Michel Lippitsch

Painter, sculptor, musician, sailor, chef and underwater conservationist — living and working from Bintan, Indonesia. Three decades of art, voyages, reefs, music and traditional jong racing, now under one roof.

Painting · Sculpture

Art

Three decades of work — the Oceanist series, Ephemeria, coral-reef mosaics, sculpture — organized by body of work.

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Family · Ethnosphere

Photography

Personal and family photography alongside decades of cultural-documentary travel work across the Indo-Pacific.

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Reefs of Bintan & Nikoi

Underwater & Conservation

Diving, photographing and defending the reefs around Bintan and Nikoi Island — dive sites, turtle program, field notes.

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Poetry · Journals

Writing & Voyages

Poetry and published voyage journals from years at sea aboard RV Heraclitus.

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Teluk Bakau, Bintan

Jong World

Race reports, stories and community around traditional jong racing — founded 2012 with Zakir.

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Teluk Bakau, Bintan

Traditional Sailing Club

The Moana Sampan, the sampan layar, the jongs, and the Jong School built up around them.

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Cafe · Family · Island Life

Planet Samudra Cafe

The beachside cafe and gallery, and everyday life on Bintan with Amie, Moana and Charlie.

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Sound · Sea Chanteys

Music

The other current running under everything else — sea chanteys, campfire sessions, and music made in the moment.

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Jong School Zakirudin

The full Jong School site — race galleries back to 2013, youth programs, and the craft of building a jong — lives on as its own home.

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All six sections are built out, with the full photo archives behind them — thousands of images across Art, Photography, Underwater & Conservation, Writing & Voyages, Jong World, Traditional Sailing Club and Planet Samudra Cafe. A handful of smaller write-ups are still being filled in; nothing structural is missing.