Ruangrupa

Ruangrupa is an artists’ initiative established in 2000 by a group of artists in Jakarta. It is a nonprofit organization that strives to support the idea of art within an urban and cultural context by involving art and other disciplines such as social sciences, politics, technology, media, to give critical observations and views towards contemporary Indonesian urban issues. Ruangrupa also produces collaborative works in the form of art projects such as exhibitions, festivals, art labs, workshops, research, as well as books, magazines and online-journal publications.Art Lab, is our area of experimentation, it is an art project which is designed to conduct research and creative collaborations on urban and media issues. Art Lab serves as a collaborative space for individual artists as well as interdisciplinary groups from Indonesia and abroad.

Since 2008, Ruangrupa’s ArtLab division focuses on the issue of ‘Urban Mobility’, with two thematic projects each year. Projects that have been conducted, have focused on the sub-themes of; Vehicles, City Design in The City, and Transaction.