Tromarama’s ‘Solaris’ at the NGV Triennial 2020 Andari Suherlan
Tromarama, one of Indonesia’s leading art collectives, utilises digital media to explore technology’s influence on humanity’s relationship with the world. From pre-recorded stop-motion animations to computer-generated realities, Febie Babyrose, Herbert Hans and Ruddy Hatumena’s recent body of works collects data available online to activate the digital world as seen through ‘Solaris’. Exhibited at the second National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Triennial, 'Solaris' presents a digital simulation of a unique marine environment, a landlocked body of salt and rainwater formed over 11,000 years ago, located off the coast of Kalimantan, Indonesia. Warm and free of predators, here, jellyfish species have evolved, providing scientific communities with a living laboratory for studying the potential effects climate change may have on marine systems.
Tromarama, ‘Solaris’, 2020, live simulation, real-time internet-based data, sound. Commissioned by National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne for NGV Triennial 2020.
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