A letter from Lee Weng Choy to JB2021 ESOK’s curator Grace Samboh
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Talking across on unfamiliar ground
About JB2021 ESOK [Monthly event] Talking across on unfamiliar ground
Continue readingLiving in the surreal, exhibiting the mundane
About JB2021 ESOK [Monthly event] Living in the surreal, exhibiting the mundane
Continue readingOn exhibition-making: When was the last time we ate?
Akmalia Rizqita’s contribution for [Conversation] – a series of posts on exhibition making from the Jakarta Biennale 2021 ESOK curatorial team.
Continue readingOn exhibition-making: Some thoughts and lingerings
Grace Samboh’s contribution for [Conversation] – a series of posts on exhibition making from the Jakarta Biennale 2021 ESOK curatorial team.
Continue readingShadow Soundings (through leaves)
About JB2021 ESOK [Monthly event] Shadow Soundings (through leaves).
Continue readingWhy a Display Hall: an interview with Kusnadi
This interview was originally published in 11 September 1976, as part of TEMPO magazine special report on the opening of “Balai Seni Rupa Jakarta”. Translated by Sally Texania.
Continue readingArt for Conscientization by Siti Adiyati Subangun
A text by Siti Adiyati Subangun on Pameran Seni Rupa Dialogis Transformatif (Dialogically Transformative Art Exhibition) originally published in Kompas daily newspaper on Sunday, September 4, 1988. Translated by Grace Samboh.
Continue readingPainting in Indonesia, Then and Now by Oesman Effendi
This text was presented by Oesman Effendi at the discussion of fine art, part of the Jakarta Art Party II, Friday and Saturday, 7 and 8 November 1969, in the exhibition hall of PKJ-TIM, DKJ (The Jakarta Art Center, Taman Ismail Marzuki, the Special Region of Jakarta).
Continue readingThe Politics of Small Gestures by Mika Hannula
An excerpt from Mika Hannula’s The Politics of Small Gestures: Chances and Challenges for Contemporary Art (art-ist, 2006).
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