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Natasha Tontey is an artist based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her artistic practice predominantly explores the fictional accounts of the history and myths surrounding ‘manufactured fear.’ In her practice, she observes any possibilities of other futures that are projected not from the perspective of major and established institutions, but a subtle and personal struggle of the outcasted entities and beings. Her recent exhibitions include solo show at Auto Italia, London (2022). And selected group shows at Singapore Biennale (2022); De Stroom Den Haag (2022); GHOST;2565, Bangkok, Thailand (2022); Protozone8 Queer Trust, Zurich, Switzerland (2022); Arko Art Council, Seoul, Korea (2022), Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2021); transmediale, Berlin (2021); Performance Space 2021, Sydney; Other Futures, Amsterdam (2021); Singapore International Film Festival (2021), Kyoto Experiment 2021; Asian Film Archive, Singapore (2021). In 2020, she received the HASH Award from the ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Akademie Schloss-Solitude. She is a fellow for Human Machine of the Junge Akademie at Akademie der Künste Berlin 2021-2023.BAHASA INDONESIA
Natasha Tontey adalah seorang seniman interdisipliner yang berbasis antara Yogyakarta dan Jakarta, Indonesia. Ia tertarik dengan eksplorasi fiksi sebagai metoda untuk berspekulasi. Melalui praktik artistiknya, ia mengemukakan sejarah dan mitos seputar ‘manufaktur ketakutan’ sebagai kisah fiksi dan melihat bagaimana hal itu mendeterminasi ekspektasi akan masa depan. Pameran terakhirnya antara lain pameran tungggal di Auto Italia, London, UK (2022). Dan pameran kelompok di Singapore Biennale (2022); De Stroom Den Haag (2022); GHOST;2565, Bangkok, Thailand (2022); Protozone8 Queer Trust, Zürich, Switzerland (2022); Arko Art Council, Seoul, Korea (2022), Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2021); transmediale, Berlin (2021); Performance Space 2021, Sydney; Other Futures, Amsterdam (2021); Singapore International Film Festival (2021), Kyoto Experiment 2021; Asian Film Archive, Singapore (2021). Tahun 2020, Ia menerima HASH Award yng ditana oleh ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe dan Akademie Schloss-Solitude. Saat ini ia adalah fellow untuk Human Machine yang ditaja oleh Junge Akademie Akademie der Künste Berlin 2021-2023.
FEATURES / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS
2020
transmediale Artist-in-Residence: Interview with Natasha Tontey, December 2020
The Epoch of Mapalucene, published by Contemporary Art Tasmania, October 2019
2019
5𝐰𝟒𝐫𝐦𝟏𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡@𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝟑𝐫𝐬 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖇 Natasha Tontey in conversation with Bianca Winataputri, October 2019
MaHKU Script Speculating in the Dark Times, Authors: Natasha Tontey & Sanne Oorthuizen, 1 October 2019
Schloss Post, The Future is a Cockroach, Interview by Clara Herrman, March 2018
2019
Koran Tempo, Merayakan Feminisme Baru (Indonesia), July 2018
HYPEBAE, Satan's School for Girls Is Bound to Be Your New Favourite Witchy Brand, May 2018
2017
Beritagar.id, Makan Mayit Bukan Bercanda (Indonesia), February 2017
BBC Indonesia, Polisi panggil seniman pembuat seni penampilan #makanmayit (Indonesia), March 2017
WhiteboardJournal.com, Metode Visual Bersama Natasha Gabriella Tontey, January 2017
2016
peril.com.au, ANGKOT ALIEN: An Experience of Cross-Border Relation, June 2016
SOLO SHOW(S)
2022
Garden Amidst the Flame
Auto Italia (London, UK)
2020
Pest to Power
K4 Gallery of Video art and moving image, Københavngata (Oslo, Norway)
2018
ALMANAK
Cemeti - Institute for Art and Society
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
RESIDENCIES
2020
Martin Roth Virtual Residency for transmediale 2021
2019
Web Residency >>PLANETARY GLITCH<< by Akademie Schloss Solitude & ZKM
2015
KOGANECHO BAZAAR 2015
(Yokohama, Japan)
2014
YOUTH OF TODAY
Ruang MES56
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
SHOWCASES / PERFORMANCES
2019
MANIFESTO OF SPECULATIVE READING
Reading on Manifesto of Tactile and Fanciful Tactics on How To Build a Speculative Future at INSTRUMENTA Festival 2019
2018
CHURCH OF XENOGLOSSIA
Performed at Polyphonic Social 2019 in Melbourne and Tricks of The Mouth at Performance Space Sydney presented by Liquid Architecture
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022
Singapore Biennale 2022 named Natasha
at Singapore Art Museum, Tanjong Pagar District
(Singapore)
GHOST;2565
at Baan Trok Ngua Ngork
(Bangkok, Thailand)
Protozone8 Queer Trust
at Shedhalle
(Zürich, Switzerland)
From the Soil, to the Sea, to the Clouds
at Stroom den Haag
(The Hague, The Netherlands)
Cloud Walkers
at Leeum Museum of Artk
(Seoul, Korea)
The Fable of Net on Earth
at Arko Art Council
(Seoul, Korea)
Trembling in Every Direction
at Sanatorium
(Istanbul, Türkiye)
2021
Nation, Narration, Narcosis
at Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart
(Berlin)
Asian Art Biennale Video Art Programme
at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Artst
(Berlin)
transmediale 2021 rendering refusal
at Betonhalle, Silent Green
(Berlin, DE)
Asian Film Archive: State of Motion
at Marina One
(Singapore)
Kyoto Experiment 2021
at Kyoto Art Center
(Kyoto, Japan)
2020
Struktura / Wrong Biennale for Digital Arts
2019
ARTJOG MMXIX
at Jogja National Museum
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
OTHER FUTURES: Multispecies Experiment
at Compagnie Theater
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
INDONESIAN WOMEN ARTIST: Into the Future
at National Gallery of Indonesia
(Jakarta, Indonesia)
2018
THE INSTRUMENT BUILDERS PROJECT - Circulating Echo
at Kyoto Art Centre
(Kyoto, Japan)
2017
KOGANECHO BAZAAR 2017
(Yokohama, Japan)
2016
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 2016
(Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
2015
KOGANECHO BAZAAR 2015
at Koganecho Area Management Center
(Yokohama, Japan)
WORKSHOP / PERFORMANCE
2021
The Order of Autophagia; the Supper of Terror, the Lunch for the Uncanny, and Unapologetic Snacks for the Apocalyptic Moment
at Liveworks
(Sydney, NSW)
2020
The Order of Autophagia Work-in-Progress
at Liveworks Catastrophel
(Sydney, NSW)
2019
HAMA MEMBERKATI
at ArtJog MMXIX Festival
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
SPECULATING FUTURES
Cemeti - Institut for Art and Society
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
2018
GOBBLEDIGOOK RECITAL
at Kyoto Art Centre
(Kyoto, Japan)
SPECULATING FUTURES
Cemeti - Institut for Art and Society
(Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
2017
MONSTER MASK WORKSHOP
at Koganecho Area Management Center
(Yokohama, Japan)