Beyond Provenance

Rizki Lazuardi (b. 1982) is an Indonesian artist and curator who works extensively with moving-image and expanded cinema. After completing his film studies at HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg, Lazuardi conducted artistic research on colonial archives at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. For the past decade, numerous of Lazuardi’s works have attempted to shed light on the power dynamics entangled in practices of archiving, whether at the formal-institutional or amateur-vernacular level. His work and curatorial programmes have been presented at Image Forum Tokyo, Berlinale Forum, EMAF Osnabrück, Jakarta Biennale, TOKAS, and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. His latest multi-channel film installation, Operation Thunder Tooth, is one of the commissioned works by the Singapore Biennale 2025. In addition to his studio practice, Lazuardi initiated Palapa Screening Program, a micro cinema platform for various kinds of left-field films in Bandung, Indonesia.

Taufiqurrahman Kifu (Indonesia, 1994) uses art as a space for experimentation and the articulation of his ideas. He is flexible in his choice of artistic media, processing the specificity of each medium as a construction and a potential language. In 2021, he initiated MUTUALS, a group focused on the study and methods of art-making within today’s media culture, grounded in their local context. He has curated several art exhibitions and is a program curator for ARKIPEL 2025. He currently also serves as Artistic Director of Festival Film Tengah in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Hattie Wade (UK, 1993) is a research-based artist. Her practice stems from an interest in the dissemination of information, and a desire to counteract harmful dominant social and institutional narratives. She is interested in how past institutional violences are reproduced through legal and legislative frameworks, heritage protection, and the subtle permeation of these narratives through society. She critically researches, dismantles, and rebuilds to make tangible that which is not, taking the form of digital, video, and spatial work.

Kae Oktorina is a media artist whose practice explores the relationships between humans and nature, sensorial perception, and cultural memory. Her work often involves video, animation, and experimental media to create immersive experiences that question how we inhabit landscapes—physically, emotionally, and historically. While her previous projects have focused on environmental narratives and the clash between natural and built worlds, in Warne Mata, Kae shifted her attention to history: specifically, how the legacy of colonialism continues to shape identity, memory, and belonging. Although she had no prior experience with full-spectrum cinematography, she embraced the technique for its ability to reveal unseen layers of reality—much like the hidden stories within the gemstones themselves.