On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art

This article examines decolonial approaches to the nature of botanical gardens in Indonesia in the artworks of nine artists featured in the exhibition On the nature of botanical gardens: contemporary Indonesian perspective at Framer Framed, Amsterdam in 2020. Zico Albaiquini, Arahmaiani, Ade Darmawa...

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Main Author: Sadiah Boonstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities 2022-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol23/iss1/8/
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description This article examines decolonial approaches to the nature of botanical gardens in Indonesia in the artworks of nine artists featured in the exhibition On the nature of botanical gardens: contemporary Indonesian perspective at Framer Framed, Amsterdam in 2020. Zico Albaiquini, Arahmaiani, Ade Darmawan, Edwin, Samuel Indratma, Lifepatch, Ipeh Nur, Elia Nurvista, and Sinta Tantra presented works which confronted the coloniality of botanical gardens. This article provides a historical reading of the content matter of the artworks presented from a decolonial standpoint as conceptualized by Aníbal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and María Lugones. The article will demonstrate that the artists have applied various strategies and methods to uncover, criticize, and decolonize botanical gardens and their role in empire-building, knowledge development, and the exploitation of nature. Some artists take this farther and develop a decolonial aesthesis or sensibility in order to re-appropriate Indigenous knowledges and ways of being which were silenced and erased by coloniality.
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spelling doaj.art-965bc27e1b844aaf86d0ebcfa70cbba32023-06-30T04:07:59ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992022-04-0123122524810.17510/wacana.v23i1.1174On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary artSadiah Boonstra0Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamThis article examines decolonial approaches to the nature of botanical gardens in Indonesia in the artworks of nine artists featured in the exhibition On the nature of botanical gardens: contemporary Indonesian perspective at Framer Framed, Amsterdam in 2020. Zico Albaiquini, Arahmaiani, Ade Darmawan, Edwin, Samuel Indratma, Lifepatch, Ipeh Nur, Elia Nurvista, and Sinta Tantra presented works which confronted the coloniality of botanical gardens. This article provides a historical reading of the content matter of the artworks presented from a decolonial standpoint as conceptualized by Aníbal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, and María Lugones. The article will demonstrate that the artists have applied various strategies and methods to uncover, criticize, and decolonize botanical gardens and their role in empire-building, knowledge development, and the exploitation of nature. Some artists take this farther and develop a decolonial aesthesis or sensibility in order to re-appropriate Indigenous knowledges and ways of being which were silenced and erased by coloniality.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol23/iss1/8/colonial historydecolonialitybotanical gardensartknowledge.
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On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
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colonial history
decoloniality
botanical gardens
art
knowledge.
title On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
title_full On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
title_fullStr On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
title_full_unstemmed On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
title_short On the nature of botanical gardens; Decolonial aesthesis in Indonesian contemporary art
title_sort on the nature of botanical gardens decolonial aesthesis in indonesian contemporary art
topic colonial history
decoloniality
botanical gardens
art
knowledge.
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