Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: A Proposal of Possibilities in Five Case Studies

The essay "Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: A Proposal of Possibilities in Five Case Studies" is published in "I have not loved (enough or worked)". "I have not loved (enough or worked)" presents various accounts of love and longing, loneliness and loss, ranging from melancholic-sanguine email letters to case studies on cognitive labour within the Jogja art scene. It explores how our understanding of these tangled, at times tortuous notions shape out relationships to the world as a collective, as pairs and as other social assemblies. This publication accompanies the exhibition I have not loved (enough or worked) at The Art Gallery of Western Australia, which brings together video, photography, painting and sculpture by artists Hai-Hsin Huang, Daisuke Kosugi, Rinko Kawauchi, Sejin Kim, Pixy Liao, Lin Zhipeng (aka 223), Lieko Shiga and Tao Hui. Their works reveal how deeply enmeshed our bodies, and the subjective forces of love and desire, are within the fantasies of the “good life.” I have not loved (enough or worked) is the second title in the series Unclaimed Ideas. Created as a series of paperback readers, Unclaimed Ideas presents essays and interviews by leading voices and undiscovered talents who change the way we understand art and its relationship to the most critical issues in the world today. Edited by Rachel Ciesla Texts by Mira Asriningtyas, Rachel Ciesla, Biljana Ciric, Kelley Dong, and Lisa Robertson 2023 English 120 pages Softcover, 25 x 17.5 cm ISBN 9788867495672 € 22 / $ 25

Layar Senyap Gerak Sunyi

Jan 18th 2022 - Jan 22nd 2022

Kedai Kebun Forum

Jakarta Biennale Takes Steps Towards the Immediate Future

Indonesia's oldest biennial has returned four years after its previous edition, with an exhibition that considers what lies ahead. Titled ESOK—which artistic director Dolorosa Sinaga explains refers to the immediate future—the 2021 Jakarta Biennale (21 November 2021–21 January 2022) pays tribute to the Indonesian capital, which suffered greatly during the pandemic, while calling for societal and environmental change. _____ My feature "Jakarta Biennale Takes Steps Towards the Immediate Future" is published on OCULA magazine, 8 December 2021.

At Biennale Jogja XVI, Narratives and Counter-Narratives Unite

A striking mural by Yanto Gombo of Udeido Collective marks the main entrance to the Jogja National Museum, the main venue of Biennale Jogja XVI – Equator #6 2021 – Indonesia with Oceania (6 October–14 November 2021) in Yogyakarta. The intersection of narratives and counter-narratives pulses through Biennale Jogja XVI, which presents work by 27 artists and 9 collectives: stories that draw connections across Oceania, highlighting Indonesia's relation to it. _____ My feature "At Biennale Jogja XVI, Narratives and Counter-Narratives Unite" is published on OCULA magazine, 8 December 2021.

On Intergalactic Exploration and Other Speculations

my essay, titled "On Intergalactic Exploration and Other Speculations" is published in the book: "Phantasmagoria of Science and Myth" Writers MIRA ASRININGTYAS MITHA BUDHYARTO LISISTRATA LUSANDIANA Special Edition & Regular Edition 100 Copies / 250 Copies each signed by Heri Dono Language Indonesia - English Hard Cover 124 pages Dimension 28,5 x 23 x 1.5 cm Publisher Srisasanti Syndicate ​Distribution Srisasanti Gallery, Indonesia Part of the proceeds will be donated for charity. Every purchase will include a complimentary Heri Dono’s merchandise face mask.

How Do You Keep a Tree From Dissapearing

My essay, titled "How Do You Keep a Tree From Dissapearing" is published in DEBRIS Magazine Issue 01: Grief Our inaugural issue features twelve texts, a photo essay and a comic strip exploring instances of imagined, delayed and anticipated grief. We unravel grief, looking within and peering beyond bereavement and loss. We look at grief that has been experienced personally, that is held collectively, that is carried in the body, and sedimented in place. Cover by Chris Taylor Released August 2021

What Bungalows Can Tell

What Bungalows Can Tell is the result of extensive artistic and architectural research on the village of Kaliurang (Yogyakarta region, Indonesia). This publication brings together different essays and a series of photographs that critically explore the spatial, transformative effects of globalization and heritage formation on a local scale. It looks specifically at the colonial bungalows —what can they tell?— and the stories around them, questioning how they were used in the past, what their function is in the present and what they can represent in the future. In doing so, this publication intends to take into account the colonial history of the village and, at the same time, bring to the fore the voices, stories and local wisdoms often eclipsed by more prominent forms of Western knowledge production. Editor & Author: Mira Asriningtyas, Paoletta Holst, Brigita Murti Graphic: Studio Bramesfeld Text Editor: Amy Gowen, Paoletta Holst Translator: Dito Yuwono Made possible by: 900mdpl, Marinus Plantema Foundation Type: softcover Dimensions: 170 x 210 cm Pages: 172 ISBN: 978-9-49314-850-5 Language: Indonesian & English Edition: 500

Of Hunters and Gatherers

The third edition of ‘Pollination’ curated by LIR and Kittima Chareeprasit, titled ‘Of Hunters and Gatherers’, is composed of an exhibition, symposia and dedicated website. ‘The Hunters’, is an exhibition featuring the work of artists Maryanto (Yogyakarta) and Ruangsak Anuwatwimon (Bangkok), which took place firstly at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum,Chiang Mai, (19 March to 30 June 2021), and then toured to MAIELIE Art Space (Khon Kaen, late 2021); resulting from extensive collaborative research undertaken from March, 2020 to May, 2021. Traveling beneath the volcanic activity of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta and along the increasingly dammed river routes of the lower Mekong, on the border between Thailand and Laos. As the curators walked with the artists, they found themselves recalling specific artists, artworks, performances and social research that are as equally concerned with their local environmental degradation, due to realities of government oversight, colonial extraction and corporate greed. Thus they explored relatable scientific findings and ideas of ‘local embodied knowledge’ (folktales, mythologies, bedtime stories and local methods of ecological survival), the curators realizing a need to listen from not only one side of a story, but a need to listen to more than ‘one site’ of a story. These different bodies of lore are presented as online symposia from 28-30 May 2021, titled ‘The Gatherers’, hosted by Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (Bandung). The symposia marks the launch of this dedicated website ‘www.ofhuntersandgatherers.com’. Ranging from newly written contributions to republished existing texts; from exhibition documentation to video interview, this site aims to prompt alternate study of ‘local embodied knowledge’ and its relevance in re-thinking ecological sustainability. Featuring interdisciplinary contribution by LIR (Mira Asriningtyas & Dito Yuwono), Kittima Chareeprasit, Ruangsak Anuwatwimon, Maryanto, Prilla Tania, The Forest Curriculum, Elizabeth D.Inandiak, Wut Chalanant , JJ Rizal, Tita Salina, Napak Serirak, Sutthirat Supaparinya. Edited by Zoe Butt and Lee Weng Choy. Designed by Rukpong Raimaturapong and Yonaz Kristy Sanjaya. A series of public programs were conceived to build bridges between ‘The Hunters’ and ‘The Gatherers’ programs in April 2021;including ‘The Plus Partnership Series’ hosted by Art Curator Grid titled “Curator Conversation: Of Hunters and Gatherers” on 1 April 2021; in addition to participating in the ‘FarBar’ series hosted by The Gray Centre for Arts and Inquiry (University of Chicago), titled “Land, River, and Sea: The Moving Landscape ‘Of Hunters and Gatherers’” consisting of a 3 week screening program, featuring the work of Maryanto, Nontawat Numbenchapol, Prilla Tania, Tita Salina, and Wut Chalanant (21 April – 12 May 2021), with online discussion on 28 April 2021. The recording of these conversations can be watched here. ‘Pollination’ was initiated by The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre (Ho Chi Minh City) in 2018. This third edition is made possible with the generous sponsorship of SAM Fund for Arts and Ecology (Jakarta) and MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Chiang Mai); with the support of Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (Bandung) and the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry (University of Chicago, USA). Thanks also to the curatorial advisors of this edition – Agung Hujatnikajennong, Vipash Purichanont and Zoe Butt. Special thank you must also be extended to Natasha Sidharta and Eric Booth for their belief in our project! More information on ‘Pollination’ can be found here: https://factoryartscentre.com/en/programs/pollination-eng/

Grandchildren of the Volcano—Gather Around!

Essay contribution for the "Of Hunters and Gatherers" website as part of Pollination #3 project

The Hunters

Mar 15th 2021 - May 23rd 2021

MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum

The Itinerant Photographer Projects in Three Parts

"The Itinerant Photographer Projects in Three Parts" is an essay contribution by Mira Asriningtyas for Dito Yuwono's solo exhibition 'Recollecting Memories: Tukang Foto Keliling (National Monument)' at Ruang Rupa Gallery, 31 Agustus - 10 September 2015

Revisiting the Long Slow Walk to 900mdpl: a Personal Note

"Revisiting the Long Slow Walk to 900mdpl: a Personal Note" is an essay contribution for Naturalcapital.online. Naturalcapital.online is a digital publication that addresses the visual culture and discourses surrounding biodiversity in the Indonesian archipelago, and challenges the biased ways in which we experience, describe and visually represent the "natural world". It is the digital counterpart of—and includes the catalogue of—the exhibition Natural Capital (Modal Alam) organised by Charlotte Dumoncel d’Argence and Laura Herman in the context of Europalia Indonesia at BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium (21 December 2017–21 January 2018). The online publication features commissioned contributions and interviews with artists and theorists living in Indonesia, Belgium, and elsewhere, written in English and Bahasa Indonesia. The format of the online publication was conceived as a platform to enable artworks and ideas to travel outside of Belgium, to generate a new dimension of artistic production, and to bypass the constraints of the physical exhibition.