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Table of content


ICOM Rio 2013

Presentation on Papua Museums

Off site activities : Museu Nacional

Museu Da Mare

Church Saint Francis of Penance

Museu de Arte do Rio

Other Indonesian delegates

International networking


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Rios Landscape

In short, Rio is a big city with

more development on the

coasts and backed by favela

(slum) areas on the hills.

Top: (left) Pao de acucar(Sugar Loaf) seen from

Copacabana beach, (right) theonly non-museum site visit

Below: (left) Favelas on thehills of Copacabana (right)Copacabana beach in thebackground is right in front ofthe favela


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The oldest building row in

Rio, from 1600s

Eduardo Scissorhand, one of

man street erformer

Central area of Rio, where

protests/riots sometimes started

Public transportation via

bus is the most popular one


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Rio, its legacy, its safety

Confetaria Colombo, a must visit

dessert & coffee place in Rio that

survived from the 16th AD.

Even in this nice place, the waiterhad to secure our bags with

plastic safety ban to avoid theft.

Its Rio.


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ICOM Rio 2013

A general conference done every three years held by and for

museum community from all over the world. ICOM has a

consultative status with UNESCO central office in Paris.

Themes ranged from research,

museum content development,

communication up to legal issues


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ICOM, Rio flavour

Favela inspired art and works can be

easily found in the city. ICOM Rio

invites a group of young Brazillians to

make their own Favela inspired arton a wall in the expo area


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A Few Key Theme Presentations

Museum Role

Art & Culture Disputes ResolutionMuseum Budgeting

Memory Collecting


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A Few Key Theme Presentations

Study case on programming:

London Museums History

of the World in 100 Objects

Conservation in Museums

Study case on exhibition:

Berlin Jewish Museums

Ask A Jew


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Presentation on Papua Museums

Presented by Annissa Gultom

at the ICME (International

Committee of Museum of

Ethnography) forum in ICOM

Rio 2013

Based on two study cases:

West Papua Provincial

Museum planning and Noken

Museum of Jayapura, Papua


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Off Site Activities

Off site activities are one of the great thing about ICOM. Through groupsite visit, museum professionals discuss, compare and learn Brazillianmuseums current practice.

The knowledge benefited from this then brought back to richen each

owns local museums. Below are the sites visited in the occasion:

Museu Nacional

Museu Da Mare



Centro Central Banco Brasilia

Casa Franca Brasilia


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Mummies!

Museu Nacional has one

of the great collection of

mummified specimens of

South America.

Gory but very interesting


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Indonesian / Brazillian?

Top : oil lamps from terracotta andbronze, similar with the ones found

from 13th -15th AD sites in Java.

Below right: Weaponry & drums fromPapua (but they put Java on the label)

>Below left: Stoneaxe and scorchedstone used tosharpen the tool.Similar ones foundstill currently usedin Papua


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Additional knowledge:Samples of Interesting Exhibit Design


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Museu Da Mare

Off site activities :

Museu Nacional

Museu Da Mare



Other Indonesian delegates

International networking


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Communal Museum

Museu du Mare, located in Favela

(slum) area of Mare. This communal-

curating museum was built by the

people of Mare as an expression of

their social culture adaptation on

their way of life.


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Communal Curating

Unlikeconventional

museums, this

museum collects

everyday life items

that compose the

identity of the

people in Mare.


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Picture of Everyday Favela (slum) Life

Top: casting of holed walls from

people houses. Reflecting their

fear of gunfire casualties

Other: interior of a Favela

house


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Favela du Mare

Walking through the

slum area of Mare


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One of the oldest church in

Rio that has been in

conservation in the last 5yras. It has been

continuously used for

religious activities and also

museum


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A refreshed old museum with an

addition of modern style building

behind it

A very good reference for development

of Museum Nasional Indonesia, for it

has similar issue on the use of old

protected building as museum


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Additional knowledge:

Reference for the ongoing study of Museum

Nasional Indonesia development


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Favela Installation

This piece is not only a miniature,

but also a canvas showing peoples

concerns and questions to the

government, written on them


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Imagina Rio

An interesting wayof showing Rio de

Janeiro visual

documentation

from 16th AD to now


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Centro Central Banco Brasilia

(Museum of) Brazilian CentralBank, considered as one of theleast-boring museum in Rio.

Open untill 9 pm, its exhibitgalleries showing contemporaryinstallations, religious collectionand permanent exhibit oncurrency. The place is a greatmodel of public space equippedwith caf, book store and a edu-kids corner.


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Religious collections

Local expression of Christ symbolism


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Galeria de Valores(Money/Currency Room)

Indonesian Currency collection in Galeria de Valores


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Casa Franca Brasilia

Casa Franca Brasilia (House of

French Brazillians) is a historic

house turn into temporary

exhibit area. At the time, a Moor

inspired installation of terracota

structure was on show


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Other Indonesian Delegates

4 professionals from Museum Nasional Indonesia

(pictured are Ibu Ekowati and Ibu Ita Yulita, both

conservators)

3 professionals from Galeri Nasional

3 professionals from Museum Bank Indonesia


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International Networking

Southeast Asian and larger scope Asian regionsmuseum professionals

ICME Network (pictured the forum assembly)

Other ICOM members worldwide (pictured withthe Director of Art Museum of Colombia, whereFamilia is part of their collection, an artinstallation done by Carlos Castro, a colleaguefrom Fulbright network)


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Sponsored Participant Contact Info


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Thank You BP !!

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