As part of the art collective ruan grupa which is going to curate the documenta 15 in 2022 - the largest exhibition of contemporary art worldwide - farid and his team think a lot about creative collaboration. He presents their approach of an inclusive narrative in collaboration instead of a colonial one.
Producer, Director & Editor
Osman DiFyeli
Music by
David Heymann
Cello performance
Christine Kim
Arrangement
Nancy Li Farid Rakun is an artist, writer, editor, teacher and instigator based in Jakarta. Trained as an architect, he currently serves as editor and researcher for the artists’ initiative ruangrupa, who will be operating as curators of the documenta15. In his 10 years of his formal education (BArch, University of Indonesia, 2005; and MArch, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2013), Farid became an expert in operating slowly as a strategy within a fast-paced and growth-obsessed society. Farid has designed and built buildings, products, installations, and interventions, as well as writing and editing books and various publications. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx