stage 2.

stage 2.

(Re)Collection of Togetherness – stage 2: 83 mosquito-passports shown with Pulang – draft 3. And sometimes, somehow, it could feel very, very lonely. Photography by Sari Handayani, at Cemeti Art House, January 2008.

packing.

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.

is.

  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….

citizenship.

Questions: If you were to be reborn, which country would you want to be born in for your next life? Why? If you could change the place where you were born, which country would you want to belong in? Why?…

ants.

ants.

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.

studio.

   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…

loss.

Suddenly I felt very sad. I have been reading Andrew Spielman’s Mosquito: the Story of Man’s Deadliest Foe, sparsely enjoying the amazing stories in it. When I finished reading the book about two weeks ago, I thought it’s really essential…

weight.

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…

intimate distance.

Here are some pictures from Intimate Distance exhibition, at National Gallery, Jakarta, in August 2007. Have a Cup of Tea / Meet My Dead Grandfather, a collaboration with Gyora Gal Glupczynski, in the background. (Re)Collection of Togetherness was shown as…

sew.

sew.

Sewing now, at 1 book per 7 minutes.