Tintin Wulia

ark.

14 November 2010 · by · in construction of a window, great wallpaper, invasion, nous ne notons pas les fleurs, the window of contemporary art, wanton

Tintin Wulia: Deconstruction of a Wall, solo show at Ark Galerie, Jakarta. Curated by Alia Swastika. Thanks to Ronald Akili, Jason Gunawan, Putri Ayu. Photos courtesy of the artist, which is me.

Invasion is a kinetic sculpture that is a contemplation of geopolitical border. As you enter the exhibition space, the first thing you see are the pots with red sands in it on the floor. Out of the pots come red…

packing.

31 January 2008 · by Tintin Wulia · in (re)collection of togetherness, great wallpaper, invasion, jogja, pulang

Packing now, after 3 months in Jogja. In the exhibition I showed Invasion (was Almost Cut when still in progress), Great Wallpaper No. 211/1940, Great Wallpaper No. 12/2602, Great Wallpaper No. 470/I/Sbki/67, (Re)Collection of Togetherness – Stage 2 which included…

is.

16 December 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in (re)collection of togetherness, great wallpaper, hands-on thinking, invasion, jogja

When we went to the Ngasem pet market to look for some sand to put in the kite pots, Ratna saw this baby mosquitoes for fish food. She immediately and excitedly asked me whether I still was collecting mosquitoes….

wind.

8 December 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in invasion, jogja

I tried the razorblade/kite setup in the small window between the kitchen and the meeting room in Cemeti studio. The doors to both end of the kitchen were always open, and thus the setup was just very unstable. I wonder…

ants.

8 November 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in (re)collection of togetherness, great wallpaper, hands-on thinking, invasion, jogja, pulang

Last night was the first time I discussed more about Sobron Sehari-hari again with Marie. She has seen the first draft in Singapore when I presented it at Theatreworks/72-13 a few years ago. Today started really hot. Midday, the big…

studio.

6 November 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in (re)collection of togetherness, hands-on thinking, invasion, jogja, pulang

This is where I’m working for the Landing Soon #5 artist residency until the end of January 2008. This particular studio is at the back of Cemeti Studio (just a few hundred meters from the Cemeti Art House), looking…

weight.

28 October 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in (re)collection of togetherness, blah, invasion, jogja

I thought that if I would use a kite anyway for Almost Cut, the kite has to be extremely light. Perhaps made from dried petals? One of the original idea was to make the kite using paper made out of…

hook.

15 October 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in hands-on thinking, invasion

I’m having fun, and going mad! When I came in this morning the razor blade with the red thread was down. I wonder whether that was because of the fan (it’s hot today!) or if someone has touched it. Or…

pole.

13 October 2007 · by Tintin Wulia · in hands-on thinking, invasion

Okay. I’ve done another setup next to the first one, using the cylindrical magnet this time (the one with 9.9 kg pull strength, 8 mm x 25 mm). It works with only 1 magnet, so that’s the strength that I…

As a result of an auction in Sarah Vanhee's The Great Public Sale of Unrealised But Brilliant Ideas, my bio has become a collective bio:

When they were thirteen, Tintin Wulia and Christiane Berndes wished that Peter Pan would lose his shadow in their neighborhood, because they thought that Peter Pan was kinda sexy. Night after night, they would think a happy thought, wishing that Peter would find them if they could fly. Nothing happened – Tintin and Christiane discovered that Peter had much preferred Wendy.

Three decades later, Tintin and Christiane are still discovering many things. One, that Peter Pan is a fictional character invented by James Matthew Barrie. Two, that the fact that Peter is fictional doesn’t mean that he’s illusory. They are also discovering that, three, it is not a happy thought that one needs to be able to fly – it is, rather, the combination of a passport and a valid visa. And also, four, that the fact that one needs a passport and a valid visa to be able to fly is just shitty.