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NOW PUBLISHED: How to Pin Down Smoke: ruangrupa since 2000
We are excited to announce the fifteenth title in our Exhibition Histories book series. How to Pin Down Smoke: ruangrupa since 2000 is an expansive guide to @ruangrupa and their singular and multifaceted practice. Formed in Jakarta in 2000 against a background of authoritarianism, economic crisis and youth movements, ruangrupa is an art initiative whose work playfully subverts traditional art- and exhibition-making, offering a living model of collective organisation, sustainable institution-building and ways of relating to one another. Through new commissions, interviews and extensive archival documentation, this publication explores how ruangrupa’s 25-year history expands understandings of ‘art’, ‘exhibition’ and ‘publics’, integrating elements of popular culture, media technology and contemporary urban life.
The 508-page publication is among Afterall’s most substantial and ambitious projects to date and generously illustrated in full colour with over 1100 archival and artwork images. It is collectively edited by Wing Chan @wingchanwww, Arianna Mercado @aczm and David Morris, with contributions by artists, cultural workers, curators, editors, researchers, intellectual activists and urban politics scholars, including Ronny Agustinus, Leonhard Bartolomeus, Melani Budianta @melani.budianta, Wing Chan, chitarum @chitarum, Ade Darmawan @ade_darmawan, Özge Ersoy @ozgeersoy, Charles Esche @charles.esche, Nuraini Juliastuti, Abidin Kusno, Umi Lestari, Arianna Mercado, Ugeng T. Moetidjo, David Morris, farid rakun @rakunteur, Gesyada Siregar, Ibrahim Soetomo @ibrahimsoetomo, Enin Supriyanto, David Teh, The Secret Agents, Mahardika Yudha, Ardi Yunanto and many others.
This publication is released in partnership with Asia Art Archive @asiaartarchive; the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College @ccsbard; documenta Institut @documentainstitut; and the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg @universityofgothenburg
Designed by @pedrocidproenca
Read the introduction in open access on our website and order through @buchhandlungwaltherfranzkoenig
🔗 in bio
We are excited to announce the fifteenth title in our Exhibition Histories book series. How to Pin Down Smoke: ruangrupa since 2000 is an expansive guide to @ruangrupa and their singular and multifaceted practice. Formed in Jakarta in 2000 against a background of authoritarianism, economic crisis and youth movements, ruangrupa is an art initiative whose work playfully subverts traditional art- and exhibition-making, offering a living model of collective organisation, sustainable institution-building and ways of relating to one another. Through new commissions, interviews and extensive archival documentation, this publication explores how ruangrupa’s 25-year history expands understandings of ‘art’, ‘exhibition’ and ‘publics’, integrating elements of popular culture, media technology and contemporary urban life.
The 508-page publication is among Afterall’s most substantial and ambitious projects to date and generously illustrated in full colour with over 1100 archival and artwork images. It is collectively edited by Wing Chan @wingchanwww, Arianna Mercado @aczm and David Morris, with contributions by artists, cultural workers, curators, editors, researchers, intellectual activists and urban politics scholars, including Ronny Agustinus, Leonhard Bartolomeus, Melani Budianta @melani.budianta, Wing Chan, chitarum @chitarum, Ade Darmawan @ade_darmawan, Özge Ersoy @ozgeersoy, Charles Esche @charles.esche, Nuraini Juliastuti, Abidin Kusno, Umi Lestari, Arianna Mercado, Ugeng T. Moetidjo, David Morris, farid rakun @rakunteur, Gesyada Siregar, Ibrahim Soetomo @ibrahimsoetomo, Enin Supriyanto, David Teh, The Secret Agents, Mahardika Yudha, Ardi Yunanto and many others.
This publication is released in partnership with Asia Art Archive @asiaartarchive; the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College @ccsbard; documenta Institut @documentainstitut; and the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg @universityofgothenburg
Designed by @pedrocidproenca
Read the introduction in open access on our website and order through @buchhandlungwaltherfranzkoenig
🔗 in bio
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