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Panel Discussion “The Memories Hurrying Home”

Published by Cemeti

English | Indonesia How should we see art today? How does a young artist especially Indonesian young artist interprets two terms that are often used interchangeably- even inapproriately contradicted within a context; “a modern art and a contemporary art”?Can we see these two terms as a way of thinking that integrates each other rather than a method, medium, or a different approach as an attempt to expand a framework of art in depicting various social problems? Taking a symposium format that consists of two speeches and three panels, this program, as part of The Memories Hurying Home project, features a number several prominent speakers of fine art and social science. This discussion aims to expose us to the artistic pursuit of today’s young artists. Based on the works of Suvi Wahyudianto exhibited in his solo exhibition entiled the Memories Hurrying Home, this symposium aims to map out the preferences, knowledge, concerns, expressions, orientation, style of exposition, and models that are engrained in the new works of contemporary artists. By engaging speakers from different background such …

The Memories Hurrying Home

Published by Cemeti

Suvi’s visual works in this series are the result of visualization of various objects which he considers represent real experiences, self-identities, and models of social relations that exist outside. These objects are performative in the context of how they accommodate bitterness in the family environment, as well as perceiving (directly and indirectly) the phenomenon of social conflict in Indonesia. All of them imagine a quiet nuance but it also implies a very strong noise.

Remapping Suvi Poetic Mapping

Published by Manshur Zikri

THE MEMORIES HURRYING HOME begins with a framework of awareness of the body as a subject (as well as an object); a body to which so many narratives are attached. The body seems to be a medium for the recording of events, which events are often projected into the realm of mental images through memories.

Suvi’s Experiment to Spell Events

Published by Muhammad Abe

Through his solo exhibition Suvi has the opportunity to “return” to memories from his past. The memories that have been “haunting,” as if there are things that have never been discussed. If art today tries to fill a canvas with colorful aesthetic values, Suvi chooses to tell stories in the simplest way, through images that are extensions of his body’s experiences.

Reading Circle

Published by Cemeti

order to support the creation process of Suvi Wahyudianto’s work for his solo exhibition project at Cemeti – Institute for the Arts and Society in the next December 2019, the Cemeti Team held a series of meetings called “Reading Circles”