THE face, projected on the screen of a monitor, was very Javanese. Above it, a square bamboo structure, about 2 meters high, sheltered it. Suddenly, a thundering roar and the bamboo wavered, before collapsing. The expression on the face, now under the rubble, instantly changed. The face pale, her two hands protecting her head.

Sara Nuytemans, 37, the portrait painter from the Netherlands, exhibited the montage as a response to the event of a yea