Hi All,

thanks for coming to this site. I’ve stopped maintaining this site. My new site is www.denartny.com. See you there!

Danny

I will do live body painting and show some of my paintings at a multimedia art show in Staten Island this coming Saturday (05/29).

The event will include:

- Live music by Los Huevos
- Art Exhibition
- live body painting by Danny Setiawan
- dance performances by Nina Sol
- dance performances by Anya X

Ticket $25 (includes 1 drink).
more info

Freedom is all I ask for…

I need to feel the air under my wings

I need to feel I can defy gravity

I need to feel unstoppable

I need to fly…

The wings…my wings…

They are numb

I don’t even know how to move them anymore

I’m not supposed to spread them, they said.

I need to consider their feelings

I can’t make them feel small.

But…

What about MY feelings?

ENOUGH!

This is my life.

I can’t let anyone stop me from touching the coulds

I can’t let that. No more!

I will reclaim my wings, my destiny, my freedom

But…

What if all these times I’m on the ground because I choose to?

What if my wings take me to a place where no one can reach me?

What if my freedom costs me all that I care for?

Yes, I will be able to fly anywhere, anytime

But…

Will I have something to fly for?

Will I have someone to fly to?

Will I have any desire to fly at all?

Tomorrow evening, I will be interviewed by a reporter from Voice of America.

This will be a profile piece of myself as a body painter that will be aired on a local TV channel in Jakarta, Indonesia called Jak TV. It will be part of their pop culture programming.

Let’s hope that I won’t make a fool out of myself.

This used to be an easy question to answer. Not anymore.

I know that I want to change the world. Yes, I do have that messianic complex. Nothing wrong with that, especially if you’re an artist. What does “changing the world” mean, though?

Few things:
1. Personal level:

• Inspire people in my daily life. I want to change the world of the people I encounter in my everyday life. I want to support them, encourage them, inspire them for the better… to be the best that they can be.
• Inspire people through art. The same as above, but through my art. I hope to touch people who experience my art like how I touch people in my life. I believe that what one does/creates is defined by who he is. This is more so in art.

2. Macro level:

• Change the art experience: I want to change how we experience art. Breaking the boundaries between art and audience, creator and creation, combining media to envelope spectators in the art and inspire them to join the creation process
• Change the business of art: I want to find new ways to generate revenue for artists so they can focus on creating works that they believe in and allow the mass (not collectors or critics) to vote what’s art and what’s not with their money.

Now, I need to evaluate where I am with these agenda and figure out how to gain momentum in each.