UNAIR NEWS Arts is one of the tools to express the true self of someone, including students. Kala Kolektiva (Kala), a collective coined by Leres Surya Anbara and Muhamad Alzena Guna Ardisa as the founder and co-founder, pursues the idea. The two are students of Communications and International Relations at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.
UNAIR NEWS met Alzena. He stated that Kala is a medium for mainstreaming the art and promotion tools for events and local artists to gain more exposure. Kala also provides articles and exclusive visual design.
The Solo-origin student said Leres suggested the idea. It was sparked from her personal Instagram account, 楰ala Aksara. She wanted to develop a platform for various kinds of arts, more than just her pieces. They decided to rebrand the platform into Kala Kolektiva.
淭here were ten of us in Kala Kolektiva. We equally admire arts and want to help the other artists, Zen said.
One of the movie review article of Kala Kolektiva. (Photo: Kala Kolektiva)
The hip-hop fan stated that, as a community, Kala has some main activities, for instance, the 楰ala Bersua program, where the Kala team interviews artists that need recognition. Through the 楰ala Submission program, Kala audiences can also send their artworks, such as writing or visual works. Besides, Kala also provides a space of 楰ala Visual where they produce visual works for the main theme of events.
In the future, Kala Kolektiva plans to host an art event in Surabaya. Zen has long waited for the opportunity given by a collective like this for her and others. He hopes that the event will run smoothly and get a lot of support. He sees the big opportunity for art mediums to facilitate the young generation.
淚 am sure that everyone is an artist. They just have not found their [artistic] side in them, while some may have realized. Kala becomes the medium for expression, a safe space for them to show their true selves, he ended.
Check the arts of Kala Kolektiva on their official account.
Author: Deanita Nurkhalisa
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
