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# The Heavenly Jungle Community

After years of being nomad, with most of the times just being rolled and put on storage. Fundraising event were first initialized by Iweng and the community surround him around year 2019 in Bandung, Indonesia.  Selected objects were made from captured photograph that got enhanced with digital restoration as a memorabilia and sold in forms of T-shirt, posters, puzzles, etc. At that time, the attempt does not really echoes much to a wider range of community and eventually lead into another attempt by leveraging the use of digital provenance that embed in Blockchain technology. By using Blockchain and linked the digitized file from each of the Heavenly Jungle panels, the process of creating an economical structure of community based on the progress of the artwork will be less problematic and utterly secured from fraudulence.  

## Artist
Iweng's background and journey
Irwan Bagja Dermawan born in Bandung, Indonesia, 1971. 
Education: 1990 - 1997 Faculty of Fine Art ITB [Bandung Institute of Technology ] Indonesia.
Currently lives and works in Bali, Indonesia.

Education: 1990 - 1997 Faculty of Fine Art ITB [Bandung Institute of Technology ] Indonesia.

Currently lives and works in Bali, Indonesia. 

The Heavenly Jungle, known also as Rimbaraya Syurganyata in Bahasa Indonesia, are a set of art masterpiece made by Irwan Bagja Dermawan aka. Iweng, using oil in canvas material. All of the panels are first made in between year 1996 to 1997 as part of Iweng’s process to finish his class from Fine Art Faculty at Bandung Institute of Technology, West-Java province, Indonesia. 

## Significance of Heavenly Jungle as cultural heritage
The name Heavenly Jungle were first declared as an international representation name for the artwork when it was exhibited in Havana, Cuba at year 2000. While the paintings were not meant to be sold to any collectors at any price, after some period of time with the needs to get his parents go to Haj, Iweng decided to sold one of the panels to one of his friend. He than remake the panel. Besides Havana and Bandung, other places that once held the whole painting stand up also include Bali, Jakarta and Solo. Overtime, the artwork resonance to many art enthusiast, mostly those who give more interest on modern art painting in first place.
    
The painting masterpiece consist of 26 different panel for a one giant painting artwork and had been exhibited several number of times, locally and internationally. Unfortunately, because its giant size, to have it up all the time and get exposure from fine art lovers at any time, it can be a downside when the owner (Iweng) do not own a proper space to exhibited it. Throughout the end of the project implementing digitization of the masterpiece and then auctioning NFTs of it, that supposed to be "proper space" would found the resources it need to have the painting available to the masses from time to time hopefully.http://www.list-of-important-artists.de/b.htm -Bagja Dermawan, Irwan (Iweng); Indonesien

## Exhibitions & Experiences
**Solo Exhibitions**
2009 ”Fantasia-Panorama” at umahseni gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2008 “Atmosphereal”, Kuta Bali, Indonesia | “A Gift For My City” Murals Attack at Pasupati Fly Over Bandung,
Indonesia.
2006 “Fantacity II”, Murals Attack at Kebon Kembang Neighbourhood, Bandung, Indonesia.
2001 “Fantacity”, Murals Attack at Babakan Cianjur Neighbourhood, Bandung, Indonesia | “Rimbaraya
Syurganyata”, Tebesaya Village, Ubud Bali, Indonesia.
2000 ”Facing the Monster”, Gate of Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia | “Traffic Meditation”, Buahbatu Bandung, Indonesia.
1998 “Freemagination”, Braga Bandung, Indonesia.
1997 “Heavenly Jungle(renamed internationaly after Havana Biennial”, Centre Culture Of France, Bandung, Indonesia | “Menerawangi Tembok-Tembok Gang”, Kebon Kembang Tamansari, Bandung, Indonesia.

**Selected Exhibitions**
2010 ”Post Psychedelia”, Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia.
2009 ”Hybridization”, North Art Space, Jakarta, Indonesia | ”Semarak Biennale”, Art Fair at CGartspace,
Jakarta, Indonesia.
2008 ”Global Warming Kunst Kamera”, GWK Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia.
2001 ”Bandung Art Event [ BAE ]”, R 66 Gallery, Bandung, Indonesia | “Hors Limite”, Workshop & Exhibition With Myriam Cathy [ France ], GSPI, Bandung, Indonesia.
2000 “7th Biennale of Havana”, Cuba | “Blup Art”, West Java Cultural Centre, Bandung, Indonesia.http://universes-in-universe.de/car/habana/bien7/pab-cuba1/e-iweng.htm

## Heavenly Jungle Resources
[Ary Juliyant at 20 Years Rimba Raya Syurga Nyata - Iwenk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIK_6pWRgqA)

[Pointers for Iweng from Prof. Dr. Primadi Tabrani (RIP)](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/830855178516824074/840237408536494121/Pointers-untuk-Iweng.docx)

A NEW PHENOMENON: IWENG
    "1...
    2.Iweng’s paintings without frames, it’s like a prehistoric picture, child images, temple reliefs are also not framed, so there is no perspective and no zoom in and zoom out. How to draw: create one scene, then the following scene is left/right/ up/down the first scene and so on. In Rimbaraya Syurganyata (1997), up to dozens of scenes. Iweng’s scene has edge grooves to smooth the effort to connect the following scenes. The background layer started since the first scene then continued to the next scene, or Iweng makes a new background layer in the next scene. Because Iweng does not use perspective, and the field of painting is relatively flat, so that the background layered and attached together like a galaxy in the universe that confuse viewers who used to enjoy NPM paintings with perspective. But the confusion will slowly disappear after being fascinated by Iweng's universe that seems to continue expanding without frames. In Bahasa Rupa is called Different Ways of Time and Space (Dream Time), as well as How Flashback and How Flash Forward, also called the Genesis Way.
    3. ........" full archieve edition ==>
