The Living Universe: Ritual, Nature, and Art in Balinese Cosmology

Jero Penyarikan Duuran Batur, also known as I Ketut Eriadi Ariana, S.S., M.Hum., is an Indonesian academic, writer, and journalist from Batur, Bangli. A graduate of the Old Javanese Literature programme and the Master’s programme in Linguistics at Udayana University, he now lectures at his alma mater. In addition to contributing essays, opinion pieces, and poetry to various media outlets, he founded Batur: Kata Penyambung Peradaban magazine and the Bebaturan.id platform. Eriadi is the author of several books and anthologies, including Ulun Danu and Ekologisme Batur. He is frequently invited to academic and cultural forums and has received awards for his work in journalism and literature.

Jero Penyarikan Duuran Batur, yang juga dikenal sebagai I Ketut Eriadi Ariana, S.S., M.Hum., adalah akademisi, penulis, dan jurnalis asal Batur, Bangli, Bali. Ia merupakan lulusan Program Sastra Jawa Kuno dan Magister Linguistik di Universitas Udayana, tempat ia kini mengajar. Selain menulis esai, opini, dan puisi di berbagai media, ia juga mendirikan majalah Batur: Kata Penyambung Peradaban serta platform Bebaturan.id. Eriadi telah menulis sejumlah buku dan antologi, di antaranya Ulun Danu dan Ekologisme Batur. Ia kerap diundang dalam forum akademis maupun budaya, serta telah menerima penghargaan atas kiprahnya di bidang jurnalisme dan sastra

Dewa Gede Purwita, also known as Purwita Sukahet, is an Indonesian artist and writer specialising in visual culture and art history. He is a co-founder of the Gurat Institute, now part of Komunitas Gurat Budaya Indonesia, and teaches in the Visual Communication Design programme at the Bali Institute of Design and Business. Interested in art as research, he focuses on Northern Balinese master artists from the late 19th century. His published books include E®MOTIVE: Reconstructing Visual Thought, I Gusti Made Deblog: A Master of Naturalist Painting in the Denpasar-Bali Art Scene, I Wayan Karja: Reasoning in Colour, Painting with Feeling, and Hard-Iman. Since 2009, he has also led the independent project Nglesir Visual, documenting old architecture, carvings, and sculptures.

Dewa Gede Purwita, yang juga dikenal sebagai Purwita Sukahet, adalah seniman dan penulis Indonesia dengan fokus pada kajian budaya visual dan sejarah seni. Ia merupakan salah satu pendiri Gurat Institute, yang kini menjadi bagian dari Komunitas Gurat Budaya Indonesia, serta mengajar di Program Desain Komunikasi Visual di Bali Institute of Design and Business. Dengan ketertarikan pada seni sebagai bentuk riset, ia menaruh perhatian pada maestro-maestro seni Bali Utara sejak akhir abad ke-19. Buku-buku yang telah ia terbitkan antara lain E®MOTIVE: Reconstructing Visual Thought, I Gusti Made Deblog: A Master of Naturalist Painting in the Denpasar-Bali Art Scene, I Wayan Karja: Reasoning in Colour, Painting with Feeling, dan Hard-Iman. Sejak 2009, ia juga memimpin proyek independen Nglesir Visual yang mendokumentasikan arsitektur, ukiran, dan patung-patung kuno.

Wayan Karja is an acclaimed Balinese painter, art educator, and former Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design at ISI Denpasar. He has received various awards, including the Satya Lencana from the President of the Republic of Indonesia and special recognition from the Japanese politician Nakasone Yasuhiro. He is active in art restoration, research, workshops, and artist talks in various countries. Karja is known for his consistent exploration of intuitive and spiritual art based on Balinese cosmology, particularly the concepts of pangider bhuwana and the color mandala. Born in Ubud, he earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida, pursued further studies at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, and completed his doctoral program at the Indonesian Hindu University in Denpasar.

Wayan Karja adalah pelukis ternama asal Bali, pendidik seni, dan mantan Dekan Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain ISI Denpasar. Beliau telah menerima berbagai penghargaan, termasuk Satya Lencana dari Presiden Republik Indonesia dan penghargaan khusus dari politisi Jepang, Nakasone Yasuhiro. Ia aktif dalam kegiatan restorasi seni, penelitian, lokakarya, dan diskusi seniman di berbagai negara. Karja dikenal atas eksplorasinya yang konsisten terhadap seni intuitif dan spiritual yang berakar pada kosmologi Bali, khususnya konsep pangider bhuwana dan mandala warna. Lahir di Ubud, ia meraih gelar Master of Fine Arts dari University of South Florida, melanjutkan studi di European Graduate School di Swiss, dan menyelesaikan program doktoralnya di Universitas Hindu Indonesia di Denpasar.