a duet exhibition by
erika ernawan & erik pauhrizi
Erik Pauhrizi
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eating; speaking; kissing (kissing) Embroidery on canvas 172 x 125 cm 2010
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Kita bertemu ketika Erika sedang melanjutkan sekolah masternya di Seni Rupa ITB pada awal 2009. Pada saat itu saya sedang sibuk-sibuknya menyiapkan sebuah pameran tunggal di di Indonesia. Erika lahir di Bandung Indonesia pada 1986, begitu pula saya lahir di Bandung Indonesia pada 1981.
We met when Erika was doing her master’s degree at the Faculty of Art and Design, Bandung Institute of Technology, in early 2009. At the time, I was in a frenzy of preparing my solo exhibition. Like me, Erika was born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. She was born in 1986; I, in 1981.
Kesamaan dan ketertarikan dalam pemasalahan identitas, merupakan awal dimana kita menemukan kenyamanan dalam berdiskusi mengenai konsep karya masing-masing. Dimana Erika sangat tertarik akan identitas bahasa tubuh “tubuh sebagai sebuah bahasa yang paling jujur dari apapun”. Berbanding terbalik dengan wajah sebagai riset utama
Our similarities and interests in the issue of identity provided the starting point for our relationship. Erika has been much interested in the identity and body language—“the body as the most honest of all languages”. It is the opposite of the focus of my research on identity—the face—that I have been doing for the last five years. This situation precisely succeeds in making
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identitas yang saya kerjakan selama 5 tahun ini. Kegiatan ini justru berhasil menggiring kita kedalam konteks yang lebih dalam dalam dan intim sebagai sebuah pasangan yang saling mempengaruhi dalam kerja kreatifitas masingmasing. Berusaha mencoba mengartikulasi kata hasrat dan pasangan dari mulai perpindahan titik ketertarikan sampai sebuah perasaan yang menarik kita kepada rasa kenyamanan dalam memberi. Ide proyek pilot ‘On Desire’ ini lahir pada saat kita harus berhadapan dengan sebuah hubungan hasrat yang melibatkan ruang, jarak dan waktu. Karena pada saat ini saya harus tinggal, berkarya dan sekolah di Jerman, sedangkan Erika masih harus tinggal, berkarya dan mengajar di Indonesia. Dalam keintiman sebuah pasangan, hasrat tinggi ini masuk lebih jauh kedalam tekanan akan harapan, mimpi, dan rasa takut. Secara intens komitmen dan komunikasi yang tiada henti untuk mengatasi konflik dalam mencapai konsensus. Membentuk hubungan yang kita bangun menjadi proses mutualisme, sebagai reaksi terhadap meminimalisasi rasa takut dan rasa frustasi
our relationship more profound and intimate as we function as a couple, influencing each other in our respective creative travail. As a couple, we try to articulate what “desire” is, starting from when we first became attracted to each other until we feel comfortable in the give-and-take process of coupledom. The idea of the pilot project of “On Desire” began when we had to deal with the desirous relationship involving space, distance, and time. This is because today I have to live, work, and study in Germany, while Erika still has to live, work, and teach in Indonesia. In the intimacy of coupledom, desires give rise to expectations, dreams, and, at the same time, fear. There are unceasing communications and commitment to deal with conflicts and reach the point of harmony. Our relationship becomes a mutualistic process as we try to minimize our fear and
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yang timbul akibat ruang, jarak dan waktu. Dalam kata lain, signifikansi negosiasi menjadi penting dalam hubungan hasrat kita. Untuk Erika, keberlanjutan proses kreatifitas mengarah kepada sebuah seri penelusuran konseptual yang baru, print dan performance yang diset untuk menangkap pengalaman pribadinya dalam layer-layer yang berefek. Kemudian juga dia mencoba membawa dan menemukan vocabulari artistik yang baru ke dalam karyanya. Mengkritisi para spectators, dengan mengangkat pertanyaanpertanyaan ke-erotikan sebagai bentuk stereotipe tentang tubuh perempuan yang sering dijadikan subjek untuk dipandangi dan dinamai yang luput dari perhatian akan apa sebenarnya informasi yang sedang dikomunikasikan. Penggunaan tubuh orang terdekat dan tubuhnya sendiripun dilakukan, dalam mengkontruksi karya sebagai usaha pengendalian kuasa atas pengalaman-pengalaman hidup yang telah dia rasakan sampai saat ini. Sebuah keputusan penghancuran tubuh di atas fisik karya yang telah dibuatnya merupakan reaksi titik jenuh dan interupsi peleburan kembali entitas yang telah terbentuk secara chaos kembali ke titik awal akan manusia yang tanpa pretensi dan muatan tertentu sebagai subyek yang polos. Sedangkan karya yang saya coba interupsi dalam proyek ini adalah memikirkan kembali konsepsi identitas dan subjek dalam ruang waktu yang berbeda, sebagai proyeksi dari image pengalamanpengalaman selama tinggal di New York empat bulan yang lalu. Dengan memasukan subyek orang kedua dan orang ketiga dalam visual karya saya, sebagai bagian dari negosiasi identitas dua ide yang melebur dalam satu hasrat. Juga terlihat dalam karya seni video, ketika saya dan Erika hanya bisa bertatap muka dan berkomunikasi sebatas layar ruang maya “Skype”. Pengalaman yang sama juga terjadi hampir selama setahun lebih ketika saya tinggal di Jerman, dimana pengalaman ini mendorong saya untuk membekukan kegelisahan, rasa takut dan hasrat ke dalam karya yang 6
frustration due to the temporal and spatial distances. In other words, negotiations become significant in our relationship of desire. Erika’s creative process consists of explorations of new concepts through prints and performance pieces that she arranges to capture her personal experiences in different layers. She also tries to find and present new artistic vocabularies for her work. She takes a shrewd look at spectators, posing questions of eroticism about the female body—which is often becomes the subject of the spectator’s gaze while the actual messages being conveyed is often missed. She uses her body and one of the person closest to her as she tries to construct the work in the effort to control her feelings about her experiences. Her ennui gives rise to the decision to “destroy” the body in the resulting work, constituting her effort to demolish the entity that has been formed in a chaos and return to the starting point as a pure subject, stripped of all pretentions and contents. Meanwhile, in this project I reconsidered the concept of identity and the subject in different spatial and temporal spaces. Here I projected my experiences of living in New York four months ago. I inserted the second and third subjects in my work, representing the negotiations of identity between two ideas that merge into one desire. This is also evident in the video work as Erika and I could only meet each other and communicate through the virtual space provided by Skype. My stay in Germany for more than a year provided us with a similar experience. The work that I present here is one that involves two parties in a time-based relationship, and with it I try to convey my angst, anxiety, and desires.
melibatkan dua pihak dalam sebuah seni imaterial yang melibatkan waktu. Beberapa kesamaan karyapun terlihat dari karya cermin Erika saat ini, dan karya stainless steel yang pernah saya beberapa tahun yang lalu. Terlihat pendekatan konsep yang hampir sama, membuat kita harus membawanya kepada kebutuhan eksplorasi medium yang mempunyai refleksi bayangan. Print di atas cermin kaca dan cermin stainless steel dicari untuk mengintervensi identitas publik di luar diri kita, lewat refleksi bayangan yang tampak pada medium cermin, sehingga bisa bertumpukan dengan subyek yang kita buat dalam cermin.
One can detect some similarities in our works; in Erika’s mirrors today and the stainless steel works that I have made several years ago. Our similar approaches to the artistic concepts we are working on lead us to explore different media that would enable reflections. We experimented with prints on mirror and reflective stainless steel in order to capture the spectator’s reflection, symbolizing the identities that are external to us, or the public identity. The reflected images on the mirror and mirror-like surfaces would overlap with the subjects that we have engraved on the work.
Erika, sebagai seorang seniman yang baru menetas dalam eraman dunia pendidikan seni visual, mencoba sebuah ramuan kontribusi baru yang sangat penting ke dalam perkembangan seni konseptual. Dimulai dari dedikasi pencapain karya cerminnya sejak 2007 sampai sekarang dalam genre variasi seni print, seni performance dan seni lukis. Sedangkan sejak 2005, saya mencoba untuk memfokuskan riset seni yang saya buat dalam kebutuhan berkarya di seputar ruang, waktu, ingatan, wajah dan hitam putih dalam genre seni lukis, seni bordir, seni video dan fotografi
As a “new-born” artist that has just emerged from the academic circle of art, Erika tries to contribute to the development of conceptual art. She started it with the mirror works that she has created since 2007. The process continues to this day as she adds to her oeuvre prints, performance pieces, and paintings. Meanwhile, my researches since 2005 have been dealing with the issues of space, time, and memories, presented in paintings, embroidery, video works, and photography.
Konsep melihat aku dan kamu, ternyata terbongkar dengan sendirinya dengan kita sebagai satu tubuh yang baru, dalam karya Erika yang berjudul ‘aku’. Konsepsi ke-Kita-an berjalan dengan matrik esensi konstitusi kesepakatan hubungan yang dibangun sampai mengintervensi kemampuan dalam menerima realitas. Dalam sejarahnya sejak jaman
The concept of “I and you” fell apart as we define ourselves as one new body. This is evident, for example, in Erika’s work titled aku (literally, “I”). The concept of us is defined through the agreements that we have constructed together, and it affects our perception on reality. 7
Renaissance, pasangan, hubungan hasrat dan seniman visual telah diklaim dalam diskursus seni sebagai sebuah pengembangan estetika. Keintiman dan kreatifitas pasangan tercatat bisa masuk lebih jauh dalam merespon area perkembangan kreatifitas. Banyak
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kasus dalam seni modern yang hebat, pasanganpasangan seniman bisa mencapai titik-titik dibalik sesuatu yang mereka takuti untuk ditembus. Seperti Christo dan Jean Claude yang pertama kali bekerja bersama sejak karya temporer outdoor-nya pada 1961 ‘Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor’ dan bisa mendorong proyek seni konseptualnya sampai tanpa batas, “Nobody discusses the painting before it is painted,” Christo said. “Imagine an artist who his work is (argued), articulated and discussed by so many people before it exists. It’s an incredible pleasure to see art create so much energy, thinking.” Sedangkan Andrew Ginzel dan Kristin Jones bekerja bersama sejak 1985 dalam banyak proyek publik dan komisi. Salah satu karya yang terkenalnya yang berjudul ‘Metronome’ yang terletak di Union Square Kota New York Amerika, berikut pula senimanseniman pasngan besar lainnya seperti Gilbert and
Since the Renaissance, there have been stories about coupledom, relationships based on desire, and the visual artists. Many art discourses have acknowledged that these things give rise to certain aesthetic developments. The intimacy and creativity of artistcouple are proven to have helped trigger creativity. The modern art has seen
cases of artist-couples who managed to go far, beyond the things they had been afraid of. There was the case, for example, of Christo and Jean Claude who first worked together in the temporary outdoor work of Dockside Packages, Cologne Harbor. The relationship helped advance Christo’s conceptual art ad infinitum. “Nobody discusses the painting before it is painted,” Christo said. “Imagine an artist whose work is argued, articulated, and discussed by so many people before it exists. It’s an incredible pleasure to see art creates so much energy, thinking.” Meanwhile, Andrew Ginzel and Kristin Jones have worked together since 1985 in many public and commissioned works. One of the most famous works is titled Metronome, at the Union Square in New York. Then there were other important artist-couples
George, Pablo Picasso dan Dora Maar, Lee Krasner dan Jackson Pollock.
such as Gilbert and George, Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.
Ketika hasrat ini datang kepada pasangan seniman, hal ini akan selalu menjanjikan untuk dilihat hubungannya kekaryaannya, dari kacamata karya individu dan karya kolaborasi. Seringkali dalam pasangan romantis, ide-ide yang bersinggungan bisa menginterfensi gaya dan bentuk karya sangat jauh sekali. Tetapi sampai sekarang, mayoritas seniman-seniman hebat di Asia, Eropa dan Amerika yang menghasilkan karya-karya besar masih didominasi oleh kreator soliter sebagai sebuah teori penstabilan dominasi individualisme.
When an artist-couple experience desires, that experience has the potentials to be perceived in relation to their artistic travails, either for the works created individually or those resulting from collaboration between the couple. Often, in the case of deeply romantic couples, the overlapping ideas might greatly affect the styles and forms of the works. Today, however, the majority of great artists in Asia, Europe, and the United States are mostly solitary artists, affirming the theory about the dominance of individualism.
Bagi kita, proyek awal ini merupakan sebuah kesempatan untuk lebih membuka diri secara keseluruhan, berimajinasian secara luas tanpa batas, berbicara lebih jujur dan mendapatkan perasaan untuk lebih dipercayai sebagai seseorang dan manusia. Jika keputusan ini berhadapan dengan sebuah hubungan rasa, sebuah pilihan harus ditentukan untuk dapat terus menulusuri ide besar dan kemungkinan-kemungkinan baru pada saat ini dan kedepannya. ---
To Erika and me, this initial project serves as an opportunity to be open to more possibilities, to have unlimited imaginations, to talk in more honest ways, and to gain trust as individuals and human beings. This involves our emotions and we thus need to make up our mind so that we can continuously explore new ideas and possibilities for today and the future. ---
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Erika Ernawan
Lebensform_01 Digital print on canvas 180 x 120 cm 2010
lebensform_02 Digital print on canvas 180 x 120 cm 2010
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lebensform_03 Digital print on canvas 180 x 120 cm 2010
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Erika Ernawan
Untitle Digital print on fabric 90 x 130 cm 2010
Aku_01 Mix media 112 x 96 cm 2010
Aku_02 Mix media 90 x 120 cm 2010
Aku_03 Mix media 80 x 108 cm 2010
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Physical intimacy_01 Digital print on fabric 120 x 90 cm 2010
Erika Ernawan
physical intimacy_02 Digital print on fabric 120 x 90 cm 2010
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Erika Ernawan
Mirror sees me_02 Mix media 170 x 100 cm 2010
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Mirror sees me performance Video performance 2010
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Erika Ernawan
Erika Ernawan Bandung, 21st January 1986
EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2010 Faculty of Fine Art and Design, ITB, Bandung, West Java, M.A. , Fine Art. 2009 Extension Course Culture and Philosophy, Parahyangan University of Catholic, Bandung, West Java. 2007 Faculty of Fine Art and Design, ITB, Bandung, West Java, B.A , Fine Art, Majoring in Painting. Selected Group Exhibition 2010 ‘On Desire’ Darga Gallery, Sanur Bali. ‘Veduta’, BANDUNG INITIATIVE #5, Vanessa Art Link , Jakarta. ‘Current(s)’, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung. 2009 ‘My Body’, Andi’s Gallery, Jakarta. ‘Fairies’, Vivi Yip Art Room, Jakarta. 2004 ‘ Rupatorium’ , ITB, Bandung. 2003 Mural ‘Babakan Siliwangi’ , Bandung.
ART PROJECT, WORKSHOP & CONFERENCES 2010 ‘Repetitions of Lines and Color’, Workshop by I Wayan Sujana, FSRD ITB Workshop TPB-FSRD, Seminar room, FSRD ITB 2009 ‘Concept & Medium’ oleh Mella Jaarsma, Room S2-C and Gallery Soemardja, FSRD ITB Shen Shaomin, Room S2, FSRD ITB ‘Art in Berlin’ by Katerina Paldivia Bruch, Room S2, FSRD ITB Cirebon’s Puppet Seminar, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung International Conferences, Gold Dies of ITB, East Hall ITB, Bandung
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a stolen kiss Embroidery on canvas 96 x 129 cm 2010
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Erik Pauhrizi
two narratives of feeling Oil on canvas 153 x 230 cm 2010
three narratives of feeling Oil on canvas 153 x 205 cm 2010
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Erik Pauhrizi
eating; speaking; kissing (eating) Embroidery on canvas 130 x 190 cm 2010
Realm of Coney Island appetite_01 Embroidery on canvas 130 x 190 cm 2010
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Realm of Coney Island appetite_02 Embroidery on canvas 186 x 148 cm 2010
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Erik Pauhrizi
eating; speaking; kissing (speaking) Embroidery on canvas 190 x 130 cm 2010
Solitude Video art 5 min. 58 sec. 2010
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Erik Pauhrizi
Erik Muhammad Pauhrizi Bandung, 1st June 1981
Education and training 2010 2009-now 2001-2005
1999-2001 2004-2005 2003-2004 2004 2006
International Residency, New Museum & Westbeth, New York (Asian Cultural Council) Studiengang Freie Kunst, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany. Fine Art and Design Faculty, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. (Majoring Textile Craft and Minor Media Art; Cum Laude) Technical Faculty, Indonesian University of Education (Majoring in Mechanical Engineering). Sweden Interior Textile Course, ITB and Boras Sweden Universities, Bandung, ID. Extension Course of Philosophy, Parahyangan University of Catholic, Bandung, ID. Biranul Annas Z. Fiber Art Studio (Residency), Bandung, ID. Magang Kelola Nusantara (National Residency), GoetheInstitut Indonesia, ID.
Grant, Award & Scholarships 2010
International Residency, New Museum & Westbeth, New York (Asian Cultural Council) 2007 Goethe-Institut Indonesia (Deutsch Language Scholarship) 2006&2007 Kelola Art Foundation (Magang Nusantara & Culture Organization Management) 2006 National Art Council Singapore, Singapore (Bandung – Singapore Displacement Project) 2005&2007 Asia-Europe Foundation (The Third Asia-Europe Art Camp, Bandung, ID & Dislocate – Reconnect Project, Tokyo, Japan) 2004 Second Winner - Bebegig Installation Art Award, Kota Baru Parahyangan Art Fest, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB Student Care Center for Tsunami, Meulaboh, ID) 2002-2005 ITB Competent Academic, Supersemar and Indonesian Bank Scholarships
Solo Exhibition 2010
2009 2008
Open Studio, Westbeth Artist Housing, New York, USA. Indistict Names, Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery, Semarang, ID. Fictitious Biography, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Face Phantasmagoria, Vivi Yip Art Room, Jakarta, ID The Pleasure of The Text, Mes56 and LIP, Yogyakarta, and Rumah Seni Yaitu, Semarang, ID.
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On Desire, Darga Gallery, Bali, ID. KIAF, Seoul, South Korea.
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Art Lives 2010, Chair and The Maiden, New York, USA. Contemporaneity, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China. Rundgang 2010: Tage der offenen Tür and der HBK, Braunschweig, Germany. ART JAKARTA, ID. Manifesto - Percakapan Massa, Indonesian National Gallery. Homoludens, Emitan Gallery, Surabaya, ID. Dua Kota Dua Cerita, Semarang Contemporary Art Gallery, Semarang, ID. A reflection upon the development of Indonesian Contemporary Art, Lawang Wangi Art Bandung, ID. Unlimited Portrait, Edwin Gallery, Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta, ID. Merajut Waktu Menjalin Makna, North Art Space, Jakarta, ID. Reborn, H2 Art Gallery, Semarang, ID. Bandung Expanding, Tony Raka, Bali, ID. (Re)mind Things, Vanesa Art Link, Jakarta, ID. My Dream, my power, my pain, One Gallery, Jakarta, ID. Survey II, Edwin Gallery, Jakarta, ID. Vox Populi, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, and Sangkring Art Space, Yogyakarta, ID. Deer Andry, S.104, Bdg. and RURU Galery, Jakarta, ID. Fashion First, Senayan City, Jkt, ID. Nine 4+9, Galeri Roemah Roepa, Jkt, ID. Siapa Salim, Galeri Nasional, ID. A Decade Of Dedication: Ten Years Revisited, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID. Premiere Vue, 7th edition, PASSAGE de RETZ, Paris. Video Sonic Art, Soemardja, Bdg, ID. Real Time Cinema – Electronic Art Performance, Open House Goethe-Institut Bandung, ID. Realities Remix, Nu Substance – New Media Art Festival, Common Room, Bandung, ID. Dislocate – Reconnect, Art, Technology and Locality, Ginza Art Laboratory, Tokyo, Jpn. KGF, CCF Bandung, ID. Episode5: 12-Hour Performance, Sound & Video Festival, Your Mother Gallery, Singapore. 12th Button Launching, Open House and Exhibition, Bandung, ID. Hetero Utopia: Mapping the Urban Terrain, part of Artepolis: Creative Culture and the Making of Place, Platform 2: Soemardja Gallery, ITB, Bandung, ID. Bandung New Emergence, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID. Gang Festival, Sydney, Australia. BIT MAP Photography exhibition, Loop Gallery, Seoul – South Korea. Art and Resistance, Pintu Merah – Sanggar Luhur, Bandung, ID. 1st Annual Web-exhibition, Egyptian contemporary artists website www.ecartists.com. Bandung - Singapore Displacement, Video Art Exhibition:
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Room No1, IF Venue, Common Room, Sculpture Square, Spell #7, Front Room, Bandung ID and SG. Video Art Screening and Disscusion, 347, IF Venue and Kinoki, Bandung, Yogyakarta, ID. Displaced Spaces, Photograpy, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID. Brit nite out, video music, Amare Lounge Bandung and BC Bar Jakarta, ID. Art Communicates across the world, together site exhibition, German Embassy. 36 Frames, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID Urban Cartography Vol. 01: Bandung Creative Communities,CP Biennale 2005. Jakarta, ID. Trampoline, Radiator Festival, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK. Cultural Futures ‘Space, Ground and Practise’ Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, NZ. Bandung Checkpoint, Video Art Exhibition, Common Room, Bandung, ID. Re-inventing Bandung, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID. Jamu Cap IKIP II ‘I love me first then you’ UPI, Bandung, ID. Love is, Common Room, QB, Oktagon, Griya Musik, Bandung, Jakarta, Bali, ID. Independent Movie Maker, LFM, ITB, Bandung, ID.
Art Project, Workshop and Conferences 2010 2007 2006 2005 2005 2004 2003 2001 2000
das zweite AnaDoma-FilmVideoFest, Braunschweig, Germany, ID. Short Film Fest “Clemont-Ferrand” Workshop, CCF Jakarta, ID. The Against The Wall: Grafity Exhibition, FAB vs Ranger Bastard, Buton Kultur 21, ID. 40yearsvideoart.de, RuRu, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Dewan Kesenian Malang, and KKF. Weltsprace Fußball, Goethe Institute Indonesia. The Third Asia-Europe Art Camp, ASEF and Bandung Center for New Media Art, ID. Drilling, mapping and Piping, Kawai 11 and Bregan, Melabouh, Aceh, ID. Well Re-treatment project, Nagan Raya, Meulaboh, Aceh, ID. Video Art Communities Screening, Devil Chips Video, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung, ID. Keris making, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, ID. Miasto, Liquid Picture Workshop, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, ID. Displaced Spaces, Landscape Photography Workshop, Soemardja Gallery, ITB, Bandung, ID. Mural Babakan Siliwangi, Bandung, ID. Cultural Performance, The President of Republic Indonesia Palace, Jakarta, ID. Folklore Day, Dago Tea House, Bandung, ID. Cultural Performance, The Vice President of Republic Indonesia Palace, Jakarta, ID. Cultural Performance, The President of Republic Indonesia Palace, Jakarta, ID.
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catalogue for A Duet Exhibition by Erik Pauhrizi & Erika Ernawan “ON DESIRE” TRANSLATED BY Rani Elsanti publisheD BY 2010. vivi yip art room in collaboration with Darga Gallery designed by Gamaliel W. Budiharga Kotasis Kamar Desain 3x3x3 Yogyakarta, Indonesia www.kotasis.com EDITION 500 copies
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