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18 June - 25 September 2022
Kassel, Germany
Artistic Direction: ruangrupa
Concept: lumbung
67 participants
Artists, collectives, initiatives, organizations
32 exhibition & event venues
List incl. participants at each venue and map localization
Practical information
Opening hours, tickets
In our documenta fifteen tour we show projects and works by 65 participants at 23 locations that we could see during the preview days.
ruangrupa, a collective of artists and creatives from Jakarta, Indonesia, with a ten-member core, is in charge of the Artistic Direction of documenta 15. It was nominated unanimously by the International Finding Committee.
The ruangrupa collective began as friendships among students at art schools in Jakarta and Yogyakarta during the mid-1990s. ruangrupa literally means "visual space," and the group was started from scratch by discussing and brainstorming. Only after several projects and efforts to fundraise were they able, in 2000, to rent a small house and turn it into a formal space to assemble and work together.
more about ruangrupa
ruangrupa: Reza Afisina, Indra Ameng, Farid Rakun, Daniella Fitria Praptono, Iswanto Hartono, Ajeng Nurul Aini, Ade Darmawan, Julia Sarisetiati, Mirwan Andan
Photo: Gudskul / Jin Panji, 2019
ruangrupa: "We want to create a globally oriented, collaborative and interdisciplinary art and culture platform that will remain effective beyond the 100 days of documenta fifteen. Our curatorial approach strives for a different kind of collaborative model of resource use — in economic terms but also with regard to ideas, knowledge, programs and innovations."
ruangrupa has built the foundation of documenta fifteen on the core values and ideas of "lumbung". It is the Indonesian word for a collectively governed rice barn, where the gathered harvest is stored for the common good of the community. Understood not only as a building but also as a way of working and living together, lumbung will be operational in the lead-up to documenta fifteen in 2022, and beyond.
ruangrupa has underscored this approach: "Under the current conditions, the concept of lumbung, and its values of solidarity and collectivity, has never been more vital and relevant. In moments when so many are experiencing the inequality and injustice of the current systems, lumbung can act as an effort (alongside so many others) to show that things can be done differently. We are therefore not suspending lumbung, but accelerating it."
Participants
Artists, collectives, initiatives and organizations
Venues & participants
The 32 venues, incl. the participants at each venue and map localization
The Art of Staying in Dialogue
Following the allegations of anti-Semitism against the Indonesian collectives ruangrupa and Taring Padi in Kassel, the artists returned home to discuss with the cultural scene in Indonesia. By Christina Schott.
Monument of Mourning
Reflexions by the Indonesian artist Titarubi, expressing the thoughts and feelings of many art producers in Indonesia, confronted with the removal of Taring Padi's work "People's Justice" from documenta fifteen.
Censorship at documenta fifteen
Appalled by a lack of willingness to engage in dialogue and by xenophobia towards documenta participants from the "Global South," Marianne Dautrey refutes false accusations.
Indonesian art and its history
Introduction to the history of Indonesian modern art as contextual information for the debate on documenta fifteen. By Werner Kraus, Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Art, Passau, Germany.
Collaborators wanted
What does the concept by documenta’s artistic team around ruangrupa mean for the concrete practice of the participating artists? By Christina Schott.
Regular opening hours: 10 am – 8 pm daily
Event times may vary from this.
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From press information by documenta.
© Cover photo: Detail from a photo by Nicolas Wefers
