Websites
Web Art Garden, an idea by Prapto. An international network of people interested in art, culture and environmental issues wishing to share experiences from their own ecology through artistic activity. Offerings archive and call for participation in future World Environment Days.
Books, Articles, Video: a Bibliography (1991-Present)
Publications relating to Amerta Movement
Selected publications available on-line
1994 Silences in Solonese Dance Production by Paul Stange in Journal of Southeast Asian Social Science, Vol. 22, pp. 201–229. > here
2009 Meditasi dalam Tari: ‘Tari Meditasi?’ by Suprapto Suryodarmo. Paper for National Seminar on The Art of Dance in Human Life convened by Jurusan Tari, Fakultas Seni Pertunjukan, Institut Seni Indonesia-Surakarta, 19 Desember. Meditation in Dance: ‘Dance Meditation?’ English translation by Diane Butler. > here Includes The Idea of Joged Amerta
2010 Religiosity in Art inspired by Samuan Tiga and Tejakula, Bali: Unity in Diversity. Ph.D. dissertation by Diane Butler, Universitas Udayana, Bali. Abstract pdf > here
2012 An Improvised Conversation of Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen & Suprapto Suryodarmo at the 26th Annual BMCA Conference: Somatics: Exploring Our Roots, transcribed by Diane Butler and Kate Tarlow Morgan in Currents: a journal of the Body-Mind Centering® Association, winter edition. pdf > here
2014 Embodied Lives: Reflections on the Influence of Suprapto Suryodarmo and Amerta Movement co-edited by Katya Bloom, Margit Galanter, Sandra Reeve. Dorset, UK: Triarchy Press. Extracts and glimpses pdf > here
2015 Dancing Materiality: A Study of Agency and Confederations in Contemporary Outdoor Dance Practices. Ph.D. dissertation by Paula Kramer, Coventry University, UK. pdf >here
2020 An Image That’s Alive: Conversation on the image worlds of Skinner Releasing Technique & Amerta Movement with Sally E. Dean, Margit Galanter, Lily Kiara, and Julie Nathanielsz. Contact Quarterly a Journal for Moving Ideas 45.1 (Winter/Spring 2020) link to pdf > here
Online Video
* Many videos of Joget Amerta / Amerta Movement and Prapto’s work can be searched on vimeo or youtube *
1997 Suprapto Suryodarmo: Amerta Movement DVD directed by Peter Hulton of summer 1997 workshops and seminars in Dartmoor, UK. University of Exeter, Centre for Arts Research and Development, Arts Archives. Segment ‘On Landscaping’. > here
1999 Prapto, Amerta Movement Film by Daniel Junod shot in Switzerland, Germany, Greece, and Indonesia. > here
2001 Suprapto Suryodarmo/Arte y Meditacion en Movimiento with Seri Tribe elder Francisco Chapo Barnett during workshop at Tlayacapan, Morelos, Mexico prior to Celebration Ethnic Art in Time at Xochicalco Temple organized by Geo Legoretta. Video by Carlos Ernesto Vizcarra. > here
2003 Performance and Religiosity Documentary about the work of Suprapto (English with German subtitles) Film by Torsten Konrad and Annelise Soglio – Camera Götz Rogge > here
2005 Lesson from the Garden A conversation with Prapto (Indonesian with English subtitles) > here
2006 Suprapto Suryodarmo: Moving in Space DVD by Ana Godinho de Matos. London, UK. > here
2016 Devon – Bantham – Waving Rock Garden Film by Karolina Nieduza > here
2019 Suprapto Suryodarmo’s Silent Path A film by Deny Ardianto and Suprapto > here