TEDxUbud 2019: Movement

October 12th marked our eighth edition. It was a journey of storytelling, innovation, and learning—celebrating the people and ideas that inspire us and make us think twice about the world around us.

At TEDxUbud 2019, speakers explored ideas around movement—touching on diverse topics such as choreography and dinosaur movement, forced migration, emotional journeys, the impact of travel, social movements, and the motion of the earth under our feet.

Movement is something we all share and participate in—a universal part of the human story as we cross the borders, lines and boundaries that structure our lives.

Everything in the world, and beyond, is constantly moving, in a state of ebb and flow, changing from one form to another.

Some of our movements are deliberate, as when we choose to travel, or dance. Other movements are beyond our control, or impossible to detect. Sometimes it’s not a pleasant sensation, as when we are forced into movement to escape something, or have to push against the status quo to make a change.

When we say we are moved, we usually talk about emotion arising in our bodies, changing us in some way. When we talk about a movement, we talk about people working together to create social change or spread a new idea across the globe.

The venue: Setia Darma House of Masks and Puppets

In a complex of Balinese bales and Javanese joglos, Setia Darma House of Masks and Puppets preserves some of the world’s most colorful pieces of art with each house displaying different collections of masks and puppets.

Located just a few miles from the heart of Ubud, the House of Masks and Puppets covers more than one hectare of land surrounded by traditional Balinese villages and rice fields. It is a place where various kinds of masks and puppets from different regions in Indonesia and around the world have been collected, stored, and displayed for public since 2006. The collection includes more than 1,300 masks and 5,700 puppets—all collected as a reference which can be used for various purposes.

“TEDxUbud holds a special place in my heart—one of the best events I have attended—I can see now why it is one of the best places for a TEDx event.”