Rani P Collaborations inspires conversations, self-reflection and intercultural exchange through transformative storytelling experiences.
About Rani Pramesti
Rani Pramesti is a proud Chinese-Javanese-Indonesian woman living and working across Kulin country (Melbourne, Australia), Jakarta (Indonesia) and the lands of the Ohlone people (San Francisco, USA).
As Rani P Collaborations, Rani leads culturally diverse teams across Indonesia and ‘Australia’. Our team work at the intersection of storytelling, technology and cultural exchange.
Rani P Collaborations’ debut performance installation, Chinese Whispers, won Best Live Art and Kultour’s Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice Awards at the 2014 Melbourne Fringe Festival. In 2017-2018, Rani led an Indonesian-Australian team to adapt Chinese Whispers into a bilingual, digital graphic novel, which can be accessed at www.thechinesewhispers.com
The following Rani P Collaborations’ production, Sedih // Sunno, premiered at Next Wave Festival 2016 and Metro Arts to critical acclaim.
In 2019, Rani P Collaborations launched CreativesofColour.com: curated conversations with creatives of colour, commissioned by Diversity Arts Australia. Throughout 2017-2020, Rani has been leading the creation of Surat-surat (Letters), an interdisciplinary performance inspired by her grandparents’ love letters.
Rani is a passionate intercultural producer, collaborating with culturally diverse young people in Melbourne’s West and communities internationally, at Footscray Community Arts Centre (2015-2016) and at Maribyrnong City Council’s only dedicated youth facility, Phoenix Youth Hub (2017-2018).
In 2019, Rani designed and delivered capacity building workshops for the Australia Council for the Arts, to increase the number of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) applicants into their national leadership programs. Her efforts contributed to doubling the number of applications by CaLD people- many of whom would not have considered applying before. Most recently, in 2019, Rani started a new role as Program Producer of the Victorian Independent Producers Initiative at Theatre Network Australia.
Rani also has a prolific advocacy and storytelling practice, having presented to communities and audiences locally, nationally and internationally.
See Rani’s CV here.
