Nurrachmat Widyasena

Throwback Art Borneo 2025 Happy Little Catastrophe (2025) By Nurrachmat Widyasena @mas_ito A retro-futuristic reflection on the dream of progress, the paradox of development, and fractured landscapes behind the promise of “Golden Indonesia.” #ArtBorneo #ArtBorneo2025 #Throwback #ContemporaryArt #IndonesianArtist #BorneoArt #NurrachmatWidyasena

Hikayat Wanatentrem ver. 3.0 approaches shadow-puppet theatre as a method for looking at memory, place, and the ways stories shift over time. Using wayang’s formal language alongside contemporary scenographic tools, the work examines how light, shadow, and sound structure attention and shape the relationship between what is seen and what is suggested. Created in collaboration with @jalanteater Indonesia and Nurrachmat @mas_ito Widyasena, this iteration focuses on how traditional storytelling frameworks can be reworked and extended into present-day performance contexts. This year Hikayat Wanatentrem ver. 3.0 have opportunity to performed for Scenofest - Worldstage Design 2025 at Sharjah Performing Arts Academy. — Hikayat Wanatentrem (Tale of Wanatentrem), created by Maharani Mancanagara in 2018, is a contemporary folklore that revisits Indonesia’s 1965 tragedy through layers of myth and allegory. Rather than retelling events in historical terms, the work unfolds as a fable of animals and imagined lands, where silence, loss, and memory take shape in symbolic form. At its heart is the mousedeer—small, cunning, and vulnerable—whose quiet resilience has long been a figure in Southeast Asian folktales. Here, the mousedeer becomes a keeper of stories, slipping between danger and survival, embodying the fragile yet enduring voices often left unheard. Through this poetic distance, Hikayat Wanatentrem gestures toward the unsaid—the fragments of personal histories that linger beneath official narratives. It is less a chronicle of the past than a vessel of care, where memory can breathe, endure, and find new ways of speaking to the present.

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𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 stages a long-awaited dialogue between two artistic positions that have walked in parallel for more than a decade. Maharani Mancanagara turns to the past, tracing the colonial history of knowledge production, from botanical gardens to scientific archives, to reveal how nature and people were classified, ordered, and governed. Nurrachmat Widyasena, in contrast, faces the horizon of the future, exposing how promises of technological progress in postcolonial Indonesia have remained suspended, forever imagined yet never fully realized. For the first time in ten years, these two artists — who have consistently refused to be framed as a pair 😅😅😅, reunited in a mature way. Through their distinct visual languages, Mancanagara and Widyasena anchor the exhibition in two spectrum that continue to shape Indonesia today : the weight of the colonial past and the fragility of the technocratic future. 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 (Arriving Without Departing) brings these polarities into a single space, not to resolve them, but to reveal the tension that binds them. Between what has been inherited and what has yet to come, the exhibition asks a simple but urgent question: can we move forward if the past still governs how we imagine the future? 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 by Maharani Mancanagara & Nurrachmat Widyasena Exhibition Period 8 November - 7 December 2025 D Gallerie Jl Barito I No.3 Jakarta 12130

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧 14 — 28 November 2025 Maharani Mancanagara x Nurrachmat Widyasena @mancanagara @mas_ito 𝐉𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐤 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐮 #𝟏 acrylic on recycled gray paper made from the remnants of the Krack Studio fire, with acrylic frame, wood, brass plate, hollow steel, and burnt window wood from the site 82.5 x 75 x 4 cm 2025 𝐉𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐤 𝐀𝐛𝐮 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐮 #𝟐 acrylic on recycled gray paper made from the remnants of the Krack Studio fire, with acrylic frame, wood, brass plate, hollow steel, and burnt window wood from the site 77.5 x 75 x 4 cm 2025 Gallery Hours Mon - Sat: 10am - 10pm Sun: 1pm - 7pm Ace House - Langgeng Art Space Jl. Suryodiningratan No. 37, Yogyakarta

𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 maps the long entanglement between knowledge, power, and imagination in Indonesia. From the colonial era to the New Order, knowledge has never existed in a neutral space; it has served state interests, turning science and technology into instruments to organize nature, govern society, and define the future. Through two temporal orientations, the works of Maharani Mancanagara and Nurrachmat Widyasena reveal how this legacy persists. Mancanagara uncovers the colonial history of botany and botanical gardens as laboratories of power, exposing how scientific classification continues to shape our ways of seeing the world today. Widyasena, in contrast, reflects on futures promised but never fulfilled, revealing how postcolonial science and technology policies inherit a logic that controls rather than liberates imagination. By weaving together past and future, 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 (Arriving Without Departing) positions art as a space to reclaim imagination from the structures that confine it. It invites us to reconsider the meaning of progress — not as a linear journey forward, but as a reckoning with where we come from, and why we so often struggle to move. 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 by Maharani Mancanagara & Nurrachmat Widyasena Exhibition Period 8 November - 7 December 2025 @dgalleriejakarta D Gallerie Jl Barito I No.3 Jakarta 12130

𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 marks the first duo exhibition in a decade for Maharani Mancanagara and Nurrachmat Widyasena. Through colonial botanical surveys and bureaucratized futures, they trace the story of science in Indonesia as inseparable from the story of power, revealing what remains constant across centuries: not progress, but control. — 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 by Maharani Mancanagara & Nurrachmat Widyasena Exhibition Period 8 November - 7 December 2025 Opening Reception Saturday, 8 November 2025 4PM D Gallerie Jl Barito I No.3 Jakarta 12130

𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 brings together two artists, two timelines, and one question. How do we move forward when the past still holds our roots? Together, they trace how Indonesia’s scientific and bureaucratic imagination has been framed by power: from colonial taxonomies to the state’s visions of progress. 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 by Maharani Mancanagara & Nurrachmat Widyasena Exhibition Period 8 November - 7 December 2025 Opening Reception Saturday, 8 November 2025 4PM Hosted by Dr Melani Setiawan @melanisetiawan Enrico Iskandar @enricoiskandar Luly Iskandar @luly_joenoes Syafi Hakim @syafihakim D Gallerie Jl Barito I No.3 Jakarta 12130

D Gallerie is pleased to present 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵, an exhibition by Maharani Mancanagara and Nurrachmat Widyasena. In this exhibition, a haunting past meets a glorious future that never arrives. Mancanagara excavates colonialism’s wounds through Indonesian botanical history, while Widyasena confronts futures promised yet perpetually obstructed. Together, they reveal an enduring reality: that the pursuit of knowledge in Indonesia has long been driven by power rather than by freedom of thought or the common good. Please join us for the opening reception next Saturday, November 8 at 4PM. — 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵 by Maharani Mancanagara & Nurrachmat Widyasena Exhibition Period 8 November - 7 December 2025 Opening Reception Saturday, 8 November 2025 4PM Hosted by Dr Melani Setiawan @melanisetiawan Enrico Iskandar @enricoiskandar Luly Iskandar @luly_joenoes Syafi Hakim @syafihakim D Gallerie Jl Barito I No.3 Jakarta 12130

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My residency project for Koganecho Area Management Center in Kamiooka Mall Yokohama, Japan. @koganechoamc @indeks_id Photo by @liushujiaaa Sit, Spin, Repeat #1 - #9 Digital print on decal sticker Diameter 57 cm (each) 2025 In this public work, I extend my practice from speculative futures and critiques of technological ambitions into the everyday fabric of the city. Nine round public tables in Yokohama are transformed through playful decal wraps, designed to resemble silver compact discs. The CD becomes a nostalgic yet futuristic surface—a medium once carrying data and music, now reimagined as a stage for language, humor, and momentary reflection. The texts inscribed on these surfaces—such as “Life is not daijoubu” or “Mentally I’m in a shoujo anime, crying in the rain”—balance light satire with a spirit of encouragement. They function as conversational fragments that invite people to pause, smile, and acknowledge the absurd rhythm of urban life. Much like a CD that spins endlessly, these words loop into the daily routine of those who sit, rest, and then continue their hustle. This project connects back to my ongoing work in Yokohama for the Koganecho residency, where I reflect on how imagination and culture shape our visions of the future. By situating these works in a public setting, I am interested in how fragments of language—paired with playful graphics and small stickers inspired by my local research—can generate a subtle collective experience. Instead of monumental gestures, I propose small interruptions: tables that speak, surfaces that laugh, and everyday breaks that remind us that even fleeting moments carry the potential of recovery.

Now showing at @dgalleriejakarta @artjakarta QE III N-C #6 Enamel paint, resin 80 x 110 x 9 cm 2024 Most of my previous works have explored human endeavors, final products, and imaginative dreams for a better life—particularly through technology. This time, I aim to set those aspects aside and focus instead on the underlying theories behind human and technological pursuits. In this work, I concentrate on theories of physics, neutron star collisions, exotic materials, and gravity—concepts that play a crucial role in uncovering humanity’s efforts to master space and time. This piece is exploratory in nature, seeking to discover how far these theories can be translated into visual art.