When it comes to cartoon, Steven Millhauser said that animated cartoon was a far more honest expression of the cinematic illusion than the so-called realistic film, because the cartoon reveled in its own illusory nature, exulted in the impossible--indeed it claimed the impossible as its own, exalted it as its own highest end, found in impossibility, in the negation of the actual, its profoundest reason for being. In dictionary, animated defined as having the appearance of something alive, endowed with life or the qualities of life, full of movement and activity.

In this TEDxBatangArau, we hope for an animated performance, animated discussion, animated life and animated city crowd, and animated you.

Afif Permana Aztamurri Comic Artist

Afif Permana Aztamurri is a comic artist, creator of komikstrip "Bagak Kandang" which established in 2015. He works as a graphic designer, and also has a clothing business in Bandung. He planned to start a business in motion graphic animation in the near future. Comics for Afif is a hobby, more precisely in drawing and giving opinion . He was a student majoring journalism. He was a journalist of Bisnis Indonesia for West Java Region (2014-2015), then decided to quit and start a job as a graphic designer.

Donny Eros Film Critic and Media Consultant

Donny Eros is a full-time lecturer in English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University since 2006, majoring in Literary and Film Studies. He studied Film and Literature in University of Essex, UK. He had also been invited to teach Indonesian Language, Culture and Cinema in Busan University of Foreign Studies as visiting professor from 2013 to 2016. Returning to Andalas University in 2016, Donny Eros and some fellow scholars established a research center called Tourism Development Center which develops multidisciplinary studies on developing tourisms, particularly in West Sumatra. Beside teaching and researching, he is also involved in developing the film ecosystem in West Sumatra together with the local government and film communities for his expertise in film studies.

Esha Tegar Putra Poet

Esha Tegar Putra is a poet and a lecturer. Together with several other artists he initiated Padang Literary Biennale (PLB) in September 2014. There are many poems, short stories and essays published in various joint anthologies as well as national and regional printed media, such as in Kompas, Tempo and others. His first collection of poetry entitled "Pinangan Orang Ladang" was published in 2009. Esha has also been a speaker in various literary events such as "Temu Penyair Empat Kota" in Yogyakarta in 2007, "Temu Sastrawan Indonesia II at Pangkal Pinang" (2009), "Ubud Writers & Readers Festival" in Bali (2009), "Salihara-Utankayu Biennalle 2011" and more.

Ka'bati - Writer

Ka'bati is a mother, a writer, an ex-journalist and one of the founders of Ruang Kerja Budaya (RKB), a non-profit organization in literacy, documentation and cultural activities. She has been active as a social worker in several women's organizations in Indonesia, Korea and the Netherlands such as Nurani Perempuan, Srintil, Dian Stichting, Jes Rijnland, Epicentrum, Java Stichting, Restaurant Van Harte and Indonesianvrouwen in Leiden. She also manages a book publishing especially Minangkabau's books, local content, novels, short stories and essays with the theme of women and femininity.

Ogy Winenriandhika Startup Enthusiast

Ogy Winenriandhika is a start-up enthusiast. He was born on October 30, 1992. He got his Bachelor of Law from Andalas University. He plunged into the startup world since 2014. Ogy is a co-founder of visioincubator.id which has incubated more than 40 startups spreading across Indonesia such as tanijoy.id, Spasium, ternakkita.co.id and go on travel.

Reynazran Royono Founder and CEO of Snapcart