A solo exhibition by Julian Abraham ‘Togar’
18 June – 20 July 2025
In the bustling streets of Indonesia’s big cities, KETOK MAGIC is a well-known workshop for fixing dented cars—often the result of light crashes in dense traffic. In Bahasa Indonesia, ketok means “to knock” (as in a door) or “to beat” (as in a drum or tree trunk). But in Javanese, ketok can take on at least two other meanings, depending on pronunciation: “to cut” (like paper or fabric), or “to appear”, “to seem” (as in a color emerging, or a façade revealing itself). In Indonesia’s fine art history, the word carries a different kind of weight. It surfaces in the phrase jiwa ketok—literally, “the soul revealed”—a term once used to describe the spirit or essence believed to shine through in artworks of the revolutionary era.
Presented as part of Re-PLAY—a platform for re-presenting selected past works initiated by SaRanG and OFCA International—this 9th edition reopens the possibility of experiencing artworks not as documentation, but as concrete, physical encounters. The location is special, too: the very same site where the film ‘That is not still’ was made!
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KETOK STUDIO
Pameran tunggal oleh Julian Abraham ‘Togar’/A solo exhibition of Julian Abraham ‘Togar’
18 June – 20 July 2025
at SaRang Building Block 1
Bantul, Yogyakarta
Klik di sini untuk mengunduh pengantar pameran dalam Bahasa Indonesia/Click here to download exhibition introduction in English
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