Twelfth post for SOKONG

My first post for the third year I am writing for SOKONG! (or my twelfth since 2021) is now online.

This time, I wrote a review of Rangga Purbaya’s recent solo exhibition at Ruang MES 56 in Yogyakarta, Tahun-Tahun yang Berbahaya. In a sense, the exhibition is a continuation of his longer project about memories of the 1965 event in Indonesia. That being said, my essay can also be seen as a continuation of my older essay from 2015, in which I wrote about Rangga older work about his grandfather, who went missing in 1965.

In this exhibition, Rangga created portraits or faces using artificial intelligent-powered generator, based on an old military document that lists 351 victims of 1965 event in East Java. I visited the exhibition a couple of times, also attended the artist talk in early January 2023. I got curious as there was relatively little conversation about the use of artificial intelligence. So, I try to explore a bit about it in this essay.

You can read the essay in full on SOKONG!’s website through this link (in Bahasa Indonesia). ∎

Essay published in “10 Tahun Biennale Jogja Khatulistiwa”

I contributed an essay for the newly published book 10 Tahun Biennale Jogja Khatulistiwa: Praktik Geopolitik dan Dekolonisasi, published by Biennale Jogja, December 2022.

You can read the essay through this link (in Bahasa Indonesia).

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Eleventh post for SOKONG

In my latest piece for SOKONG!, I am closing 2022 with a little look back to 2012.

In the essay, I revisit what I did in 2012, as well as a little before and after that, and how those experiences helped shape a foundation for what I am doing now, particularly in writing about photography.

You can read the essay on SOKONG!’s website through this link (in Bahasa Indonesia). ∎

Photojournalism workshop with Ekonomika student press, UII

I was asked to give an introduction to photojournalism for an in-person event called MAKAR, held by the student press Ekonomika of the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta. The event will take place on Saturday, 26 November 2022 at Vredeburg Fort Museum. ∎

Photographing culture discussion at Bejo Mulyo photography club, UGM

I have been invited by Bejo Mulyo photography club FIB UGM to share a bit of my experience and my photographs regarding photographing culture. The event will be held at Auditorium Perbatjaraka, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM, Saturday, 29 October 2022. It is free with limited spots. ∎