Indonesian and Arab countries’ shared cultural history has been tied up for centuries by Islam, the major religion of both regions’. WIth that in mind, with the Arabic countries as a partner, we focus on the inevitable: social, cultural and faith-based relations. Curated by Agung Hujatnikajenong (Indonesia) and Sarah Rifky (Egypt).
Masyaallah Transgenic (2013/2013) by Agung KurniawanYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
The Biennale is a channel for encountering diverse narratives, thoughts and interests in an exhibition medium.
The Wall of Tolerance (2012/2012) by Agus SuwageYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Social Mirrors #3 (2012/2013) by Agus SuwageYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
C.C. Records (2013/2013) by Duto HardonoYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Garden with Twin Moon (2013/2013) by Eko NugrohoYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Purification (2013/2013) by FX. HarsonoYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Particularly in Yogyakarta, where the cultural and political formations also tend to the ‘syncretic’, contemporary visual art becomes open practice for encounters in the ‘local’ and the ‘foreign’.
No Roots No Shoots (2012/2012) by Handiwirman SaputraYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
From Behind the Monument (2013/2013) by Jasmina MetwalyYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Chapter O (2013/2013) by Leonardiansyah AllendaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
A Long Distance Relationship That Is Full of Contradiction and Confusing (2013/2013) by Pius Sigit KuncoroYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Takhtet Al Qaleb (2013/2013) by Prilla TaniaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Jabal Hadroh, Jabal Al Jannah (2013/2013) by Otty WidasariYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Fraction (2013/2013) by Restu RatnaningtyasYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Guerrilla Organic (2013/2013) by Reza Afinisa a.k.a AsungYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Pocung (2013/2013) by Samuel IndratmaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
In the case of the Biennale Jogja XII Equator #2, because of the intersecting histories between Indonesia and the Arab region, ‘the foreign’ potentially contains local aspects and vice versa, ‘the local’ is not always familiar to the space and social context that the exhibition occurs in.
100 Moving Number (2013/2013) by Syagini Ratna WulanYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Babel (2013/2013) by Tintin WuliaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
My Name is Pencil (2009/2013) by Tiong AngYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Kora-kora Pray (2013/2013) by Tisna SanjayaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Of Specter and Objects: I-IX (2013/2013) by UBIKYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Roar (2013/2013) by Ugo UntoroYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Immortal: The Mind Beyond Self (2013/2013) by Venzha ChristiawanYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
The syncretic dimension in contemporary art is not only located in the artists’ concept that transgresses cultural and territorial limits, but also in the way that their artwork can create dialogue within new spaces.
Desert of Pharan Series (2012/2012) by Ahmed MaterYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Check Point (2013/2013) by Ayman YousriYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Investigating the Color Spectrum of a Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape (2013/2013) by Basim MagdyYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
The Sailor Shirt (2011/2011) by Dina DanishYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Studies for Structuralist Film no.2 (2013/2013) by Hassan KhanYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Untitled (2012/2012) by Mohamed AbdelkarimYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Transparent Existence (2009/2009) by Magdi MostafaYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Safe Landings (2010/2010) by Radhika KhimjiYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Sewer Cover (2011/2011) by Salwa AleryaniYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
When the Dust Settles (2013/2013) by Salwa AleryaniYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012/2012) by Wael ShawkyYayasan Biennale Yogyakarta
