ARTIST PROFILE
- Indonesia (b. 1988 in Jakarta)
- Currently in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Kelvin Atmadibrata recruits superpowers awakened by puberty and adolescent fantasy to assemble formidable armies of outlaws. Equipped by shōnen characters and macho ero-kawaii, his antiheroes contest the masculine and erotica in Southeast Asia.
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the one that got away
- 2014
- Digital Photograph, edition of 2
- Digital Print on Archival Paper
- 100 x 75 cm
As a diptych photographic documentation of a performance, it focuses on the characters at their most important pose. Shot as a studio photo, it presents possibilities of alliance and conflict while leaving the exact narrative to each audience.
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たけくらべ | 2014
たけくらべ rediscovers the artist's understanding of his personal gender and national identity as result of modern diaspora. Inspired by a classic novella by Higuchi Ichiyo and its manga interpretation by Suzue Miuchi as well as Louis Vuitton's collaboration with Yayoi Kusama and Katy Pery's 2010 famous hit, The One That Got Away. The series is consisted of two major works, Growing Up and Child's Play, perceived as its narrative's prologue and epilogue. The works were presented during Indonesia's independence day in Jakarta branch of The Japan Foundation.