Production Photographs of Torture-House Diorama Figures, Lubang Buaya
Thirty-one production photographs from Edhi Sunarso's studio of life-size figures for the Lubang Buaya 'torture house' diorama, showing generals, bound captives and assailants in fatigues. Shows how the Lubang Buaya scene was physically fabricated.
Photographs of Diorama Installation by the Keluarga Arca Sculptors, c. 1980-81
Seventeen photographs of the sculptors' group Keluarga Arca installing miniature dioramas (Yani abduction, Lubang Buaya training, recovery of bodies) c. 1980-81, plus later life-size figures. Visual evidence of how the Paseban dioramas were made.
Photographs of Dioramas and Their Installation, Museum of PKI Treachery
Eight photographs of dioramas and installation work at the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI, including a life-size Supersemar tableau with Sukarno and a woman in kebaya beside him. Visual record of the museum's making.
Francisca Fanggidaej in Shanghai and Beijing, c. 1966
IISG photograph (c.1966): black-and-white photo of about twelve men and one woman standing before tall windows, from Francisca Fanggidaej's time in Shanghai and Beijing. Only the file title identifies place and person.
Photographs of Diorama, Museum Satriamandala (Museum Pusat ABRI), 1974
Eleven damaged colour prints (June 1974) of dioramas made by Edhi Sunarso's workshop for the Museum Satriamandala, showing oath-taking, assemblies and possibly an exhumation scene. Uncaptioned visual record of the military museum's historical narrative.
Alle and Aukje Hoekema's Visit to Sudjinah in Tangerang Women's Prison, 1982
IISG photograph (1982): visit of Dutch visitors Alle and Aukje Hoekema to Sudjinah in Tangerang women's prison. Shows people seated on the floor around teapots and cups. Documents solidarity contact with a Gerwani leader imprisoned after 1965.
Documentary Photographs of Dioramas, Museum of PKI Treachery / Pancasila Sakti Monument, c. 1990-92
Fourteen prints from Edhi Sunarso's archive of Lubang Buaya dioramas, including 'Latihan sukarelawan P.K.I. di Lubang Buaya' and 'Penganiayaan dan pembunuhan di Lubang Buaya'. Titles match the Paseban dioramas opened in 1981. Visual material on the official narrative.
President Suharto's Visit to the Museum of PKI Treachery, 1992
Three snapshots of President Suharto's visit to the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI at Lubang Buaya, probably at its 1 Oct 1992 inauguration. Shows him before dioramas made in Edhi Sunarso's workshop.
Hari Kesaktian Pancasila, 1 October 1965 (Diorama Photograph, 2020)
Photograph (24 Nov 2020) of a museum diorama of the recovery of the generals' bodies from the Lubang Buaya well, with frogman figure, coffins and red-bereted soldiers. Visual record of the official Lubang Buaya display.