Behind the works of 34 artists and collectives displayed in the exhibition room at Biennale Jogja XVI Equator #6 2021, there is a crucial role held by the production team as installers and negotiators between works, art handlers, artists, and curators. How the process and the obstacles they faced were all summarized in a discussion with the exhibition managers.
Attended by Art Governance Students (TKS), Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) Yogyakarta. The discussion in the frame of “Open Source: Management Talks” was held on Thursday (11/11) on the main stage of the Jogja National Museum (JNM).
There are 7 divisions (Media Relations, Programming, Production, Internship and Volunteering, Publication and Communication Media, Editorial, and Registration), each of which is represented by a coordinator as a speaker. The production team is represented by Nova Rahmad Basuki or Nopel as the production manager.
Broadly speaking, Nopel explained about the work of his division which includes data collection of works to field execution. “(We do it) since the beginning, a few months before the exhibition. We have an assembly first with the artist. So there are talks about how artists want to present their work, especially the form, media, and how many dimensions. So it’s not a sudden thing.”
Furthermore, Nopel explained several things that need to be adjusted during the execution of the artwork, such as space and the availability of materials. The production of their artworks was 50 percent done here. He said this was because some artists could not attend, so the production team had a bargaining position with curators and artists.
To get around that, they first made a mockup of the work in 3D. After the artist and curator accepted the idea, then the execution of the work is carried out. Assisted by 6 other people, they completed the installation of works in the gallery in just 12-13 days.
Apart from the above, according to Tarisya Amalia, one of the production team, there were also obstacles during the exhibition, “so we also have to cross-check if there are works that are skewed or there are other disturbances, the order will go to production,” she said.
Responding to the works and production processes that have been described. Muhammad Farhan, a student of Art Governance, expressed his opinion, “The management is good, although there are some materials that I think are not quite right.”
After the explanation by each resource person, the forum continued with a q&a session. The discussion lasted until 04.3O p.m.
