TAKAR-TELUSUR
5 Oktober – 17 November 2023
Bob Edrian
Egga Jaya
Wiyoga Muhardanto
Pembukaan:
Thursday, 05 October 2023 | 19:30 WIB
Program Publik:
Artist Talk :
Saturday, 07 October 2023 | 15:30 WIB
Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society
Jl. D.I. Panjaitan 41, Yogyakarta
10:00 – 17:00 | Tuesday – Saturday
Seniman adalah seorang pengamat yang saksama. Seniman menakar dan menelusuri visi untuk mewujudkan gagasan artistiknya. “Takar-Telusur” merupakan sebuah presentasi artistik yang menekankan pada spektrum observasi dua seniman: Egga Jaya dan Wiyoga Muhardanto. Egga dan Wiyoga yang mengobservasi perilaku konsumsi.
Dipicu oleh pemanfaatan senyawa gula dalam eksplorasi seni cetak grafis (teknik sugar aquatint), Egga Jaya tertarik menelusuri perjalanan gula dari ranah produksi hingga kemudian dikonsumsi. Observasi Egga terhadap gula membentang dari pemetaan persebaran pabrik gula di periode kolonial hingga kebutuhan pemenuhan hasrat fisik manusia terhadap rasa manis. Gula tidak lagi hanya dipandang sebagai senyawa penambah selera. Dalam eksplorasi Egga, gula juga merupakan sebuah penanda kuasa dan variabel pertukaran pengetahuan serta kebudayaan.
Wiyoga Muhardanto menakar aktivitas konsumsi secara umum di masyarakat sekaligus secara spesifik, konsumsi karya seni dalam konteks ritual dan prasyarat pameran seni rupa. Perhelatan seni rupa yang pada dasarnya terbuka untuk konsumsi/apresiasi publik acapkali terbatas di wilayah konsumsi/akuisisi. Karya seni termasuk ke dalam kategori barang mewah yang oleh karenanya hanya dapat dimiliki oleh kalangan terbatas. Dalam observasi Wiyoga, upaya mengonsumsi benda keseharian hingga benda-benda dengan akses terbatas seperti karya seni rupa telah melahirkan bentuk-bentuk ritual dan mobilitas sosial yang unik satu sama lain. Dorongan konsumsi yang kemudian memancing gerak dan pergeseran kelas sosial.
Kemampuan observasi menjadi aspek yang penting dalam mengolah inspirasi dan mewujudkan imajinasi menjadi karya seni. Upaya menampilkan temuan observasi dalam presentasi artistik seringkali dikategorikan dalam rumah seni berbasis riset. Terdapat variasi opini terkait salah satu perkembangan seni rupa di abad ke-21 tersebut. Apakah seni berbasis riset merupakan sebuah dobrakan dalam aspek presentasi karya seni? Apakah seni berbasis riset merupakan sebuah kecenderungan yang bertujuan ganda, pencapaian artistik sekaligus pencapaian ilmiah? “Takar-Telusur” tidak berupaya memosisikan seniman dalam wilayah antara: artistik-ilmiah. Observasi Egga Jaya dan Wiyoga Muhardanto merupakan pengamatan berbasis pengalaman yang intensif dengan medium artistik masing-masing: seni cetak grafis dan seni patung. Bagaimana medium artistik menjadi variabel utama dalam melahirkan temuan-temuan sekaligus kesadaran-kesadaran baru terhadap isu dan situasi tertentu.
“Takar-Telusur” memetakan medium artistik yang spesifik sebagai titik tolak observasi seniman terhadap ragam objek dan peristiwa di sekitarnya. Karya seni, gula, hingga ragam perilaku konsumsi dalam amatan Egga Jaya dan Wiyoga Muhardanto.
Bob Edrian
Kurator
Daftar Karya
Abu Zahra
Wiyoga Muhardanto
plastic figurine, epoxy clay, pigmented resin, acrylic & automotive paint
31 x 41 x 15 cm
2022
Cambuk Jelaga
Egga Jaya
crystal sugar, lamp
variable dimensions
2023
The Society
Wiyoga Muhardanto
plastic figurine, epoxy clay, pigmented resin, acrylic, automotive paint & water slide decal
120 x 31 x 33 cm
2022
Perniagaan (1-5)
Wiyoga Muhardanto
pvc sheet, resin with 3d print technique, automotive paint, waterslide decal
50 x 20 x 10 cm
2023
Muamalah
Wiyoga Muhardanto
resin with cast and 3D print technique, acrylic paint & automotive paint
7.4 x 50 x 10 cm
2023
J.V.D.Bosch Landscape
Egga Jaya
handmade paper, pencil, phosphor
85 x 65 cm
2022
Hejo tebu:Suiker Confection
Egga Jaya
sugaraquatint, embossed, and fosfor on paper
108 x 79 cm
2023
Fragment XVII
Egga Jaya
sugaraquatint on paper
45 x 65 cm
2/3 1AP
2017-2022
Endorphins spike
Egga Jaya
crystal sugar, acrylic
variable dimensions
2017-2023
Sugarkit:Rekayasa Rasa
Egga Jaya
sugar, paper, phosphor
7 x 5,5 x 4 cm
35/35
2023
Sugar Vending Machine
Egga Jaya
sugar, glass, acrylic, lamp
115 x 88cm
2022-2023
Research video in Sindanglaut Factory
Egga Jaya
video projection
10 Minutes 23 Seconds
2020
Dokumentasi
Biografi
Currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bob Edrian (b.1988) is an independent curator, as well as a Project Director at IndoArtNow and Managing Director at Audial Plane (Orange Cliff Records). Focusing his research on the development of sound in the arts and media art, his curatorial projects include “Bandung New Emergence Vol. 6: Listen!” (2016), “Intomedia” (2017), “Soemardja Sound Art Project” (2018), “International Media Arts Festival Instrumenta” (2018-2019), “Pancaran Citra Lokal” (2020), and “Universal Iteration” (2021-2023).
He won the 2016 Curatorial Research Grant funded by Selasar Sunaryo Art Space and the Sidharta Aboejono Martoredjo (SAM) Fund for Arts and Ecology (Indonesia), and was selected as one of the participants in the Para Site Workshops for Emerging Art Professionals 2018 (Hong Kong). His recent work has been featured in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound Art (2020), published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
Egga Jaya Egga Jaya, born in Bandung on May 31, 1994. He completed his Bachelor’s in Graphic Arts at the Bandung Institute of Technology. His works often explore variables such as paper, metal, and sugar – everyday vernacular objects, within the contextual history of sugar in the Indonesian archipelago and the medium of sugar itself. He actively exhibited both nationally and internationally, including Jogja International Miniprint Biennale (2016 & 2021), Seamless (solo exhibition) at Gudskul Ekosistem, and Grafis Huru-Hara 2019, finalist of Bandung Art Contemporary Award #6 at Lawangwangi Creative Space in 2019, Out of Register (printmaking exhibition) at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space in 2019, Cipta Gula:simpan ditempat kering (solo exhibition) at Galeri Ruang Dini in 2020, the 3rd International Print Biennale Yerevan in 2021, Manifesto VIII at Galeri Nasional and Museum Stovia in 2022, Mother Tongue – Are You There at ISA Art Gallery in 2023, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks (with Krack! Studio) in 2023.
Wiyoga Muhardanto Wiyoga Muhardanto lives & works in Bandung, Indonesia. Wiyoga is primarily a sculptor whose works that incorporate methods of imitation, simulation and the juxtaposition of daily objects to explore his interest in urban community behaviours. Muhardanto studied at Bandung Institute of Technology with major in fine art – sculpture studio, 2002 – 2007 (BFA).
He has exhibited his work across south East Asia with his recent solo exhibitions being Api yang Menyambar – Nyambar (The Brazing Fire), Omnispace, Bandung, 2022; 3 in 1, ROH Projects, Jakarta, 2017. He participated in art festivals and fairs of ARTJOG Motif : Lamaran, Yogyakarta, 2023; ARTJOG MMXIX, Yogyakarta, 2019; and Art Basel Hongkong, Hongkong, 2016. He also participated in residency programs, including those at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 2011; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2020. Wiyoga also the co-founder of the art organization, Area Olah Karya and was the Director PLATFORM3, Bandung, Indonesia. His work is in the collection of the Singapore Art Museum.
