“The Yellow Tower” is an allusion of a never ending evolution process of an identity that human being face in their life’s journey; provoking a question, is the identity that…
Read More →Suratan
on July 23, 2014in Workstags: Media Art, Self Initiative
Through this work I explore why the existentialists focus on the futile experiences of life in order to find the meaning of life. I am interested to get the insight into their thoughts on meaning and the role of the individual, namely Sisyphus through Albert Camus’ essay The Myth of Sisyphus. We see the lives […]
Read More →Undertow
on July 23, 2014in Workstags: Media Art, Self Initiative
This work is based on a program I saw about a group of men doing drag. I was so fascinated watching those men who were so liberated when they changed the persona, and in a different environment – while I was so moved by the background story of each man. So, I used the imagery […]
Read More →Kali
on July 23, 2014in Workstags: Art Residency, Collaboration, Performance, Self Initiative
Kali is a work about the importance of oppositional forces, using William Blake’s poetry as the inspiration for this interdisciplinary art work.
Read More →The Quest
on July 23, 2014in Works
There is a provoking question that I often found: what is it life for? Human being seeks the answers for this and there is no such shortage answer. There is a way to find through reasoning and the potential answers ingrained within life itself are available in abundance. Poet Jalaluddin Rumi had particular answer of […]
Read More →Eleos
on July 23, 2014in Works
The idea of mercy and justice – both are powerful virtues – often generates quandary when they exists in paradox. They are conflicted each other: should anyone absolve others for the wrong-doing in the name of mercy or let the justice works while the object might live beyond absolution and one’s heartache still prevails? Eleos […]
Read More →Works for “The Serpent’s Table”
on July 23, 2014in Works
The Serpent’s Table is a theatrical and culinary experience like no other. Combining performance, food and installation, five storytellers reveal the secrets of dishes that are significant in their lives and share compelling stories of family, culture, loss, conflict and celebration. Salty, sweet, sour and bitter tales from the heart are infused into each dish, […]
Read More →Vast Deafening Silence
on July 23, 2014in Works
Vast Deafening Silence is a live art/ duration performance. The work is an allusion to the things that people choose to ignore, to forget, to avoid to talk about for various reasons. The work is my further exploration of the benchmark of my work, which is the integration between media art and performance.
Read More →Shred (Serpih)
on July 23, 2014in Works
This reel-dance work is about conscience (in Indonesian, it is called “nurani” or “kata-hati”). I started the work with this premise: what is the basis of human’s morality? Can people be good without being told to be good by any instruction book? There will be a lot of answers to ponder, from virtues and rationale […]
Read More →Ruwatan (Liberation)
on July 23, 2014in Works
Ruwatan (The Liberation) – a photo novella Lewat karya ini, saya melakukan iterpretsi artistik dari tradisi Ruwat.
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