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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Child's Play
- 2014
- paper handicrafts, plastic pots, brass, paper masks, performance costume and live performance
Based on the story of an Indonesian folk villain, the installation is centered on a handicraft bamboo gate. Accompanying this are a durational butoh performance by two men wearing nothing other than green underwear and a green heel
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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.