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Art and Youth Culture of the Post-Reformasi Era: Social Engagement, Alternative Expression, and the Public Sphere in Yogyakarta

Bruhn, Katherine L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1364899327

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Asian Studies (International Studies).
This thesis examines the development of contemporary art in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in the post-Reformasi era. Focusing on communities who consider themselves "alternative" to the mainstream commercial art world, I examine three aspects of art in Yogyakarta including collective organization, alternative space, and the public sphere. Based on six months of research involving semi-structured interviews and participant observation, carried out from January 2012 – June 2012, I argue that the artists and groups described can be related to ideas of socially engaged art and do-it-yourself (DIY) practice. This examination stems from a discussion of Indonesian modern art history focused on the development of sanggar (artist groups) during the revolutionary era that contributed to the establishment of a collective tradition in Indonesia that again manifested itself in the work of Reformasi era groups, Apotik Komik and Taring Padi. Today, in the post-Reformasi era, the individuals and groups discussed legitimate their work through the support of an increasingly wide network throughout Indonesia and abroad. It is through the support of this peer-to-peer network that these artists are able to imagine the possibility of art to have an impact on Indonesian society, thus becoming socially engaged artists.
Elizabeth Collins (Committee Chair)
Eugene Ammarell (Committee Member)
Marina Peterson (Committee Member)
124 p.
Art History; Asian Studies
socially engaged art; Indonesia; alternative art spaces; street art; public art; participation; collective organization

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  • Bruhn, K. L. (2013). Art and Youth Culture of the Post-Reformasi Era: Social Engagement, Alternative Expression, and the Public Sphere in Yogyakarta [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1364899327

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bruhn, Katherine. Art and Youth Culture of the Post-Reformasi Era: Social Engagement, Alternative Expression, and the Public Sphere in Yogyakarta. 2013. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1364899327.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bruhn, Katherine. "Art and Youth Culture of the Post-Reformasi Era: Social Engagement, Alternative Expression, and the Public Sphere in Yogyakarta." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1364899327

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