Solo Skin Art

The 1st Annual Solo Skin Art was held in June 4th-5th, 2012, in Gelora Manahan Solo. I was there on the 2nd day. Actually, I didn't know this kind of event was held in my city. One of my friends invited me to come along with her, and I just said "Ok" without thinking of what kind of event it was. (hahaha. so clueless about this kind of event). The ticket entrance was IDR 20000 (well, kinda expensive for student like me. but, fortunately my friend paid it for me. kekeke. lucky me!). After paying for the ticket entrance I got ticket and a booklet like this :

The booklet says:  1st Annual Solo Skin Art

The booklet contains some photos of tattoos and tattoos makers
and the information about tattoos shops all over Indonesia

Actually, I expected something like tattoos exhibition in the venue, I wanted to see people doing tattoos in the venue or saw some tattoos design or something like that, but I was late, a day late ! It was yesterday, and I totally didn't know this kind of event existed the day before. I only saw many booths with tattoos shops' name with nothing and no one. I mean, the exhibition was over and it only left empty booth (syuuuu~~~ sounds of empty wind blows). So, what is the event for the last day? Well, fortunately, still some left.

When I entered the venue, I saw some people gathered around in front of the stage. There was a competition. Tattoos competition. So, all the contestants were called to come up the stage and showed his/her tattoos to the judges, audiences, photographers, and media. (it's like fashion show thingy, tattoos show actually.) I met one of the contestants and asked to capture her tattoos. She kindly showed it to me, and here it is :

After taking those photos, I walked around and looked for some women who have tattoos (I don't really get interested to see tattoo on men's body, women's body with tattoos are more appealing. LOL) 

And here are some of the photos :

Yeah !

When I was walking around, I found a girl was being tattooed. The tattoo-maker-man looked so serious and highly concentrated. Once in a while, the girl waved a paper to her face. She felt hot, I think, because she sweat a lot. I wonder, she felt hot because of the lighting or because of the hot air in the venue or because of it was so painful? hmm. 

After discovering around the venue, I saw that in front of the stage became so much crowded. Tattoos 'fashion' show was over and it went on to another show. I don't know the name of the show, but it's kinda extreme. so extreme (for me).

So, I saw a person was being tattooed beside the stage and everybody like cheered him up. Well, I still did not know what happened. Then, my friend told me that the person being tattooed would show up his all-over-body-tattooed by being hanged on a-what-so-called-pulling-chain. Before he was pulled, some hooks would be pierced into his skins along right hand to left hand. OH MY GOD. What kind of show was this???
But, I saw everybody was getting more and more excited. And SHOW TIME !!




Oh, well, I captured some 'creepy' pictures, here they are :

 

After watching that kind of crazy, illogical, extreme show, the crowd dismissed instantly. I was just like. "What?!! Everybody's here just want to see such thing?"
Because after 'that show' was over, there was a performance of etno music ensemble, and it's quite interesting because they were playing some ethnic music instruments, like 'jimbe', 'rebana' and 'gendang' (i'm not really sure about this one). But, most of people left the venue and only some of them still stuck there to enjoy the music. Wow. What kind of phenomenon was this? People only got so excited to such extreme thing like that. Well, maybe that kind of creepy show was considered as brand-new show in Solo. Well, okay, well, umm.

Actually, the music was good. Jimbe, rebana, gendang, saxophone, and other music instruments harmonically flowed in medium to fast speed. So on fire. So fit for this kind of event.

Well, I recorded their performance in this short video

link to :

etno music ensemble at Solo Skin Art 2012

(click hyperlink above, it will directly go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruJTeaTewHM&feature=youtu.be)


Well, that ethnic music performance was the last show that I watched that night. It was because the venue was getting more and more empty, my friend and I decided to go home.

Overall, this event is kinda new in Solo. Although, I didn't watch the show on the first day, but second-day-show had given some kind of pattern about how the first-day-show was. And I think, this kind of event can be one of unique events held in Solo (counting 'that hanging thingy' as extreme not unique, actually). Hopefully, this annual show can be held again and will have some more unique-extreme things next years.


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