TELL ME PLEASE
Group Exhibition - Homoludens #3
organize by Emitan Art Gallery Surabaya
curated by Wahyudin
Bentara Budaya Bali, Denpasar, Bali
September 2013
Installation, Interactive, Performance
Ceramic, Canvas, Cotton Thread
225 x 470 cm
The works become my contemplation about being contemporary. What is it actually? Is it when everything goes? When concept is very important in contemporary artwork, but sometimes eliminate the craftsmanship or showing ‘found objects’, as long as the concept is (hopefully) sophisticated and displayed in an art space, then the object (can be) become ‘a contemporary artwork’. When craftsmanship and material knowledge become less important, then how about the process of creating the artwork or studio work? If this happen, everybody may admit themselves as contemporary artists. The question is....Am I contemporary enough?
Tell Me Please....inspired by Braille character. Each canvases sew with ceramic tiles that represent Braille letters. The decision to use Braille character is to symbolize my question as ‘being contemporary’. I still groping and blind for the contemporary context.
Interactive:
Visitors are requested to guess the sentences show in the artwork. Each canvas will represent one Braille character, then the whole line represent a sentence.
The Braille code is provided for visitors as the key to read the sentences. Later, the visitors are requested to write down in Latin characters. If they do it right, they can read the message and there will be a simple souvenir deliver to their address.
Hints: some sentences are hidden in the artwork description.
Ceramic, Canvas, Cotton Thread
225 x 470 cm
The works become my contemplation about being contemporary. What is it actually? Is it when everything goes? When concept is very important in contemporary artwork, but sometimes eliminate the craftsmanship or showing ‘found objects’, as long as the concept is (hopefully) sophisticated and displayed in an art space, then the object (can be) become ‘a contemporary artwork’. When craftsmanship and material knowledge become less important, then how about the process of creating the artwork or studio work? If this happen, everybody may admit themselves as contemporary artists. The question is....Am I contemporary enough?
Tell Me Please....inspired by Braille character. Each canvases sew with ceramic tiles that represent Braille letters. The decision to use Braille character is to symbolize my question as ‘being contemporary’. I still groping and blind for the contemporary context.
Interactive:
Visitors are requested to guess the sentences show in the artwork. Each canvas will represent one Braille character, then the whole line represent a sentence.
The Braille code is provided for visitors as the key to read the sentences. Later, the visitors are requested to write down in Latin characters. If they do it right, they can read the message and there will be a simple souvenir deliver to their address.
Hints: some sentences are hidden in the artwork description.
