International borders will be proven fictions, until they suddenly become the hardest of facts when the pandemic traps Arka Kinari stateless at sea for months with a broken engine and shrinking supplies. Along the way you’ll find out what happens behind the fences of seedy ports from Morocco to Mexico, be hosted by Venezuelan soldiers on a barren rock, perform for indigenous communities on Panama’s disappearing islands, witness the bizarre legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, negotiate provisioning with heads of state, meet the Micronesian navigators preserving their ancient craft, be bashed by storms, scavenge supplies from shipwrecks, and be saved by a passing supertanker. You’ll also hear the challenges of touring an arts production aboard a ship in the world’s least charted waters, as we voyage the Indonesian archipelago from mega-cities to stilt villages, to be welcome and hosted by government ministers, Islamic scholars, quarantine teams in haz-mat suits, and transgender shamans.

Nova Ruth & Grey Filastine

Each performance is a new iteration as the ongoing journey of Arka Kinari is documented and shared via this work.

• 60 minutes, followed by an optional Q&A

  • best in seated music venues, cinemas, galleries or unusual spaces

  • available in English, Spanish, or Indonesian

• • available worldwide • sixty minute duration, plus an optional Q&A • works well in cinemas, galleries, cultural spaces and seated music venues

• narration can be done entirely in English, Spanish or Indonesian. For other language contexts subtitles will be projected with video

Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Kulchajam, Byron Bay, Australia

Filastine & Nova share the Voyage of Arka Kinari - "Fenomena" live at Stubnitz, December 15th, 2022

Production Photos [Drive Link]

Performance, Hamburg

Dossier with Tech Specs

For this performance we prefer the following options for touring:

• Invitations to perform along the touring route of Arka Kinari that are on land, and accessible by public transport.

• If flying is required, we prefer to take options that are shorter distances and closer to our docked location.

We always ask that any promotion of our work includes the following recommendations to audiences:

• Where possible use public transport, car pool.

• Do not bring single use plastics.

Venue production and catering preferences:

• We are always keen for solar power! However understand this is not always possible.

• No single use plastics on offer for sale at the venue during the performance.

• Use of biodegradable (bamboo, paper) serving items for catering.