Arahmaiani

Dublin Core

Title

Arahmaiani

Contributor Item Type Metadata

Surname or Business Name

Arahmaiani

Years Affiliated

2021

Birth Date

1961

Birthplace

Indonesia

Occupation

Artist

Biographical Text

Arahmaiani (Indonesia) is one of Indonesia’s most respected and pioneering artists in the field of performance art. From the 1980’s, she has performed in many public spaces — even during the rule of an oppressive military regime. Since then, she has engaged with issues about the environmental, politics, violence, critique of capital, the female body, and in recent years, with her own identity, which although Muslim, lays between Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and animist beliefs. Her interactive performances have developed into a community-based practice, bringing attention to subjects prevalent in Indonesia and to issues of violence against the environment on the Tibetan Plateau.