Foto: Maarten Nauw / Framer Framed 23 Jan 2020
18:00 - 21:30
Opening: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
We are kicking off the new year with a brand new exhibition. You are welcome to join the opening of On the Nature of Botanical Gardens at Framer Framed on Thursday 23 January from 18:00 onwards in the presence of curator of the exhibition Sadiah Boonstra, and one of the participating artists Sinta Tantra who was commissioned to paint a mural for this exhibition.
About the exhibition
Botanical gardens exist around the world and have become associated with idyllic and exotic nature. This exhibition looks at botanical gardens from another angle and regards botanical gardens as a key site in which colonial power was literally rooted. It investigates how the colonial quest of products, profits and power around the world formed the context for the establishment and consolidation of botanical gardens.
On the Nature of Botanical Gardens (2020) features nine contemporary Indonesian artists who look critically at botanical gardens, colonial power, knowledge building and the economics of nature, its legacies and current consequences of approaching nature and plants. The exhibition seeks to decolonise the concept of botanical gardens and their role in building a Dutch colonial empire in Indonesia. The exhibition will run between 24th of January to 26th of April 2020 at Framer Framed in Amsterdam.
Artists
Zico Albaiquni,
Arahmaiani,
Ade Darmawan,
Edwin,
Samuel Indratma,
Lifepatch,
Ipeh Nur,
Elia Nurvista,
Sinta Tantra.
Foto: Maarten Nauw
Info & Credits
The exhibition On the Nature of Botanical Gardens was conceived and produced by Framer Framed and curated by Sadia Boonstra.
Sadiah Boonstra is a scholar-curator. She received her PhD from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam with the dissertation Changing Wayang Scenes. Heritage Formation and Wayang Performance Practice in Colonial and Postcolonial Indonesia (2014). She is currently Asia Scholar at The University of Melbourne and Curator of Public Programmes at Asia TOPA, Melbourne. Her research and curatorial interests focus on the cultural history, heritage and performing arts of colonial and contemporary Indonesia in relation to the Netherlands and their representation in museums.
Supported by
The Dutch Ministery of Education, Art and Science, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Stadsdeel Oost and DutchCulture / Shared Cultural Heritage.
Indonesia / Shared Heritage / Colonial history /
Exhibitions
Exhibition: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
Contemporary indonesian perspectives by nine Indonesian artists
Network
Sinta Tantra
Artist
Sadiah Boonstra
Curator
