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Writer, My Own Words: Curating ‘Fragmenting Yesterday, Reshaping Tomorrow’, article for Art & Market, Singapore
The twelfth edition of the Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD) exhibition, themed Fragmenting Yesterday, Reshaping Tomorrow, featured works by 59 artists, designers, architects, creative technologists, and sound artists. Co-curated by Amanda Ariawan and Prananda L. Malasan, the exhibition explored the concept of "reconstruction," reflecting on how the pandemic has influenced collective memory and the shaping of the future. Participants presented a diverse range of perspectives, from humorous to political, analytical to speculative, addressing topics such as the environment, history, technology, and civilization.
“When I was first invited in April 2022 to be one of two young curators for this year’s edition of the festival, Diana Nazir and Itjuk Rahayu, the Artistic Directors, and the ICAD committee already had a preliminary concept in mind. They wanted to raise the idea of “reconstruction”, a recurring concern in various sectors, from economy and politics to arts and culture, towards the end of the pandemic. The drive to start anew, evolve, fix, and change things for the better felt very present and timely to discuss. Their questions were: how can we look at it from a critical standpoint? What approach should we take in order not to merely move forward without thinking? What points of reflection may we refer to?”
– Excerpt from My Own Words: Curating ‘Fragmenting Yesterday, Reshaping Tomorrow’ by Amanda Ariawan, 2023.
Read Amanda’s full writing on Art & Market: artandmarket.net/analysis/2023/1/25/my-own-words-fragmenting-yesterday-reshaping-tomorrow
About Art & Market
Art & Market (A&M) is a multimedia platform presenting specialist content on Southeast Asian art, with a focus on its community’s artistic, curatorial and business practices. Since its launch in October 2018, A&M has built a growing archive of news, reviews, analysis and profiles. They have also expanded their content to include projects such as the writing contest, live events, the thought leadership series, and publications about how art practitioners in Southeast Asia are landing on their feet against changes in the Southeast Asian art scene. (artandmarket.net)
(1) Muhammad Fadli x Fatris MF x Jordan Marzuki, ‘The Banda Journal’ (Detail), 2021, mixed media, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of ICAD.
(2) Tactogram, ‘Universal Tactile Pictogram Design for the Visually Impaired in Public Spaces’, 2022, mixed media. Image courtesy of ICAD.
(3) Heri Dono and M.S. Alwi’s artworks, ‘Fragmenting Yesterday, Reshaping Tomorrow’, 2022, presented as part of ICAD 12, exhibition view. Image courtesy of ICAD.
(4) Nasirun explaining his work during a studio visit by the ICAD curatorial team, 2022. Image Courtesy of ICAD.
(5) Titarubi, ‘History is written by the victors’ (back), 2022, charcoal on canvas, wood, 400 x 200cm. Titarubi, ‘Bahtera Gajah Mina’ (front), 2022, wood, rope, variable dimensions. Image courtesy of ICAD.
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