David Darmadi was born on December 7, 1987 in Padang. He has been studying at Indonesia Arts Institute Padang Panjang since 2007 and was the founder of sarueh Padang Panjang, a community engaged in the study of film, video, media, and community empowerment. He began writing in the journal of akumassa.org in February 2009. In early 2011 he attended the 24th Images Festival in Toronto, Canada, as a representative of Akumassa program that exhibited in Toronto Free Gallery. As of May 2011, together with sarueh Padang Panjang, he developed rekamkita Project as a video database center of West Sumatera and journal of visual studies that is focused on photograph, film, video at visualreteks.wordpress.com. In October 2011, he was one of the artists invited to OK.Video FLESH 5^th Jakarta International Video Festival.

Formal Education

• SDN 05 Sawahan Padang 1994-2000
• SMPN 1 Padang 2000-2003
• SMAN 3 Padang 2003-2006
• Diploma 1, Komputer Quantum Padang 2006-2007
• Program Studi S-1 Televisi-Film, Institut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang 2007-2012

Working Experiences

• Partisipan Project akumassa Padang Panjang 2009 oleh Forum Lenteng, Jakarta
• Partisipan Media On-Line akumassa 2009 oleh Forum Lenteng, Jakarta
• Kordinator Workshop SMAN 3 Padang Panjang 2009 oleh sarueh Padang Panjang
• Partisipan Camp Sambel 2010 oleh Engage Media, Australia
• Peserta Workshop & Kompetisi Jiffest Script Lab Satellite Padang | Juli-Oktober 2010 oleh Jakarta Internasional Film Festival
• Mentor Pelatihan Video Dokumenter, Sungai Geringging-Pariaman | Oktober-November 2010 oleh Common Sense Jakarta
• Direktur Artistik Pameran Rekam Kita Project Juli 2011 oleh sarueh Padang Panjang
• Koordinator Workshop Dokumenter Pocketter’s Community Oktober 2011 oleh sarueh Padang Panjang
• Permateri Workshop Dokumenter | 29 Oktober 2011 oleh UKFF (Unit Kegiatan Film Fotografi) Universitas Negeri Padang

Filmografi

• 2008 Lihat – Lah, produksi fiksi pertama Komunitas Sarueh (penulis naskah, editor) sutradara : M. Fandi Taufan
• 2009 partisipan akumassa, 10 video akumassa Padang Panjang (judul video : Retribusi Truk, Foto Buya Pariaman, Lapau, Projectionist Tua, Penambang Kapur di Bukit Tui, Mak Uniang, Babi vs Anjing, Tradisi Ulakan, Bioskop Karia, Gelanggang Banca Laweh)
• 2009 Man Jakarta (dokumenter)
• 2009 Padang In Carnival, dokumenter  (camera person, editor) sutradara : Lidia K Afrilita
• 2010 Digital Native Padang Panjang; Reflection akumedium (video; dokumenter)
• 2011 Nyanyian Indiana Café (video akumassa)
• 2011 Bukan Pemandangan Piknik (video experimental)

Video Exhibition

• Videobase Exhibition-Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Indonesia 2009 (akumassa group)
• New Media Art Exhibition-Galeri Seni Rupa Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia 2010 (single-participant)
• Digital Native Exhibition-Arhus Kunstbygning Center, Denmark 2010 (single-participant)
• Fixer Exhibition- North Art Space, Pasar Seni Jaya Ancol, Jakarta-Indonesia 2010 (akumassa group)
• The Loss of The Real Exhibition, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung-Indonesia 2010 (akumassa group)
• BaCAA (Bandung Contemporary Art Awards) Exhibition-Bandung, Indonesia 2010 (single-participant)
• akumassa Exhibition-Toronto Free Gallery, Canada 2011 (akumassa group)
• New Media Art Exhibition-Galeri Seni Rupa Taman Budaya NTB (Nusa Tenggara Barat), Indonesia 2011 (single-participant)
• rekamkita Exhibition-Galeri sarueh Padang Panjang, Indonesia 2011 (sarueh group)
• OK. Video 5^th Jakarta Internasional Video Festival-Galeri Nasional Indonesia 2011 (single-participant)
• Birdday sarueh Exhibition-Galeri sarueh Padang Panjang, Indonesia 2011 (sarueh group)
• gang 24 jam Exhitibition -gang depan kediaman rumah sarueh Padang Panjang, Indonesia 24 November 2011 (gang24jam group)

Awards

Padang In Carnival (2009)

• Official Selection in Festival Film Dokumenter (Jogjakarta-Indonesia: Desember-2009)
• Screened in Jiffest Traveling (Padang-Indonesia: 2010)
• Official Selection in Malang Film-Video Festival (Malang-Indonesia: Juni-2010)
• Screened in Bandung Spirit Award- The First Asia-Africa Internasional Film Festival  (Bandung-Indonesia: Oktober-2010)
• Official Selection in Kota Seni Fisip UI [short film] (Jakarta-Indonesia: November 2010)

Digital Native Padang Panjang; Reflection akumedium (2010)

• Screened in Pameran Seni Media Baru (Medan-Indonesia: Mei-2010)
• Screened in Malang Film-Video Festival (Malang-Indonesia: Juni-2010)
• Second Runner Up in Peksiminas X [short film] (Pontianak-Indonesia: Agustus-2010)
• Official Selection: Screened in Europe On Screen (Jakarta-Indonesia: November-2010)
• Publish on-Line in EERF Magazine Vol.1 – Glass Box -2010
• Screened in Bandung Spirit Award- The First Asia-Africa Internasional Film Festival  (Bandung-Indonesia: Oktober-2010)
• Official Selection in Festival Film Dokumenter (Jogjakarta-Indonesia: Desember-2010)
• Official Selection in Project Digital Native-Arhus Denmark 2010 http://digitalnativesdk.blogspot.com/
• Official Selection in Surabaya Internasional Video Festival (Surabaya-Indonesia: 2011)
• Invited in OK.Video FLESH 5^th Jakarta Internasional Video Festival (Jakarta-Indonesia: Oktober 2011)

Nyanyian Indiana Café  (2011)

• Pemenang Kompetisi Terbatas mewakili akumassa di 24^th IMAGES Festival, Toronto, Canada (2011)
• Screened in Pameran Seni Media Baru di Nusa Tenggara Barat-Indonesia (Mei-2011)