Press Release

The Loss of the Real

18 – 31 Juli 2010

Residency, workshop, exhibition and performance

The world has become a network of information we cannot escape from. The 21^st century has been characterized by the loss of the real. The world has become transparent, yet our reality has shifted, from the object-based reality toward a mediated environment shaped by the global media, i.e.: television, internet and the digital culture. The media connects us once, but finally separated us from ‘the real’, alienated us from people, objects, and other tactile experiences. We communicate through a technological system that human once invented, yet eventually shaped us as a new being: a media creature. In this surrounding, we are loosing our sense of interiority and intimacy as natural being. Can we escape from such situation? Should we passively sustain the circumstance, or can we create something as a response to it?

The Loss of the Real exhibition deals with the recent variety of use and exploration of media technology in the artistic practice. Showing works by artists from Indonesia, Japan, France and Pakistan, the exhibition aims at discussing the very purposive leitmotifs in today's media art, as a terrain that is free from the linear and progressive history of technological aspects and development, as suggested in the classical dichotomy and debate on the “old” and “new” media. Instead of focusing on the importance of the technological use in the works, the exhibition emphasizes the instrumentality of the messages, as well as aesthetic and social approaches toward the 'real' and the 'imaginary'.

This project as a whole will also present site specific projects, performances, workshop and will be conducted in line with the Expert Meeting of New Media, Civil Society and Environmental Sustainability conducted by the Nu-Substance Festival 2010 which will involve media artists and observer from different parts of the world.

Artists:

Daito Manabe (JP); Takao Minami (JP); Romain Osi (FR); Benjamin L. Amant (FR); Amar Mahboob (PK); Agan Harahap (ID); akumassa /forum lenteng/jurnalfootage (ID); Bandung Oral History (ID); Deden Hendan Durahman (ID); Dimas Arif Nugroho (ID); Jompet (ID); Prilla Tania (ID); Venzha/House of Natural Fiber (ID); Widianto Nugroho (ID).

Curator : Agung Hujatnikajennong

Venue : Room B & Wing room

THE DOUBLEFOLD DREAM OF ART: 2RC BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND ARTIFICER. AN ALL ITALIAN EXPERIENCE

29 May - 22 June 2010

Lecture By Prof. Achille Bonito Oliva

5 June 2010, 6 PM. At Bale Handap

On the occasion of the celebrations for the Italian National Day (June 2^nd), the Embassy of Italy to Indonesia and the Italian Institute of Culture Jakarta, with the support of the Italian Trade Commission and Biasa Artspace, present to the Indonesian public the graphic art exhibition: “THE DOUBLEFOLD DREAM OF ART: 2RC BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND ARTIFICER. AN ALL ITALIAN EXPERIENCE”, curated by art critic Prof. Achille Bonito Oliva.

After travelling throughout China, in the most important Art Academies, and more recently at the Museum of Art of the Seoul National University, the exhibition, comprehensive of a large collection of graphic works of Italian and international artists who worked together with 2RC, will be presented in Indonesia in three separate spaces, namely Selasar Sunaryo Art Space in Bandung, Galeri Nasional Indonesia in Jakarta and Sangkring Art Space in Jogjakarta.

Different works will be on display at each venue: the Italian and International historical artists will be presented at Galeri Nasional Indonesia; the Avanguardia at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, the American and British artists at Sangkring Art Space, for a total of 145 graphic works - etchings, aquatints, lithographs, embossings - and 8 copper plates.

Post-Psychedelia

April 3-24, 2010

Artist: Aas Rukasa, Arin Dwihartanto, Ary sendy Trisdiarto, Duto Hardono, Irwan Dharmawan, Laurs Oscar Osman, Reza Afisina, S. Teddy D., Syagini Ratnawulan, Tony Kanwa, Yani Halim.

During this time, the term ‘psychedelia’ or the 'psychedelic' is often narrowly understood as a visual style, music, graphics or fashion trends only. Whereas 'psychedelia' is the name for a variety of expressions that are inspired by the counterculture youth movement, which first appeared in the United States and England in the 1960’s until the 1970’s, following the occurrence of various political crises Post-World War II, and the commencement of the Cold War between West Block and East Block (Capitalism and Communism). As part of the greater antiestablishment movement, psychedelic upheld the principles of individual liberty, and created an alternative to the social and political norms which restrained everyone. The attitude of freedom finally pushed a lifestyle which was fraught with experimentation, including with psychoactive substances and hallucinogenic, like marijuana, and LSD and psilocybin.

The Fitting Room

November 15 - December 6, 2009

Solo Exhibition by Mella Jaarsma
Opening:
Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 4.00 pm
at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
Officiated by Slamet Rahardjo Djarot
Curated by Agung Hujatnikakennong

Artist Talk :
Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 3.00 pm
at Bale Handap, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space

Mella Jaarsma's artistic practice has become a microscope for examining the various aspects of a complex life. Her works are always provocative and subversive – inviting viewers to rethink social stereotypes, such as those concerning religion, social class, communal identity, ethnicity, morality, tradition, political ideology, etc. Mella makes her artwork a creative encounter that sees human life as a dynamic, ongoing process of constructing meaning that is, at the same time, fluctuating and relative because it is bound to space and time.

Still Crazy after all These Years

October 9 - November 1, 2009

Agus Suwage's Solo Exhibition

Opening:
Friday, October 9^th, 2009 | 7.30 pm
Officiated by Butet Kertaradjasa
Curated by Enin Supriyanto

Open : Tuesday - Sunday | 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Venue : gallery A, gallery B, Gallery sayap

Still Crazy after all These Years adalah pameran tunggal semi-retrospektif Agus Suwage, seorang seniman senior Indonesia dengan reputasi internasional. Diselenggarakan pada tahun yang bertepatan dengan 50 tahun usianya, pameran ini menampilkan karya-karya lukisan, drawing, komik, instalasi dan objek / patung yang dipilih dari 25 tahun perjalanan keseniannya. Ini adalah pameran terbesar yang pernah dibuat Agus Suwage, dan merupakan salah satu pameran terbesar yang pernah berlangsung di Selasar Sunaryo Art Space.

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