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Ruangrupa, stylised as ruangrupa and abbreviated as ruru, is a contemporary art collective based in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1][2][3] Founded in 2000 by a group of seven artists, ruangrupa provided a platform in South Jakarta for organising exhibitions, events, and festivals, also conducting publishing services, workshops, and research.[4][5]
ruangrupa functions as a non-profit organisation that supports contemporary art within the urban and cultural contexts of Indonesia and beyond, often involving artists and practitioners from other disciplines such as the social sciences, politics, and technology. The collective also supports the development of video art through research, documentation, and their biennial video art festival, OK Video, first held in July 2003.[5][6]
As a collective, they co-directed documenta fifteen, which took place 2022 in Kassel, Germany; notably the first Asian group and the first art collective to curate the large-scale international exhibition.[4][7][8][9] While the collective has no fixed number of members, ten of the group's core members engaged in the directorship role,[10] including director Ade Darmawan, Ajeng Nurul Aini, Daniella Fitria Praptono, Farid Rakun, Indra Ameng, Iswanto Hartono, Julia Sarisetiati, Mirwan Andan, Narpati Awangga, and Reza Afisina.[11]
In 2022, ruangrupa topped the ArtReview Power 100 list for their defense of artistic freedom amidst the controversies of documenta fifteen, as well as their influential mode of nonhierarchical working that continues to inspire ongoing collaborations across the art world.[2]
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- ^ a b "Ruangrupa (Indonesia)". Rain Artists' Initiatives Network (RAIN). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ Teh, David (2012). "Who Cares a Lot? Ruangrupa as Curatorship". Afterall. Summer 2012 (30). Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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- ^ "About ruangrupa, biographies: Artist collective, artistic direction of documenta 15". Universes in Universe. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.