Melati Suryodarmo
The Dusk. 2010
HD-Video
25' 56''
The Dusk is a poetic performance through the language of silence as a passage through which human energy is transmitted. Understanding silence as a space of comprehension that exists between the author and readers and a channel that connects experiences from the past and the present, Suryodarmo considers that one can rather acquire strong vitality and creativity through silence. For Suryodarmo, performance is a poetic action that conveys a poem. There, the artist connects herself, performers, and audiences and arouses the conscious of the audiences through the poem. (Kim Hong-Hee)
© Still: Melati Suryodarmo
Courtesy of 1st Asia Biennial &
5th Guangzhou Triennial,
Guangdong Museum of Art
11 December 2015 - 10 April 2016, Guangzhou, China. Theme: Asia Time. Organizer: Guangdong Museum of Art. Chairman: Luo Yiping. Chief Curators: Henk Slager, Zhang Qing. Curators: Kim Hong-Hee, Ute Meta Bauer, Sarah Wilson, Sun Ge.