Ruang MES 56 © Photo: Katerina Valdivia Bruch, 2008

Artists' initiatives in Indonesia.
Art discourse and art praxis in a dialogue.

October 15th, 2009,  7 pm

A talk by Katerina Valdivia Bruch in the context of the Asia Pacific Weeks, Berlin

The talk will give an historical introduction to the origins of the artists' initiatives in Indonesia in its socio-political context, after the independence of Indonesia from the Dutch occupation. It will start with an overview of the sanggar system, the political shift of the artist communities (for instance LEKRA and GSRB) during the New Order regime until the late 70's, the new forms of communities and the mushrooming development of artists' initiatives from the late 80's until now, with examples of initiatives from Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta. During the talk, there will be a screening of interviews with personalities from the Indonesian contemporary art scene: Mella Jaarsma (Director of Cemeti Art House), Agung Hujatnikajennong (Curator of Selasar Sunaryo Art Space), Nuraini Juliastuti (Director of Kunci Cultural Studies Center) and Ade Darmawan (Director of ruangrupa).

Address:
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen - IfA Galerie Berlin
Linienstrasse 139-140
10115 Berlin
www.ifa.de


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