Curtain call: CP Biennale<\/p>\n
The CP Biennale-2, in line with its vision, included a
\nhodgepodge of elements rooted in traditions of agricultural
\nvillage life, elitist modernity, habits of non-Indonesians,
\navant-garde techniques and many more. Hundreds of participants
\nwere involved, encompassing 312 artists from Indonesia, Japan,
\nTaiwan, China, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, The Philippines and
\nPakistan.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, these included collaborative art groups,
\narchitects, graphic designers and cartoonists. Led by Supangkat,
\nwho was assisted by Asmudjo Jono Irianto, Rizki A Zaelani, Marco
\nKusumawijaya and visiting curator Shin Yi Yang from New York, the
\nbiennale was basically a plight for equality and justice. The
\nexhibition, which many rated as excellent, could well match
\ninternational standards, though some placement of works could
\nhave been more prominent.<\/p>\n
Particularly standing out in terms of innovative creation and
\ntechnique, finishing and accessibility to public sensing, was
\nIndonesian artist Titarubi's Body Scape installation. Motionless,
\ngenderless figures using a man's cast with female lace, and a
\nlight shining from within the bodies floating in the dark space,
\nthe installation reverberated to everybody's senses, to a level
\nwhere words and understanding are irrelevant. Similarly, was the
\nwork by Indonesian artist Tisna Sanjaya, who created a piece out
\nof the remains of a work that was burned down by officials from
\nthe Bandung City Public Works agency. Cycle of Ash consisted of
\nneatly installed bottles filled with the ashes of his work that
\nwould find new value and relevance.<\/p>\n
Another interesting one was Pakistani Adeela Suleman's Salma,
\nSitara and Sister -- Motor Cycle Workshop, sculptures and video
\nwhich radiated the spirit of women's innovative art using kitchen
\nutensils and everyday items. Singapore resident Parvathi Nayar's
\nIn\/Roads installation of paintings showing blurred pictures of
\npeople on the move and, in contrast, the little things that lie
\nunnoticed on the street, a single frangipangi flower blown by the
\nwind, an artistically crafted raster on a ditch, the clouds
\nmirrored in a splash of waste water.<\/p>\n
There were also the telling pictures by Galeri Foto
\nJurnalistik Antara, aptly called Urban Horizons, the urban scenes
\nof Bangkok, Hongkong, Shanghai and Shenzhen in color prints by
\nPeter Bialobrzeski, digital print images of Arroyo Parkway Design
\nby Dutch Landscape Architects West-8, photographer Yudhi
\nSoerjoatmodjo's Digital Photographic Daydreaming Pimlico, and the
\nfinely crafted sculptured apartment that Indonesian architect
\nAditya Novali transformed into a blissful living space, titled
\nHappy Land, a playful, ironic carousel of smiling goat heads,
\nentitled Don't worry, be happy by Metromini group.<\/p>\n
A prominent presence was shown by young artists with cartoon
\nart from Daging Tumbuh, the foodstall and comics installation by
\nAkademi Samali led by Beng Rahardian, the funny little sculptures
\nhabitual de la ritual by the indieguerillas group of freelance
\ngraphic designers, video art from Ruang Rupa, Yang Zehnzhong
\n(Light and Easy), and paintings and sculptures by The Jendela
\ngroup, known for bringing back the form of landscape and
\naesthetics, Ong Hari Wahyu and Nitipryan Art Community, the
\nPinkswing Park by Agus Suwage and Davey Linggar, who wanted to
\nvisualize the private sphere amidst communal life in the big
\ncity.<\/p>\n
Renowned Chinese painters Fang Lijun and Yue Mingjun
\nrepresented their own local realities on canvas and there were
\nthe folding tents called Jumbo Origami Arch by Atelier Bow Wow
\nArchitect and Tokyo Institutes of Technology group, and the
\nmakeshift tents by Mella Jaarsma.<\/p>\n
Paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, videos,
\ncomics or replicas of stalls or small shops the nature of which
\nlie between the hamlet, small town and the city; photographs,
\nprints and digital prints -- in short everything that makes up a
\ncity -- they comprised the CP Biennale-2, which hundreds of
\nvisitors were lucky enough to have witnessed. -- Carla Bianpoen<\/p>",
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