Interdisciplinary Art
Music, film, visual art, performance and writing meet without fixed boundaries.
Yayasan Bersama Project · Jakarta · Since 2015
Art.Gender Justice.Cultural Change.
An independent Indonesian arts organisation creating space for artists and communities to experiment, exchange knowledge and respond to the realities of contemporary Indonesia.
Explore our work
01 — About
Art can hold difficult conversations.
Yayasan Bersama Project works at the intersection of contemporary artistic practice, gender justice and cultural change. Rooted in Indonesia’s independent arts communities, we bring together musicians, filmmakers, visual artists, performers and writers to explore questions of gender, sexuality and freedom of expression.
Our work prioritises voices historically pushed to the margins. Through collaborative creation and cultural partnerships, we build spaces for experimentation, shared knowledge and meaningful public engagement.
How we work
Practice before prescription.
Gender Justice
Women’s voices and diverse gender experiences are present as authors, not subjects.
Community & Collaboration
Long-term relationships and shared processes shape the work from within.
Cultural Change
Art becomes a space for reflection, dialogue, experimentation and transformation.
02 — Selected work
Recent & ongoing practice
Music · Testimony · Immersive performance
Dialita — Lagu Untuk Anakku
An audio-visual concert created with the Dialita Choir, centring the voices, songs and memories of women survivors of the 1965 persecution.
Film · Theatre · Story ownership
Project SUPERIA
Six Indonesian women co-write and perform their own stories across stage and screen, retaining agency over how their lives are represented.
Festival · Art · Bodily autonomy
Festival Otoritas Tubuh
A multidisciplinary International Women’s Day festival where music, poetry, visual art and spoken word moved conversations about bodily autonomy into public culture.
Performance · Cultural exchange
Playlist BERSAMA
Indonesian and Australian performers bring personal histories, movement and pop music together in a collaborative work about the diversity of young women.
Campaign · Creative intervention
Tubuhku Otoritasku
A creative campaign asserting bodily autonomy and opening space for women and gender-diverse communities to define their own bodies, identities and stories.
Dialogue · Knowledge exchange
Public Discussions
Gatherings where artists, activists, researchers, and communities come together to exchange ideas, explore urgent social questions, and build collective support.
Artistic exchange · Indonesia / Australia
Village of the Birds
An inquiry with Werewolf into how women and gender minorities might reshape leadership, care and participation in digital and physical space.
03 — In development
Jakarta ↔ Bristol
The City Hears Her
Sonic Experience
for Future Cities
“What kinds of futures become possible when women are listened to before spaces, institutions and technologies are designed around them?”
A collaborative public art project in development between In Between Time and Yayasan Bersama. Women translate lived experiences of Jakarta into sound through participatory workshops, feminist listening and artistic exchange.
These sonic expressions form the basis for site-specific sound and light works in public space—where technology supports listening rather than dominating it.
04 — People
Founder · Artistic leadership
Kartika Jahja
A transdisciplinary artist and cultural leader working across music, activism and community empowerment. Kartika founded Yayasan Bersama Project in 2015 and develops artistic interventions that advance gender equality, challenge violence and amplify underrepresented voices.
Co-founder · Former project advisor
Dr. Rebekah Moore
An ethnomusicologist and cultural organiser whose work explores how musicians and artists contribute to social and environmental justice, and to individual and collective wellbeing.