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a project of andreas siagian trying to compile historical visual documentation on #Tiger of Indonesia. 3 out of 9 sub-species of tiger in the world belong to Indonesia. 2 of this sub-species which is Javan Tiger and Balinese Tiger extinct.

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[Loreng] Kisah dari Jejak Citra Harimau Indonesia: Publikasi 125.660 Spesimen Sejarah Alam

125.660 Spesimen Sejarah Alam merupakan iterasi pertama proyek kuratorial mengenai koleksi kolonial dan perubahan lingkungan yang kami hasilkan. Pameran ini akan menelusuri kembali perjalanan Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) yang tersohor setelah menemukan teori evolusi seleksi alam. Selama periode tahun 1854–1862, Wallace menjelajahi Kepulauan Nusantara, mendokumentasikan keanekaragaman hayati dan menghimpun koleksi dalam jumlah luar biasa untuk dipamerkan di berbagai museum di Eropa.

Kami mengajak para rekan-rekan seniman sekalian untuk menelusuri, menyesuaikan, dan menaksir kembali dokumen maupun artefak dari pameran ini. Dengan menampilkan karya seni berdampingan dengan materi arsip pilihan, pameran ini mempertanyakan bagaimana pergerakan pengetahuan mentransformasi lingkungan melalui praktik-praktik kolonial dan kontemporer.

125,660 Specimens of Natural History is an art and science exhibition about colonial collections, the environmental transformations they produced, and the legacy of these activities, known as the Anthropocene. The exhibition follows the course of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), best known for co-discovering the theory of evolution by natural selection. From 1854–62, Wallace traveled the Malay archipelago, documenting the region’s biodiversity and amassing a gigantic collection of specimens for European museums. The exhibition invites artists to retrace, re-appropriate, or reassess the expedition, its documents, and artifacts; 13 Indonesian artists and 11 international artists will examine the mobility of colonial knowledge and the transformations of the landscape these research practices left behind. By presenting newly created contemporary artworks alongside an extensive selection of archival and scientific materials (on loan from the Indonesian Institute of Science/LIPI), the exhibition considers how the mobility of knowledge has transformed the environment of Indonesia, and how trans-cultural collaborative approaches to artistic and scientific practice can address urgent environmental questions.

Indonesian Artists

Ari Bayuaji

Theo Frids Hutabarat

Aprina Murwanti & Bharoto Yekti

Intan Prisanti

EQUANORTH (Farid Rakun & Sigrid Espelien)

Ary Sendy

Albert Yonathan Setyawan

Andreas Siagian

Zenzi Suhadi (WALHI) 

Satrio Wicaksono (Towuti Drilling Project)

Tintin Wulia

Mahardika Yudha

International Artists

David Attenborough

Fred Langford Edwards

Lucy Davis

Mark Dion

Geraldine Juarez

Flora Lichtman & Sharon Shattuck

Shannon Lee Castleman

Ed Scholes & Tim Laman (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Robert Zhao Renhui (Institute of Critical Zoologists)

Curatorial Team

Dian Ina Mahendra, Komunitas Salihara Gallery Manager

Asikin Hasan, Komunitas Salihara Curator of Contemporary Art 

Nirwan Dewanto, Komunitas Salihara Program Director 

Anna-Sophie Springer, Guest Curator

Etienne Turpin, Guest Curator

Scientific Research Partner Pusat Penelitian Biologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI/MZB), Cibinong

Scientific Curatorial Team

Prof. Dr. Rosichon Ubaidillah, M.Phil., Head of Zoology Section, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense

Dr. Awit Suwito, Kepala Sub-seksi Manajemen Koleksi

Dr. Amir Hamidy, Kurator Herpetofauna

Ir. Maharadatunkamsi, M.Sc., Kurator Mammalia

Dr. Djunijati Peggie, M.Sc., Kurator Serangga

Mohammad Irham, M.Sc., Kurator Burung

Exhibition Team

Sonja Dahl, Project Coordinator

Alex Berceanu, Design Research Coordinator 

Robin Hartanto, Design Research Assistant

Alifa Rachmadia Putri, Media Strategist

Widya Ramadhani, Research Assistant 

Tatyana Kusumo, Exhibition Design Assistant

Collections

Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI) 

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB) 

Perpustakaan Nasional Indonesia 

Linnean Society (London, UK) 

Natural History Museum (London, UK)

Tring Natural History Museum (Tring, UK)

Oxford Natural History Museum (Oxford, UK)

125.660 Spesimen Sejarah Alam 15/08/2015 - 15/09/2015 Komunitas Salihara Gallery http://125660specimens.org/

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[Loreng] Kisah dari Jejak Citra Harimau Indonesia: Pemberitahuan

gambar: 1935 - Seorang wanita dan kulit Harimau Jawa

Squaresolid akan mengikuti pameran 125.660 Spesimen Sejarah Alam yang berlansung di Komunitas Salihara Gallery pada tanggal 15 Agustus - 15 September 2015. Pada suatu titik di awal 2012, Squaresolid mengangkat sebuah topik khusus yang diberi nama "Squarefocus: Tales of The Unforgotten". Dalam topik ini, Squaresolid mengangkat spesies Harimau Indonesia dan khususnya mencoba mengumpulkan dokumentasi citra lampau terkait dengan dua sub-spesies punah yaitu Harimau Jawa (Panthera Tigris sondaica) dan Harimau Bali (Panthera Tigris balica), serta sub-spesies terancam punah Harimau Sumatera (Panthera Tigris sumatrae). Topik inilah yang menjadi landasan bagi "Loreng: Kisah dari Jejak Citra Harimau Indonesia", yang akan ditampilkan dalam pameran 125.660 Spesimen Sejarah Alam.

Sebagai bagian dari pameran ini, saya akan berbagi beberapa bagian  kisah melalui media sosial Squaresolid (tumblr, instagram, twitter dan facebook page). Aktivitas ini juga menjadi sebuah upaya saya untuk menterjemahkan posting sebelumnya yang terlanjur diunggah menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Saya mohon maaf untuk teman-teman yang mengikuti akun instagram dan twitter Squaresolid karena telah tercampur aduk dengan posting pribadi saya. Setelah beberapa pertimbangan, saya memutuskan untuk membiarkannya tetap tercampur. Oleh karena itu saya mempersilahkan teman-teman di Instagram dan Twitter untuk "unfollow" akun ini apabila merasa terganggu dengan unggahan mengenai topik Harimau, dan terima kasih pada dukungan teman-teman di akun tumblr dan Facebook, saya akan tetap menjaga dua akun ini hanya berbagi posting dari Squaresolid.

Squaresolid will be part of 125,660 Specimens of Natural History in the Komunitas Salihara Gallery in August 15 to September 15, 2015. At some point in early 2012, Squaresolid brought up a special topic called "Squarefocus: Tales of The Unforgotten". In this topic, Squaresolid focused on Indonesian Tiger species, specially in compiling related visual documentations on he two extinct sub-species are extinct Javan tiger (Panthera Tigris sondaica) and the Bali tiger (Panthera Tigris balica), as well as the endangered sub-species Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris sumatrae). This topic is the based of "Loreng: Kisah dari Jejak Citra Harimau Indonesia" (translate: Loreng: Tales from Indonesian Tiger visual traces), which will be displayed in 125,660 Natural History Specimens exhibition.

As part of this exhibition, I will share some part of the story via social media Squaresolid (tumblr, instagram, twitter and facebook page). This activity has also become an attempt to translate my previous posts that already uploaded using English. I apologise to my friends who followed Squaresolid's instagram and twitter because it has been mixed up with my personal post. After some consideration, I decided to let it remain mixed. Therefore, I kindly ask friends on Instagram and Twitter to "unfollow" this account if the posts on Tigers will be a disturbance and I would like to say thanks to the support of friends in tumblr and Facebook accounts, I will keep these two accounts only for Squaresolid posts.

http://squaresolid.tumblr.com http://instagram.com/squaresolid http://facebook.com/squaresolid http://twitter.com/squaresolid

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Bali Tiger (suspected) in Ringling Bros Circus Act, circa 1915

Referring to the last post, this is another picture that is suspected as a living Bali Tiger in Ringling Bros Circus Act, 1919. Ringling itself is the largest circus company on the late 19′s to early 20′s, with a long reputation on abusing animals such as an execution of a majestic bull Elephant. Looking at the woman on the picture, she is likely to be Rose Flanders Bascom, the first American woman Lion tamer who died on the 1915, which make this picture wasn’t taken on 1919, but before 1915.

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Bali Tiger stars of Ringling Brothers Circus Act [PHOTO OF BALI TIGER ALIVE!!!]

Finally a picture of living Bali Tiger!! The picture was taken by Hary Atwell from Ringling Brothers Circus Act. The photo was tracked down from a History book stated Hungarian hunters that used to trapped down tigers in Bali Island sold 2 tigers to Ringling Brothers Circus Act.

Thanks to Lionlifetime for posting this in Yuku. 

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Sumatran Tiger, Step on the King, Childrens of Administrator of the Tobacco Company in Gedoeng Johor, Deli Serdang, 1914

After searching for some reference, I discovered the tobacco company that this photo referred to is Deli Tobacco Maatschappij. 

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Indonesian Tiger geschoten tijger bij een tijgerval in Nederlands-Indië, 1925

I couldn't identify is this Javan or Sumatran Tiger

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Hunted Leopard in Market of Bandung, 1901-1902

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Wild Cat as Pet, Yogyakarta Animal Market, 2014

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Tiger Hunts in Padangpanjang, 1900 - 1907

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Indonesian Tiger circa 1915

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Sumatran Tiger in Kota Rendah, Padang shot by Lapré of Painan, 14 March 1933

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Tiger Skin for Sale in Singapore, 1939

I encountered this photograph when I visited the National Museum of Singapore. The caption of the picture was:

"The girl with pigtails looking on was the daughter of the American who bought rubber in Singapore for the Goodyear Orient Company. This photograph was published in the July 1940 issue of National Geographic.

This picture is interesting as Singapore was and until now is the main port of South East Asia. To see that Tiger skin was being sell in Singapore could explain that it was legal at that moment. There's also high possibilities that Sumatran tiger skin being sold there as it's relatively very close to Singapore. The other fact Goodyear have a rubber plantation in Sumatra in 1920. A documentation of it can be seen in this video: http://youtu.be/8PgQDW9kbUQ

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Tiger Hunt as a decoration, 1959

Tiger hunt was a popular sport for the Colonialists and this decoration is a piece of art to show it. The picture show the tiger hunt was conducted by riding an elephant, which is used in India, not Indonesia. So the tiger is most likely a Bengalese tiger. I would love to see if there's an Indonesian version if there's any.

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Tigers at a Temple Stairs in Moonlight, Oil Painting by Herman van den Poll, 1929

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Indonesian Tigers in Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, 1919 - 1920

It's easy to identify that the two tigers in the pictures came from Indonesia. The density and size of the tigers are the main reason, Indonesian tigers have many stripes and smaller compare to other tiger sub-species. Unfortunately there are no explanation what sub-species of tiger came with the picture. I checked the Taronga Zoo website, and they have a Sumatran Tiger breeding program. So it's most likely they are Sumatran Tigers sold to the zoo in the past.

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Tiger Tot Is Toast of the Town, US, 1993

One of a pair of tiger cubs, with a playful appearance, lies on a quilt in its den at the National Zoological Park. The cubs were born on June 14, 1993, to Kerinci, a rare Sumatran tiger who came to the Zoo in July 1989 as part of an exchange with the Jakarta (Ragunan Zoological Garden) Zoo in Indonesia

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[squarefocus] Tales of The Unforgotten: Death beside a beauty, Indonesia, 1920 - 1930

A picture of an European woman beside a dead tiger which is presumably an Indonesian tiger. Sub-species of the tiger is unknown.