Right after we launched project – and this website – the pandemic became a reality. Global lock-down and travel restrictions meant that planned fieldwork had to be postponed. Fortunately, the experimental music scene in Indonesia has turned out to be as resourceful during corona as before it, and the scene has continued to thrive in a variety of online formats. Over the past year, we have followed this evolving online field, conducting online fieldwork from a distance on various social media. We have kept in contact with our friends and collaborators on the experimental music scene in Indonesia, watched performances online, conducted interviews on WhatsApp and followed digital releases. The offline world might have ground to a halt, but we are happy that the Indonesian electronic music scene has remained vibrant online. “Fieldwork from a distance” are our notes and reflections from online and digital fieldwork over the past year.
