Mizuma Conversations | Dialogue | Farah Wardani & Entang Wiharso
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𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥- 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 – 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵- 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯/𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭? – Farah Wardani
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Tune in to our latest IGTV with Farah Wardani in conversation with Entang Wiharso!
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Farah Wardani completed her MA in Art History (20th Century) from the Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, in 2001. She has been active as a teacher, researcher, writer, curator and art organizer since 2001 in her home country, Indonesia. From 2007 until 2015 she was the executive director of Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with works include the IVAA Digital Archive, the first digital archive of contemporary art in the country, as well as setting up the Indonesian Cultural Archiving Network program, a partnership between 7 cultural archiving institutions in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Pontianak and Kupang – with IVAA as the facilitator. From 2013 to present IVAA initiates a partnership with The National Gallery of Indonesia (GNI) to create the GNI online archive system, as well as digitizing GNI archives. She is now a part of the Board of Advisory of IVAA. From 2012-2013 she was involved in Biennale Yogyakarta XII 2013 as the artistic director. From 2015-2019 she was the Assistant Director of the Resource Center at the National Gallery Singapore. She is now the Executive Director for the upcoming Jakarta Biennale 2021.
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Entang Wiharso (b. 1967, Indonesia) is one of Indonesia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists and is known for creating provocative works loaded with bold visuals and distinctive imageries. Since 1997, Wiharso, his American wife, and two children have shuttled between Yogyakarta, where his Indonesian studio is located, and his studio in Rhode Island, U.S., progressively belonging and un-belonging to his land of origin. These two vastly different countries have become important parts of his identity, and this dichotomy of cultures, personal opinions, and experiences are reflected in his works. Wiharso graduated from the Indonesian Institute of Arts in Yogyakarta, majoring in Painting, in 1994. He has also been included in such major group shows in China, Singapore, France, Indonesia, Japan, United States among others. Entang Wiharso lives and works in Rhode Island, United States, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
