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Arahmaiani, Flag Project (Javanese version), 2025 (performance view, Biennale Jogja 18). Courtesy the artist
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The Biennale Jogja Foundation, that has run the Biennale Jogja for 16 years, has announced that it is ceasing operations.

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Since 2011, the foundation has organised 8 editions of the Biennale Jogja, of the Khtaulistiwa Symposium and of Asana Bina Seni, a development programme for artists and curators.

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‘Reflecting on the political situation in Indonesia today, we have come to the conclusion that we need to REST’, representatives of the foundation said in a statement. ‘Under a political regime that has failed to recognize people’s cultures as the foundation of cultural identity – amid chaotic economic and political policies, increasing censorship, and violence against activists and protesters – we feel an urgency to pause. Not to escape difficulty, but to reclaim the freedom we need to engage in grassroots solidarities.’

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