Open Studio: Enka Komariah
Enka Komariah
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
“Masa Peralihan”
August, 13th – September, 7th 2024
“In the last four years, I have been interested in observing, and perhaps investigating historical themes related to the colonial period and how power shifted from one country or nation to another. This transition of power was also visible after independence, especially from the Old Order to the New Order. I work with a method like peeking through a room of records, archives and sources that seem vague and unclear.
This open studio is also a transitional space, a return to my creative work which often involves collective or collaborative work with personal creative work. During the three weeks of this program, I will move my work creation patterns from my home studio to Cemeti’s studio. This open studio will start with an empty table, a cup of tea and coloring, then let God guide me.”
— Enka Komariah
*Open Studio is one of Cemeti – Institute for Art and Society program that focuses on artistic experimentation, and the development of discourse on works by artists. This program is one of the new forms of using the Cemeti Stockroom space which is held regularly and is open to artists, either by invitation or submission of proposals.
Documentation
Biography
Enka Komariah born in 1993 and living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The strength of Enka's work lies in the paper which is transformed into various mediums and imaginative narrative as the main idea in the work. Enka often plays with various satirical and ironic symbols as well as playing with the blurry boundaries between taboos and norms in society's view. Enka's interest in cultivating her own identity, which is based on an agrarian Javanese tradition and juxtaposing it with contradictory popular cultural images, has become a distinctive character in Enka's work.