Greed/ Rakus/ Gierig
Artist
Tisna Sanjaya
Curator
Lisa Campbell-Smith
Collaborators
Mas Nanu Munajar
Raspi
Yoyon Darson
Ayi Ruhat
Yaya Suryadi
Hani Pribadi
Hari Abadi
Deny Tri Ardianto
9 June–1 July
Exploring the concept of greed, celebrated Indonesian artist Tisna Sanjaya presents a chaotic processional performance and exhibition.
Greed/ Rakus/ Gierig: Performance
Nine performances by Tisna and his collective of performers, musicians and mystics. They gathered to share Sundanese ceremonies to purify the soul and bring safety, fertility, fire, abundance and good health. Each night was a new vision, a new ritual, and the space for participation in Tisna’s paintings made from spice, rock and all of our rubbish.
Thu 8 – Sun 11 June
5pm–10pm
Dark Park
Wed 14 – Sun 18 June
5pm–10pm
Dark Park
Greed/ Rakus/ Gierig: Installation
Formed from the residue of the performances, a collection of Tisna’s large-scale works appeared at CAT throughout the duration of the festival.
Fri 9 – Sun 11 June
12pm–5pm
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Wed June 14 – Sat July 1
12pm–5pm
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Artist bio
Leading figure of the Indonesian contemporary experimental art scene and representative for the 50th Venice Biennale, Tisna Sanjaya work has continued to frame anarchic visions for over three decades. Tisna rose from the 1980s generation of contemporary Indonesian and Bandung artists with their wave of experimentation, but with his own attitude, style, and language. Starting from drawings and etchings in graphic arts, Tisna’s depictions constantly discover new spaces with the passage of time-both in crossing the world of roles and theatrical characterizations; becoming a form that grows in the environment and society; and by never leaving the social-actual background. It frames the small and large moral paradoxes all around us.
