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Posts tagged with “wayang”

A Trace of Violence

Published on 1 April, 2009 by | Comments closed | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: , , , ,

by Simon Soon

On view now in Cemeti Art House, Jogjakarta, is Eko Nugroho’s spell-binding foray into the world of wayang (shadow puppetry), exploring a centuries-old performance medium that functions both as popular entertainment and as a form of culturally sacrosanct art in his ever expanding body of experimentation with different representational formats.


Battle K.O. Indieguerillas

Published on 27 March, 2009 by | Comments closed | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: , , , ,

by Simon Soon

Indieguerillas consists of Miko and Santi, a dynamic husband and wife tag team, who operate the label as a design firm/consultancy as well as an artistic collaboration. It’s not entirely true, though, to consider what they do as purely collaborative because an element of combat is central to their creative process, reflecting a practice that pays homages to two different cultural streams – one that is as contemporary as street art and as old as the wayang.


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