2004
The Stage Bus from Indonesia
Festival à la Carte
Touring the Peloponese, Greece in the framework of the Cultural Olympiad

On the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Athens 2004,  and in the framework of the Cultural Olympiad and in the spirit of the educational agreement between Indonesia and Greece, the Government of Indonesia presents The Stage Bus as a gesture of friendship and goodwill between Indonesia and Greece and aims to encourage the cross-cultural understanding between different nations.
 40 artists - 110 performances - 13 Cities

more then 40 artists from Indonesia, West Africa, Denmark, Holland, America and Greece toured seven districts of the region
of Peloponese, in southern mainland Greece.
The artists performed on a mobile theater, The Stage Bus,
built in the Netherlands in 1994 by installation artist Aart Marcus

Vision:
The Arts can touch the heart of man, giving him the inspiration of life. The Arts give form to our expressions, create what we see, stimulate what we think, create our environment, design what we use, as well as stimulate creativity and change. As individuals we all have something to contribute to the Arts. When we draw this inspiration through our national heritage and create as an expression of our own culture, insignificance is better appreciated. Festival a la Carte is offering just such an appreciation: a multi-national, multi-dicipline gathering of the Arts with a pure
intention at its core.

Mikhail David

supported and endorsed by:
The Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism
The Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic
The Cultural Olympiad Organization
The Indonesian National Committee for the Cultural Olympiad
JakArt @ 2004
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Athens
The Embassy of the Hellenic Republic, Jakarta
The Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, Athens
The Danish World Music Association
Yayasan Proseni
Mikhail David

Organized by:
Mikhail David and Ary Sutedja
The Cultural Olympiad Organization
JakArt @ 2004

currator: Nirwan Ahmad Arsuka
Technical support/ sound /lighting/ Logistics Stage Bus
Rene van Helsdingen and Luluk Purwanto

The Stage Bus was shipped from Jakarta to Athens (Piraeus Harbour)on June 25
by Geologistics Indonesia Perdana
and received by Omega International on August 11
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