Representative work by Melati Suryodarmo
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Artist

Melati Suryodarmo

b. 1969, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia · Indonesian · Based in Surakarta, Indonesia

  • Meisterschülerin under Marina Abramović, HBK Braunschweig (2002)
  • Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung (1993)
  • Durational Performance
  • Installation
  • Photography

Melati Suryodarmo creates durational performances centered on endurance, repetition, labor and the body’s relation to materials. Trained in Germany with Anzu Furukawa and Marina Abramović, she has also built important performance networks in Indonesia.

Performance

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 2000Exergie—Butter Dance
  • 2012I’m a Ghost in My Own House
  • 2005The Black Ball
  • 2003Ale Lino
  • 2002Love Me Tender
  • 2015The Promise
  • 2016Transaction of Hollows
  • 2013Sweet Dreams Sweet
  • 2001Why Let the Chicken Run?
  • 2007I Love You

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