Looking back on the artist talk held last Thursday, 3 August 2023, for Heri Dono and Jompet Kuswidanantoโ€™s solo exhibitions with Kohesi Initiatives.

The talk invited both artists and LIR (Mira Asriningtyas and Dito Yuwono), curators of both exhibitions to discuss behind the scenes for the exhibitions ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ and ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด: ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ.

Heri Dono and Jompet Kuswidananto shared their respective approaches in responding to themes surrounding power, and how it can cause both chaos and control that can be viewed and felt in their works. The talk also covers research, archives, and personal experiences that help both artists in forming their presentations this time.

๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ and ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด: ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ are on show until 15 October 2023 at Tirtodipuran Link Building A.