About The Work

The title of Arahmaiani's work, His-story 1, suggests an interplay between the most "objective" of things - history - on one hand, and a personal twist and subjective interpretation on the other, while the number 1 suggests a multiplicity of interpretations. Her performance was founded on a powerful presence, threatening yet submissive and human. It was a comment on the violent events in her native Indonesia and in Israel.

About The Artist

Born in 1961 in Bandung, Indonesia; studied in ITB, Indonesia, Paddington Art School, Sydney, Australia, AKI, and Enschede, Holland.

2001 - Performing at Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany; BLURRRR 3, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel; Hill Side Terrace Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - JIPAF 2000, Jakarta, Indonesia; NIPAF 2000, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau; Tokyo, Nagano, Nagoya; Biennale de Lyon, France; Werklietz Biennale, Germany
1999 - Unab die Post, Berlin
1998 - ASIATOPIA, Bangkok
Has also performed at the Havana Biennale, Asia-Pacific Trienalle and Funkhaus Dresden.