The Noorside house-factory is based in the village of Nitiprayan on the outskirts of Yogyakarta, where the urban world merges with traditional Javanese farming communities. The area is a regional hub for artists, musicians and students from across the Indonesian Archipelago. Noorside’s house-factory is a unique concept that seeks to integrate lighting production into the surrounding cultural and ecological landscape. Here are some stories from the Noorside community showing life from within our neighbourhood.
Our Neighbourhood
From heart to stone arts
His name is Yono, a figure in Indonesia’s stone carving scene who aims at preserving the traditional way of producing the artworks. Nowadays, Yono’s artworks have become one of the best in Indonesia.
Making food politics personal
One day in February 2013 a group of twenty friends came together to transform an empty plot of land in Nitiprayan, a village in the southern part of Yogyakarta, into a garden.