THE EDITORS
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18 April 2011
Ardi Yunanto | editor
Born in Jakarta, November 21, 1980. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology in Malang, in 2003 he returned to Jakarta, the city where he grew up. In 2004, he joined ruangrupa and since 2007 he has been working as the editor of Karbon Journal. Apart from writing in a highly unproductive manner, he also works as a freelance editor, researcher, graphic designer, exhibition organizer, all the while trying to set aside some time to create some works of fiction.
Farid Rakun | editor
Born in Jakarta in 1982, he studied architecture at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia, in 2000 – 2005. After working in the construction industry for four years and making architectural drafts in Bali, New Orleans, and Phnom Penh, he decided to take a break. Apart from working as an editor in Karbon Journal from January 2010, he teaches at his alma-mater as assistant lecturer.
Roy Thaniago | editor
Roy Thaniago is an art and culture enthusiast. He went to Pelita Harapan University to learn music, and ISI Surakarta Postgraduate program (not graduate). He was born in 1986, and raised in Petojo, Jakarta. He works in the fields of music, editorial, and other service retailing industries. He worked for the Culture Division of Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (Alliance for the Archipelago Traditional Communities–AMAN). In Remotivi, an independent television monitoring institution, he works as Coordinator. Now, since April 2011, he has been tending Karbonjournal.org as an editor.
Rika Febriyani | writer
Rika Febriyani born and lives in Jakarta. She studies cities, firstly by enrolling in Urban Planning department in college, and then through working for a few private and government agencies, while never forgetting her main source of inspiration: the everyday. In the last few years, she has been putting her focus into the semiotics of urban elements, such as sidewalks, public lavatories, bookshops, parks, bus stops, snacks, and more. Her notes on these subject matters can be found in www.rujak.org and www.beritabandoeng.com, among others. She joined Karbonjournal.org in August 2011 as a writer.
Ifan Adriansyah Ismail | columnist
He claims of being a diaspora member. Although he was born only thirty years ago, on October 16, 1979, and has lived in merely four cities (Malang, Surabaya, Bandung, Jakarta), he dares asserting that he is a rover. This is more because from the four cities, not one was able to make him feel at home. This might be because he is a free man; or perhaps he is simply homeless. Understandably, he keeps numerous jobs and keeps on moving around, from one place to another. He has written screenplays for a TV comedy show for four years. Today, he teaches screenplay writing and comic script writing at the Akademi Samali and is the youngest editor at Rumahfilm.org. Now he adds another title to his line-up of jobs: a columnist at the Karbonjournal.org, coming to meet you every month.
Eko S. Bimantara | column illustrator
Born in Jakarta on May 30, 1988, he grew up in Cileungsi, Bogor, West Java, where he did his elementary and secondary studies. He is now studying at the Department of Art, Jakarta State University. He has been creating artwork since 2004, and from 2006 onward he has been making cartoon illustrations, comics, and caricatures. In 2008, he joined Serrum, a community of art and education in East Jakarta. His comics have been published in a book titled KRL (Komik Rada Lucu): Guru Berdiri Murid Berlari (Rather Funny Comics: the Teacher Stands while the Student Runs; Gradien publishing, Jakarta, 2009).
Rani Elsanti | translator
A freelance translator and editor, was born in Bandung, November 10, 1973. As a grumpy young girl, she had noisily proclaimed her loathing to big cities and especially to Jakarta—but that was before she found out that Jakarta had more publishing houses than anywhere else in Indonesia (perhaps with the exception of Yogyakarta). Her love of books, languages, and words (in that order) soon took precedence over any personal dislikes and brought her to the metropolis, where she can now easily be spotted grinning on a metromini bus, bemusedly observing the cacophonous city on her way to editorial meetings. She still thinks that Jakarta is a crazy city, but now realizes that the craziness is pandemic. After all, all happy towns are alike, but crazy cities are crazy in their own ways.
Ilham | webmaster
Born in Jakarta, August 15, 1980. Graduated from Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, in 2004. Since then, he has been working from one company to the next as a graphic designer, multimedia designer, web designer, or web programmer. Today he works as a freelance webmaster and lives happily with a wife who makes his life harmonious. He is the person who implements and maintains the website of Karbonjournal.org.
