On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
Sebuah pameran bersama dengan topik Taman Botani. Pameran ini berlangsung di Framer Framed, Amsterdam, Belanda.
Deskripsi Acara
Botanical gardens exist around the world and have become associated with idyllic and exotic nature. This exhibition looks at botanical gardens from another angle and regards botanical gardens as a key site in which colonial power was literally rooted. It investigates how the colonial quest of products, profits and power around the world formed the context for the establishment and consolidation of botanical gardens.
On the Nature of Botanical Gardens features nine contemporary Indonesian artists who look critically at botanical gardens, colonial power, knowledge building and the economics of nature, its legacies and current consequences of approaching nature and plants. The exhibition seeks to decolonise the concept of botanical gardens and their role in building a Dutch colonial empire in Indonesia.
But it also seeks to go beyond decolonising the concept of botanical gardens by offering insight into knowledge systems of nature that existed prior to the advance of colonialism in Indonesia. Such knowledges were usually ignored, orientalised or destroyed which created a hierarchy of knowledge of nature. The exhibition also suggests fresh perspectives on representing nature by providing an entry-point to the myriad ways of thinking about and being with and in nature in contemporary Indonesia.
The knowledge of specific plants and their environments was crucial for their transplantation from one part of the globe to the other and contributed to the development of the massive plantations that were important for the colonial economy. With this exhibition, Framer Framed tries to shift from a more traditional compartmentalised gaze to a layered and deeper perspective on botanical gardens and connects with the contemporary art in Indonesia.
Detail Acara
Pameran berlangsung pada:
- Tanggal: 24 Jan – 26 Apr 2020
- Tempat: Framer Framed
- Alamat: Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71 1093 KS Amsterdam, Belanda
- Kurator: Sarah Boonstra
Seniman
- Zico Albaiquni
- Arahmaiani
- Ade Darmawan
- Edwin
- Samuel Indratma
- Lifepatch
- Ipeh Nur
- Elia Nurvista
- Sinta Tantra