Sanan Rai
Client
Secretary of State for Arts and Culture and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
Year
2014
Country
Timor-Leste
Category
Cultural Heritage
Arts & Crafts
Type of Work
Book Design
Film Production
Film Festivals
2015 St Kilda Film Festival, Port Phillip (Australia)
Sanan Rai means 'clay pot' in Tetun language. Authored by renown French archeologist Jean-Christophe Galipaud, this book was designed in a trilingual format presenting examples of communities in Timor-Leste where traditional pottery-making still occurs. In Timor-Leste, pottery was introduced at least 3500 years ago and some villages across the country still reflect this very ancient tradition. This publication was produced to raise awareness on pottery-making practices in Timor-Leste and to promote the potters’ communities, in order to ensure a successful transition of this important heritage into a modern and more sustainable economy.
A short film about the last active potters in the country was produced to accompany the publication and the exhibition presented at Secretary of State for Arts & Culture.