Angki Purbandono born and lives in Yogyakarta. He studied at Modern School of Design (MSD) Yogyakarta dan Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. He is one of the founders of Ruang MES 56, a media art collective and later he established PAPs (Prison Art Programs).
He is one of the mentors in a government program Learning with Maestro. In his works, Angki continuously going beyond the limits of photography within visual arts scope. Angki had participated in many exhibitions and projects such Asian Artist Fellowship, Changdong Art Studio, South Korea (2005-2006), Pameran LIVE and LET LIVE: Creators of Tomorrow, 4th Fukuoka Asian Triennale (2009), Jakarta Biennale XIII 2009 ARENA: Zona Pertarungan, Jakarta (2009). His solo exhibitions are 2 Folders from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (2010) -‘s Grey Area, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand (2017) among others.
For this Biennale Jogja, Angki discusses some aspects of being an artist people barely talk about, i.e. thoughts and experiences. During 10 months of imprisonment, he wrote down his thoughts and experiences in two diaries which he has been keeping well hitherto. The work of an artist which is presented to and discussed by the public has undergone aestheticization and mystification processes in accordance with the concepts on what is classified as art.
The artist’s life experiences are rarely presented blatantly. Angki tries to position his diaries as an attempt to do so. Even though being in doubt and insecure, he invites the public to enter a dialogue and dig into the artist’s thoughts and experiences that shaped such a work.
