Bilawa Respati, Karina Utomo, Șüräle »The Dream Has Still Not Whispered«

With a title that refers to a Javanese tradition in which spiritual knowledge is often transmitted through whispering, this work explores the concept of arwah/äruax, an ancestral spirit that appears in both Turkic and Indonesian cultures.

»The Dream Has Still Not Whispered« by Bilawa Respati, Karina Utomo, and Șüräle premiered at the Korkut II Triennale in collaboration with CTM Festival at the Tselinny Center for Contemporary Culture.

Photo: Saida Suleimenova, 2026

This work continues an impulse from the CTM Resynthesising the Traditional artistic lab which took place at the Tselinny Center for Contemporary Culture in October 2025, and is the creation of the experimental gamelan composer and performer Bilawa Ade Respati, extreme vocalist Karina Utomo, and guitarist and producer Şüräle. More information coming soon.

»The Dream Has Still Not Whispered« is commissioned by the Korkut II Triennale and CTM Festival. Bilawa Ade Respati's participation is kindly supported by Goethe-Institut Kazakhstan.