Artist residency program
The artist will work in an individual project. This program is open for artists
[groups and individuals, Indonesian and foreign] who address visual art as
a 'cultural practice' which is potential to stimulate discussions.
It is also open for those who are enthusiastic about sharing different points
of view, exploring and interacting with the Jakarta urban surrounding.
The residency program could run over a span of a maximum of one month. In
the end of the working period there will be a presentation of the works. ruangrupa
will only accept a maximum of three artists in residence in one year.
Art project / Workshop
The starting points for the themes in this program are issues that are still
and could be significant to be raised in visual art and social-cultural discourse,
especially pertaining to Indonesia. The art project / workshop will involve
a number of artists from different backgrounds, they will stay and work together
in the ruangrupa space.
The theme/subject is expected to mediate the interaction and exchange between
artists that come from different backgrounds. It will open the potentialities
for either collaborative or individual works.
Weekly Video Screening (Rabu Video Club)
Ruangrupa has a great number of videotapes of documentaries,
short and experimental
films, video art projects, and other audio-visual works by many independent
artists from various countries that are rarely seen by common audiences in
Indonesia. The videos in the collection are mostly obtained fromthe art projects
and networking that have been done by ruangrupa since it was established. In
order to provide a chance for more audiences to see this collecion, from mid-2002,
ruangrupa has been holding a video screening program every Wednesday at the
exhibition space, called 'Rabu Video Club'. The program is also
open for many Indonesian independent artists/filmmakers to screen their works
at ruangrupa, and also encourage them to develop their creativity.
Monthly Discussions/Artist's Talk
In 2003, ruangrupa will start a monthly program of discussion/artist's
talk, held at ruangrupa space. The program is open for artists to talk about
their project, presented in various forms, such as text, slide shows and video
screenings. This is also open for art scholars, students, researchers or even
common audiences to hold discussions with themes of their choice.
Exhibition
ruangrupa exhibition space was set up in the end of year 2001. A space for
presentation has an important role for artists in Jakarta, especially for artists
with fresh and experimental ideas currently there are lacks of possibilities
to show the works in conventional spaces. There will be maximum six exhibitions
in the ruangrupa space in one year.
'Karbon' Art Journal
Our six monthly journal has been published as an output media and an analytical
reference to reach and stimulate discussion among broader audiences. The journal
focuses on art and essays on culture that relate to the documentation, and
research of ruangrupa.
The editions of ‘Karbon’ are published in
two languages [Indonesian and English]. The journals were distributed in
few big cities in Java and all cultural center /organization all over Indonesia.
Outside Indonesia the journal were distributed to few organization and artist
initiative in different countries related to the RAIN network.