An excerpt from Puisi Bukan Puisi, Musik Bukan Musik.
Puisi Bukan Puisi, Musik Bukan Musik (Poetry Not Poetry, Music Not Music)
musik puisi bahasa isyarat dan lisan, dengan deskripsi visual dan caption/takarir bunyi (signed and spoken music-poetry with visual descriptions and sound captions)
berkolaborasi dengan (in collaboration) with Arief Wicaksono dan (and) Bawien Panggalih.
(English below)
Puisi Bukan Puisi, Musik Bukan Musik adalah karya audiovisual kolaborasi Jay Afrisando, Arief Wicaksono, dan Bawien Panggalih yang mengeksplorasi musik puisi dari perspektif Tuli, neurodivergen, dan dengar. Dengan berfokus pada bahasa isyarat dan neurodivergen, karya ini mengajak pendengar/penonton untuk melintasi batasan konvensional musik, puisi, dan musik puisi, dengan menyingkap ritme, pola, multiinterpretasi, kekeliruan interpretasi (secara gamblang), ekspresi nonverbal, dan hal lain yang umumnya tidak dianggap sebagai puisi dan musik dari perspektif Barat dan non-disabilitas-sementara.
Arief Wicaksono (Arief) adalah seorang Tuli sejak lahir yang sudah aktif bergabung dengan komunitas Deaf Art Community sejak tahun 2005. Arief aktif dalam komunitas Bawayang Production, berkolaborasi program event besar seperti Pekan Budaya Difabel (2020-sekarang), Pameran Tuli seniman Jogja, Pusat Layanan ArtJog 2022 dan LoveArtjog 2023-2025.
Bawien Panggalih adalah seorang ibu yang hobi menyanyi setiap hari tanpa sembunyi-sembunyi. Ia juga bekerja formal setiap Senin sampai Jumat di sebuah perusahaan kecil di Denpasar. Selain itu, dia adalah seorang “certified picky eater”.
Poetry Not Poetry, Music Not Music is a series of audiovisual works of Jay Afrisando, Arief Wicaksono, and Bawien Panggalih. It explores music-poetry from the perspectives of Deaf, neurodivergent, and hearing. Focusing on sign language and neurodivergence, this work invites listeners to cross the conventional boundaries of music, poetry, and music-poetry, by making the hidden and underexplored aspects of poetry and music more visible and audible: rhythm, pattern, multiinterpretation, (literal) misinterpretation, nonverbal expression, and many things generally not considered poetry and music from Western and temporarily-non-disabled perspectives.
Arief Wicaksono (Arief) is profoundly Deaf, actively joining the Deaf Art Community since 2005. Arief is a member of the Bawayang Production community, collaborating at prominent events such as Pekan Budaya Difabel (Disabled Culture Week, 2020-now), Pameran Tuli seniman Jogja (Yogyakarta Deaf Artist Exhibition), Pusat Layanan ArtJog (ArtJog Service Center) 2022, and LoveArtjog 2023-2025.
Bawien Panggalih is a mom who enjoys singing openly every day. She has a day job at a small company in Denpasar. In addition, she is a “certified picky eater.”
Detail karya/Work details
Tahun dibuat/Year created: 2025
Medium/Medium: film dengan deskripsi visual/film with visual descriptions
Durasi/Duration (total): 60 menit (minutes)
Para pelaku/Cast
Penggagas dan Pengarah Karya/Concept and Director: Jay Afrisando
Manajer Produksi/Production Manager: Terry Perdanawati
Komposisi Bahasa Isyarat/Signed Composition: Jay Afrisando & Arief Wicaksono
Komposisi Vokal/Vocal Composition: Jay Afrisando & Bawien Panggalih
Penampil Bahasa Isyarat/Signer: Arief Wicaksono
Penampil Vokal/Vocalist: Bawien Panggalih
Deskripsi Visual/Visual Description: Nels, Broto Wijayanto, Jay Afrisando, & Bawien Panggalih
Juru Bahasa Isyarat/Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) Interpreter: Nels
Videografer, Editor Film, dan Sound Engineer/Videographer, Film Editor, and Sound Engineer: Jay Afrisando
Arief Wicaksono direkam di/Arief Wicaksono was recorded at: Kasuli, Yogyakarta, ID
Bawien Panggalih direkam di/Bawien Panggalih was recorded at: T-Pro Studio, Denpasar, and Ruang Bunyi Studio, Yogyakarta, ID
Produksi karya ini didukung oleh/The work production was supported by: the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Bawayang Production.
Penampilan/Showcase
Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja (PSBK), Yogyakarta, ID, 27 December 2025. Pemutaran ini didukung oleh/This screening was supported by: Bawayang Production, the University of California, Santa Cruz, Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja, and Wartajazz.
Snapshot from the film. Arief, a brown man with bunned hair wearing a black shirt, poses his hands on the right side of his head. His hands display open palms with the index and thumb meeting.
Snapshot from the film displaying a collage of three tiles of Arief, a brown man with bunned hair wearing a black shirt, signing differently. First tile: right index and middle fingers pointing to the right eye. Second tile: right index pointing to the right ear. Third tile: two hands on the hip sides, as if he operates a wheelchair.
![Snapshot from the film displaying Bawien, a brown woman with shoulder-length red hair wearing a black shirt, singing and sitting in front of a microphone. The sound captions read, “pucuknya [gerak lambat] meeelaammbaaaiii ditiiiuuppp-tiiiuuupppp [kec](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/674a98608f2ea01242e45c49/ddb43c76-478d-4933-bc4d-4de04591c6d5/snapshot_Bawien_LambatCepat.png)
Snapshot from the film displaying Bawien, a brown woman with shoulder-length red hair wearing a black shirt, singing and sitting in front of a microphone. The sound captions read, “pucuknya [gerak lambat] meeelaammbaaaiii ditiiiuuppp-tiiiuuupppp [kecepatan semula] angin.”
Snapshot from the film displaying a group of four tiles of Bawien on the left frame and one big tile on the right frame. Bawien is a brown woman with shoulder-length red hair wearing a black shirt. The left sound captions read, “[nada naik bersahutan] uuuuuuuuuuuuuu,” and the right sound captions read, “[nada naik] glooobaaal sooooliiiidaariiiityyyy.”
A seated audience, mostly on a floor mat, watching the film. Photo: Singgih Baruna. Event: Screening at Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja, 2025.