Lectio Divina (2025)
Lectio Divina merupakan pertunjukan yang menyingkap dimensi politik dan praktik hegemonik Gereja Katolik di Maumere, Flores. Pertunjukan ini mempersoalkan bagaimana gereja, sebagai institusi yang kerap diposisikan sebagai pilar moral dan penjaga nilai cinta kasih, dalam kenyataannya juga beroperasi sebagai kekuatan sosial, budaya, dan politik yang tidak jarang menyimpang dari prinsip-prinsip etis dan spiritual yang dikedepankannya. Karya ini membuka ruang kritik terhadap wajah ganda institusi keagamaan yang sekaligus menjadi penopang dan pengontrol kehidupan masyarakat.
Lectio Divina is a performance that unveils the political dimensions and hegemonic practices of the Catholic Church in Maumere, Flores. The work interrogates how the Church, often positioned as a moral pillar and guardian of compassion, in reality also operates as a social, cultural, and political force that frequently deviates from the ethical and spiritual principles it proclaims. This performance opens a space of critique against the double face of religious institutions, which simultaneously function as both the sustainer and the controller of communal life.
Producer
Eka Putra Nggalu
Director
Shohifur Ridho'i
Researcher
Erich Langobelen
Cast
Amel Mare
Elias Ledo
Isabella Daos Kadaty
Florianus Dhika
Maria Rosari Kolit
Petrus Taena
Yelita Usboko
Yohanes FR. Sola
Light designer
Juan Carlos
Sound engineer
Marchelius Yansen
Stage manager
Wilfridus Stefanus Dumi
Co-Production by
Komunitas Kahe
rokateater
Teater Pata
Eka Putra Nggalu
Director
Shohifur Ridho'i
Researcher
Erich Langobelen
Cast
Amel Mare
Elias Ledo
Isabella Daos Kadaty
Florianus Dhika
Maria Rosari Kolit
Petrus Taena
Yelita Usboko
Yohanes FR. Sola
Light designer
Juan Carlos
Sound engineer
Marchelius Yansen
Stage manager
Wilfridus Stefanus Dumi
Co-Production by
Komunitas Kahe
rokateater
Teater Pata
Lectio Divina has been presented at Maumerelogia 5 (2025) as part of Shohifur Ridho’i’s residency at Komunitas Kahe in Maumere, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia. During the residency, Shohifur collaborated with actors from Teater Pata, a performing arts group based in Maumere.
The work was created and developed from the actors’ experiences and observations, with the support of local researcher Erich Langobelen, a poet, philosophy lecturer, and social and political observer whose work is particularly concerned with the social and political contexts of East Nusa Tenggara.
The work was created and developed from the actors’ experiences and observations, with the support of local researcher Erich Langobelen, a poet, philosophy lecturer, and social and political observer whose work is particularly concerned with the social and political contexts of East Nusa Tenggara.
Essay
Photos by Yeremias Aloysius (doc. Maumerelogia)
