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Open Program
Meeting Point: Encounter, Get to Know, Exchange

2024.9.21(Sat) — 11.4(Mon)

Make Your Own Passport, ongoing since 2014
Thingstigate Public Launch at Vetenksapsfestivalen/Gothenburg Science Festival 2023
Photo: Per Larsson

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In conjunction with the special exhibition Tintin Wulia: Things-in-Common, the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art will hold the open program "Meeting Point: Encounter, Get to Know, Exchange." This program will not take the form of a so-called exhibition, but will be a place with a learning function, where visitors can freely learn, know, think and exchange opinions, leading to spontaneous action.

Know the facts and learning from history.

In the background of Wulia's artistic activities, we can see her family's experiences of being involved in the social upheavals that took place in her native Indonesia, and the memories that are passed on through family stories, collective memories, trauma and ethnic minority origins. Why not learn about the history of Indonesia's modernization, including the upheaval and tragedy caused by the political change of 1965, and about the insects that interest Wulia, through books and videos?

Learn more about Tintin Wulia's wide-ranging activities and research.

As well as working individually as an artist, Wulia has collaborated with people from a wide range of disciplines. Some of these collaborations have resulted in artworks, while others have created platforms for sharing knowledge ( → 1965 Setiap Hari) or led to large-scale research projects ( → THINGSTIGATE-Things for Politics’ Sake: Aesthetic Objects and Social Change ). Some of her activities are presented here, which leads to a deeper understanding of Wulia's artistic practice.

Area

@THINGSTIGATE area
An interactive project by the Thingstigate team, which conducts research into how common things around us can become 'things-in-common'. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience how participating in the project will change the way they see and interact with “things” and how they connect us all.

@1965 Setiap Hari area
This area not only introduces the activities of 1965 Setiap Hari, but also their attempts to communicate and connect the 1965-66 Indonesian mass killing to future generations through the photographic works of one of its members, a photographer.

@Reading area
Books on Indonesia (history, society, politics, culture, etc.) as well as books related to Wulia's work. Visitors can stay & browse for as many hours as they like.

@Video Screening area
In addition to various video materials released by Wulia in the past, a film related to Hiroshima will be presented as an opportunity to consider the transmission of memory. During the program, there will be an opportunity to watch a short film related to Indonesia and discuss its contents with all participants.

→ Indonesian mass killing of 1965-66
In 1965, in the midst of the Cold War, which had divided the world into East and West, the conflict between socialism and anti-communism intensified in Indonesia. 30 September saw an attempted coup d'état by some members of the military, which led to the military strengthening its repression of the Communist Party. Local militias and religious organisations joined in, targeting communists and leftist activists (and those perceived as such), and organised massacres were repeated.

→ 1965 Setiap Hari
A research relay collective launched in 2015, consisting of 10 members working in different regions around the world and areas of expertise, researching and collecting complex narratives surrounding the Indonesian mass killing of 1965-1966. It uses social networking as a platform for its research activities, initially starting with blogs and Facebook announcements and gradually expanding to Twitter (now X), Instagram and podcasts.
1965SetiapHari

→ THINGSTIGATE
A research project that aims to identify how social and political change through art occurs. Its methods include archival analysis of past socially engaged art, conducting participatory art in everyday life and longitudinal tracing of aesthetic objects, based on the hypothesis that such transformation occurs within a framework comprising 'imagination', 'emotion' and 'socio-political institutions', with aesthetic objects as the basis.
THINGSTIGATE-Things for Politics’ Sake: Aesthetic Objects and Social Change

Information

Exhibition Period

2024.9.21(Sat) — 11.4(Mon)

Opening Hours

10:00—17:00

※Admission until 30 minutes before closing

Venue

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery B-3

Closed

Mondays (except September 23, October 14, November 4), September 24 and October 15

Admission

Free

Organized by

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

In cooperation with

The University of Gothenburg, Swedish Research Council/ 'Protocols of Killing: 1965, distance, and the ethics of future warfare', and the European Research Council/'Thingstigate'