| Summary: | A variety of art activities have presented globalization in Indonesia, especially in the
last two decades (1990-2010). The biggest initiatives in Indonesia's involvement in
the global art scene came from foreign governments and artists as part of the civil
society. In looking at the absence of The Indonesian Government's role in the
globalized arts, many alternative spaces have established themselves since the
1980s, started with the Cemeti Art House. These alternative spaces grow and change
dynamically in line with the shifts in the art scene.
This paper will describe the globalization phenomenon's influence in paradigm shifts
in Indonesian arts, as well as activism strategies of the Cemeti Art House in facing
the contemporary era. The paradigm in Indonesian arts has shifted to the alternative
movement that broke the market-driven art domination with contextual and
experimental arts, which is known as contemporary arts. The Cemeti Art House
undertakes three strategies in facing the contemporary arts era
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