Java’s Machine: Phantasmagoria By Jompet
Visual Arts
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Java’s Machine: Phantasmagoria is the first solo exhibition in Hong Kong of Indonesian artist Augustinus Kuswidananto (a.k.a. Jompet). Jompet’s work takes, as its starting point, the history of Java and explores syncretism or strategies to reconcile dispersed and disparate points of reference in Java’s cultural history. This is exemplified by Java, the War of Ghosts, the centrepiece of the exhibition, which also, in turn, frames the other installations and video works in the exhibition. Jompet’s work can be read as a discourse on post-colonialism and globalisation, a celebration of unruly beauty. As with Java’s heritage, harmony can be negotiated in the multiplicity of patches that make up today’s global community.
Jompet was born in 1976 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1999 with a degree in Social and Political Science. His multi-disciplinary practice involves installation, video, performance and music, delving into a wide range of subjects such as history and civilisation, the past and modernity, and technology and the spiritual realm. His work has been exhibited in many international exhibitions including Asia Art Award, Seoul, South Korea (2010), Oasis To Be, Bali (2010), Jakarta Biennale, Jakarta, Indonesia (2009), 10th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (2009), Beyond the Dutch, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands (2009), Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan (2008) and Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan (2005).
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2010" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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