Power & other things : Indonesia & art, 1835-now

127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 26 cm. Summary:The project takes its name from the demand for the transfer of power and other things to the newly independent Indonesia in 1945. It travels through time, from European colonial occupation through the development of the republican state to the trans-national contemporary cultures of today. It looks at the various international exchanges that happened in the territories of contemporary Indonesia through the images and ideas of artists. The catalogue and the exhibition will follow a broad chronological narrative, allowing readers and visitors to learn more about how this huge archipelago has changed over the past two centuries and to observe how it has responded and adapted to different influences originating both from inside and outside the islands. The influence of the imperial Dutch and Japanese occupations naturally form a significant element in the narrative of the exhibition as well as the constant struggles for different forms of independence or equal treatment by the Javanese and other Indonesian cultures. The importance of Chinese and Arab influence on its cultural history will also feature as the exhibition tries to look for other ways alongside the post-colonial for understanding the present. Contents: Forewords: Indonesia at Europalia: A Platform for Building Further Relationships / Hilmar Farid ; A Unique Encounter with Indonesia / Count Georges Jacobs de Hagen Introduction: Curators' Introduction / Riksa Afiaty and Charles Esche Essays: From Affandi and the New Art Movement to Europalia / Bambang Bujono ; How to Get Forgotten: What Ever Happened to Indonesian Art History? / Aminudin TH Siregar ; Coloniality is Far From Over, and So Must Be Decoloniality / Walter D. Mignolo ; The Roots of Indonesian Contemporary Art / Riksa Afiaty and Charles Esche Artists: Agung Kurniawan Gentayangan ; Ana Tores Dark Space Where Things Cannot Be Put ; Antariksa Co-Prosperity ; Dea Widya Planning to Forget: Decomposing the Hotel des Indes ; FX Harsono Pilgrimage to History ; Lidwien van de Ven Fragments [of a Desire for Revolution] ; Lifepatch Tano Toba Saga ; Maryanto Shifting Landscapes ; Mella Jaarsma I Owe You: Clothing as a State of Control ; Octora Rice, Beasts, Provisions and Women ; Roy Villevoye Smoke / the Spell ; Saleh Husein Arabirien Controlled Territory ; Terroir ; Timoteus Anggawan Kusno The Untold Stories of the Archipelago ; Tom Nicholson I Was Born in Indonesia ; Wendelien van Oldenborgh No False Echoes A Cloud of Influences: Occupations: Dutch Colonial ; Occupations: Japanese ; Feminism and the Role of Women ; Identity and Belonging ; The Struggle for Independence ; Myths and Traditions ; Decolonial Thinking Colophon Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 18 October 2017-21 January 2018, in the framework of the Europalia Indonesia festival, held 10 October 2017-21 January 2018.