many things happened last year, and here we are at the beginning of a new year. a big thank you for all the generous support and thoughtful care for us through 2022. wishing you all the brightest light and goodness in 2023. hope to see you in the near future. ruangrupa
The conference Let there be lumbung from Tuesday, September 20 to Friday, September 23, 2022 at ruruHaus in Kassel, in the sense of nongkrong, provides a forum for contextualizing art practices by ways of lumbung. documenta fifteen invites to join the discussion of lumbung practices and its reception in different contexts. There are panels about…
Dear Christian Geselle, Angela Dorn, Susanne Völker, Claudia Roth, the Supervisory Board and the Shareholders of documenta, We are angry, we are sad, we are tired, we are united. We have tried our best to stay above the chaos, hostility, racism and censorship that have engulfed this edition of documenta. We have tried our best…
Dear members of the Bundestag, my name is Ade Darmawan, and today I’m addressing you as part of ruangrupa. Let me start with a brief comment about history. In 1955, Arnold Bode established documenta in Kassel, Germany, to heal the wounds of the Second World War. A few months before, in that same year, a…
documenta fifteen public program MEYDAN #1 MEYDAN MUSIC FESTIVAL by Festival sur le Niger, RRREC Fest, Cinema Caravan 8, 9, 10 July 2022 Fri – Sat: 4 pm – 11 pm Sun: 4 pm – 10 pm Karlsaue Park, Kassel, Germany A collaboration between 3 festivals (Fondation Festival Sur Le Niger, Cinema Caravan, and RRREC…
RURU Gallery presents A Solo Exhibition by Abi Rama “Drawing Drawings” Curator: Gesyada Siregar Opening: Saturday, 6 November 2021, 7 pm RURU Gallery Gudskul Ekosistem, Jl. Durian Raya 30A, Jagakarsa, Jakarta Selatan Exhibition: 6 – 27 November 2021 Open Tuesday to Sunday from 1 pm – 7 pm (except Monday and National Holiday) Through more…
Speculative Collective, 2019 SB14 Activation Collections Building, Sharjah Part of Sharjah Biennial 14: ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’ 2019 Gudskul: Contemporary Art Collective and Ecosystem Studies is a public learning space established by three Jakarta-based art collectives: Grafis Huru Hara, ruangrupa and Serrum. It was founded to promote what Gudskul calls ‘B-knowledge’, referring to B-movies and…
Collecting Memories: The Village of Paper-Making for Thousands of Years “Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence”,Shiyan, Jiajiang, Chengdu, China Cosmopolis #1.5 invited two interdisciplinary collectives – Arquitectura Expandida from Colombia and Gudskul (ruangrupa, Serrum, and Grafis Huru Hara) from Indonesia – to Shiyan village in Jiajiang County for residencies engaging with local communities. They initiated collaborative processes…
A Solo Exhibition by Arief Rachman – Efek Rumah Tangga? Curator: MG Pringgotono Opening: Friday, 23 Maret 2018 19.00 WIB Exhibition: 24 March – 15 April 2018 RURU Gallery Hall A2-Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem Jl. Pancoran Timur II No. 4 Cikoko, Pancoran, Jakarta The works in his exhibition this time were done by Arman…
A Solo Exhibition by Ube – Pemandangan (Landscape) After the last 2 years working on many group exhibition art projects, this time RURU Gallery started 2018 by presenting the UBE Solo Exhibition “Pemandangan” (Landscape). This exhibition marks the first solo exhibition at RURU Gallery which is now located at Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem. Opening: Friday,…
WALKIE TALKIE: a hanging out telling stories conducted by ruangrupa to connect with some friends where proximity doesn’t refer to something geographical or physical. It’s about stories on what it means to work and to live together. WALKIE TALKIE Hanging Out, Telling Stories Session XVII Host and Storyteller Gesyada Siregar (Curator, Gudskul Ecosystem, Jakarta) Guests…
WALKIE TALKIE: a hanging out telling stories conducted by ruangrupa to connect with some friends where proximity doesn’t refer to something geographical or physical. It’s about stories on what it means to work and to live together. WALKIE TALKIE Hanging Out, Telling Stories Session XVI In the mood for groove Host and Storyteller: Iramamama (Jakarta/Kassel)…
WALKIE TALKIE: a hanging out telling stories conducted by ruangrupa to connect with some friends where proximity doesn’t refer to something geographical or physical. It’s about stories on what it means to work and to live together. Host & Storyteller: Narpati Awangga a.k.a. oomleo (artist, Jakarta) Guest & Storyteller: Martin Suryajaya (writer, Jakarta) Thursday, 15…
ruangrupa (spelled and written with a lowercase ‘r’) was founded in Jakarta in 2000 by a group of artists. the founders felt that there was a great necessity for “space” (physically and mentally) in Jakarta, where artists could work intensively and could direct their attention more to means of analysis and less to means of…
Keroncong Tugu Cafrinho live ar RURU Gallery, ruangrupa Jakarta 19 August 2014
