Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia)
@mailbykite.bsky.social
Cultural worker/buruh seni. Disabled, from JKT. ANNAH, INFINITE out now ❤️🔥 Also wrote amuk, ULTIMATUM ORANGUTAN, ROPE, INDIGENOUS SPECIES, & I make art.
https://www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infinite/
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The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.
A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.
For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.
For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
If you’re Indonesian in Birmingham:
I’m holding a free workshop & discussion just for you around my short film series ‘KEROKAN POL’, on at Birmingham School of Art, curated by Grand Union 🙏🏼🤍
Birmingham School of Art
WED 26 November 2025
2–4:30pm
www.grand-union.org.uk/whats-on/wor...
I’m holding a free workshop & discussion just for you around my short film series ‘KEROKAN POL’, on at Birmingham School of Art, curated by Grand Union 🙏🏼🤍
Birmingham School of Art
WED 26 November 2025
2–4:30pm
www.grand-union.org.uk/whats-on/wor...
Workshop: Sharing and Discussion for Indonesian People with Khairani Barokka - Grand Union
Grand Union is an arts organisation based in Digbeth, Birmingham
www.grand-union.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you’re Indonesian in Birmingham:
I’m holding a free workshop & discussion just for you around my short film series ‘KEROKAN POL’, on at Birmingham School of Art, curated by Grand Union 🙏🏼🤍
Birmingham School of Art
WED 26 November 2025
2–4:30pm
www.grand-union.org.uk/whats-on/wor...
I’m holding a free workshop & discussion just for you around my short film series ‘KEROKAN POL’, on at Birmingham School of Art, curated by Grand Union 🙏🏼🤍
Birmingham School of Art
WED 26 November 2025
2–4:30pm
www.grand-union.org.uk/whats-on/wor...
!!! Terima kasih TRANSLATOR MAG for these gifts, inc a review of ANNAH, INFINITE by Fairuza Hanun—labelled ‘ULASAN’ and ‘REVIEW’.
‘Within each of us, a fragment of Annah lives on, reincarnating in the portraits of wmn, queer ppl, Indigenous ppls, & ppl of colour, those both oppressed & joyful.’ ❤️
‘Within each of us, a fragment of Annah lives on, reincarnating in the portraits of wmn, queer ppl, Indigenous ppls, & ppl of colour, those both oppressed & joyful.’ ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
!!! Terima kasih TRANSLATOR MAG for these gifts, inc a review of ANNAH, INFINITE by Fairuza Hanun—labelled ‘ULASAN’ and ‘REVIEW’.
‘Within each of us, a fragment of Annah lives on, reincarnating in the portraits of wmn, queer ppl, Indigenous ppls, & ppl of colour, those both oppressed & joyful.’ ❤️
‘Within each of us, a fragment of Annah lives on, reincarnating in the portraits of wmn, queer ppl, Indigenous ppls, & ppl of colour, those both oppressed & joyful.’ ❤️
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Gabrielle Swan is the exhibit coordinator of the patterns and parallels exhibition.
The exhibition was translated into three Indigenous languages spoken in northern Manitoba and shares how migratory patterns of birds relate to Indigenous teachings.
The exhibition was translated into three Indigenous languages spoken in northern Manitoba and shares how migratory patterns of birds relate to Indigenous teachings.
Travelling exhibit with an Indigenous twist gets a welcome from northern Manitoba | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Gabrielle Swan is the exhibit coordinator of the patterns and parallels exhibition.
The exhibition was translated into three Indigenous languages spoken in northern Manitoba and shares how migratory patterns of birds relate to Indigenous teachings.
The exhibition was translated into three Indigenous languages spoken in northern Manitoba and shares how migratory patterns of birds relate to Indigenous teachings.
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This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
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Exemplifying the "yes, you can just do things" approach @prisonculture.bsky.social encourages, @thellpsx.bsky.social, @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and Alice Wong started Crips for Esims for Gaza. Unpaid, and w no formal organization, they've raised $3,000,000 US chuffed.org/project/crip...
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
chuffed.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Exemplifying the "yes, you can just do things" approach @prisonculture.bsky.social encourages, @thellpsx.bsky.social, @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and Alice Wong started Crips for Esims for Gaza. Unpaid, and w no formal organization, they've raised $3,000,000 US chuffed.org/project/crip...
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Online tix to our in-convo abt tandem solo shows, my ‘Kerokan Pol’ + Bella Milroy’s ‘popcorn fur’, together known as Languages of Intimacy:
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In-person tix:
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Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
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In-person tix:
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Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Online tix to our in-convo abt tandem solo shows, my ‘Kerokan Pol’ + Bella Milroy’s ‘popcorn fur’, together known as Languages of Intimacy:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
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November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Ok fine.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ok fine.
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The Mouth of a Gash, Sing It Like a Scream': Alton Melvar M Dapanas interviews Khairani Barokka
'The Mouth of a Gash, Sing It Like a Scream': Alton Melvar M Dapanas interviews Khairani Barokka
Khairani Barokka speaks to Alton Melvar M Dapanas on how her latest book Annah, Infinite reshapes speculative nonfiction, disrupts genre norms…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Mouth of a Gash, Sing It Like a Scream': Alton Melvar M Dapanas interviews Khairani Barokka
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Long before “lying flat” became a modern slogan, the Tang Dynasty’s Xiangshan Nine Elders, including the poet Bai Juyi, had already perfected the art of quiet resistance.
Retreating to Mount Xiang, they turned their backs on imperial ambition, choosing calm
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#painting #folklore
Retreating to Mount Xiang, they turned their backs on imperial ambition, choosing calm
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#painting #folklore
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Think of the ‘island’ in ‘Epstein’s island’.
When the art world continues to give extreme monetary value to paintings of children in danger from the painter, under colonisation, it is a society that strips meaning from children’s rights and indigenous land rights simultaneously.
This is ambient.
When the art world continues to give extreme monetary value to paintings of children in danger from the painter, under colonisation, it is a society that strips meaning from children’s rights and indigenous land rights simultaneously.
This is ambient.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Think of the ‘island’ in ‘Epstein’s island’.
When the art world continues to give extreme monetary value to paintings of children in danger from the painter, under colonisation, it is a society that strips meaning from children’s rights and indigenous land rights simultaneously.
This is ambient.
When the art world continues to give extreme monetary value to paintings of children in danger from the painter, under colonisation, it is a society that strips meaning from children’s rights and indigenous land rights simultaneously.
This is ambient.
(Grieving, & loving our community. Going back thru collaborations, found this from Alice, & am smile-crying:
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
(Grieving, & loving our community. Going back thru collaborations, found this from Alice, & am smile-crying:
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
‘Khairani helped me understand that poetry is all around us & that there’s something for everyone.’
Alice Wong was THE best of us. *She helped us understand crip beauty is all around us.)
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
No, no, no, no, no.
We will always love you and your work, Alice. Thank you for being the brightest of lights.
Alice has supported my work for years, w much kindness behind the scenes, & this was so for so many other disabled people trying to join her in changing this world.
She was a one of one.
We will always love you and your work, Alice. Thank you for being the brightest of lights.
Alice has supported my work for years, w much kindness behind the scenes, & this was so for so many other disabled people trying to join her in changing this world.
She was a one of one.
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
No, no, no, no, no.
We will always love you and your work, Alice. Thank you for being the brightest of lights.
Alice has supported my work for years, w much kindness behind the scenes, & this was so for so many other disabled people trying to join her in changing this world.
She was a one of one.
We will always love you and your work, Alice. Thank you for being the brightest of lights.
Alice has supported my work for years, w much kindness behind the scenes, & this was so for so many other disabled people trying to join her in changing this world.
She was a one of one.
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"In Annah, Infinite, the dominant narratives surrounding Paul Gauguin’s famous painting turned upside down.
What if the portrait is ... a child in pain?"
An experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
#ArtSky
What if the portrait is ... a child in pain?"
An experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
#ArtSky
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"In Annah, Infinite, the dominant narratives surrounding Paul Gauguin’s famous painting turned upside down.
What if the portrait is ... a child in pain?"
An experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
#ArtSky
What if the portrait is ... a child in pain?"
An experimental work of creative non-fiction that challenges art history, confronts colonial ableism, and reclaims a stolen spirit.
#ArtSky
Online tix to our in-convo abt tandem solo shows, my ‘Kerokan Pol’ + Bella Milroy’s ‘popcorn fur’, together known as Languages of Intimacy:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
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In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Online tix to our in-convo abt tandem solo shows, my ‘Kerokan Pol’ + Bella Milroy’s ‘popcorn fur’, together known as Languages of Intimacy:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
In-person tix:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
Hosted by Art Activisms research cluster, Birmingham Schl of Art
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The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
Petition against U. of Nottingham suspending ALL of its Modern Language courses:
c.org/CQSnJJvBDY #xl8
c.org/CQSnJJvBDY #xl8
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Petition against U. of Nottingham suspending ALL of its Modern Language courses:
c.org/CQSnJJvBDY #xl8
c.org/CQSnJJvBDY #xl8
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"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."
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November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Thousands are escaping El Fasher with nothing but the clothes on their backs — help us raise $50,000 to keep them alive."
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‘A wonderful, heartening thought, imagining Annah’s revenge.’
Thank you SO much for this review of ANNAH, INFINITE, on the day of its US pub date—I was deeply touched to read it. 🙏🏼
May we all be blessed by the kind of power inherent in Annah/s’ revenge.
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
Thank you SO much for this review of ANNAH, INFINITE, on the day of its US pub date—I was deeply touched to read it. 🙏🏼
May we all be blessed by the kind of power inherent in Annah/s’ revenge.
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
‘A wonderful, heartening thought, imagining Annah’s revenge.’
Thank you SO much for this review of ANNAH, INFINITE, on the day of its US pub date—I was deeply touched to read it. 🙏🏼
May we all be blessed by the kind of power inherent in Annah/s’ revenge.
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
Thank you SO much for this review of ANNAH, INFINITE, on the day of its US pub date—I was deeply touched to read it. 🙏🏼
May we all be blessed by the kind of power inherent in Annah/s’ revenge.
hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...
Tk you, it’s a happy US pub day for ANNAH, INFINITE!
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#CripLit #xl8
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#CripLit #xl8
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Tk you, it’s a happy US pub day for ANNAH, INFINITE!
Please note, Nth American buyers, that using this @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social @workshops4gaza.bsky.social link means you can give % of proceeds to the Sameer Project.
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#CripLit #xl8
Please note, Nth American buyers, that using this @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social @workshops4gaza.bsky.social link means you can give % of proceeds to the Sameer Project.
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#CripLit #xl8
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November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Thank you to Wasafiri, and to Sam Dapanas for their incisive, deeply attuned questions.
What a pleasure to chat ANNAH, INFINITE as speculative nonfiction and translation of a painting, the 1965 genocide, refusing ableist biases in art and literature, and more. #CripLit #Xl8
What a pleasure to chat ANNAH, INFINITE as speculative nonfiction and translation of a painting, the 1965 genocide, refusing ableist biases in art and literature, and more. #CripLit #Xl8
Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Alton Melvar M Dapanas speaks to @mailbykite.bsky.social on how her latest book ANNAH, INFINITE reshapes speculative nonfiction, and disputes the racial, gendered, and ableist biases of fraught literary and artistic spaces.
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD
Read now: buff.ly/YrKYEPD