The year 2020 and during this covid 19 pandemic, requires me to experiment again and make changes in my working methods. My interest in participatory methods in creating works was immediately hampered by the suggestion to maintain physical distance, which then resulted in the loss of the essence of direct experience and the performativeness between the artist and the participants. Studio-based work methods then become the most reasonable choice these days. In this series of works, I collect old photos from thrift or antique places around the city of Yogyakarta. The photos of these findings are mostly personal archives, whose origin is then unknown. The photos that have been collected then I respond using text or add other visual forms so that it is hoped that it can bring up new interpretations that include broader narratives such as issues of race, power, ecology.The finished works are then recorded using the scannography method, aiming to allow the desired image enlargement, to bring out the texture of paper and ink along with the statement of the work to be more visible and strong. I also use this working method for other series of works, such as the series of works about agate stones and the series of works related to the internet.
Mix Media, Variable Dimention, 2020 – Now
Artistic Journey Number 1-36, 2023
This work is included in the Anonymous Photograph Project series, which I started working on in 2020. I collect old photos in thrift and antique places, which I then modify by adding or subtracting elements. This project is a long-term work, which I am still working on today. For me, this project is important as a reflection of my daily life as well as a search and shaping my artistic work as an artist. The photos that I present this time are suspected to be documentation photos of road construction in transmigration areas located in Sumatra, Indonesia.
This documentation photo uses a board that functions as a marker and measuring the road per kilometer. I then responded to the board with various techniques, such as stacking with black or white ink, and by peeling off the outermost part of the photo paper. I hope this work can reflect a person’s journey in their personal life. How we see the landscape around us, how to mark the movement of humans from one place to another. How an artist finds a way and experiments in his artistic work.
Update this project in the end of years 2024.
