Sharp Objects
Synopsis
This project follows the forgotten story of Keris Klungkung back to its origins and to its postcolonial relevance to Bali today, tracing the looting of the keris to modern day tourism in Bali. The film juxtaposes the “knowledge” of colonial archives against community-based knowledge and mythology, convoluting the understanding of what is preserved, what is dead, and what is lost. The artists apply a tangible intervention on the photochemical material they use for the film. This time consuming approach embodies the narrative of the labour intensive iron forging craftmanship of a keris blacksmith.
This film is a part of Beyond Provenance, a transnational initiative that explores how film and collaboration can reassess narratives around restitution of Indonesian cultural objects by the government of the Netherlands.
Schedule
21 November 2025, 20:30 WIB
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Credits
Taufiqurrahman Kifu
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
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.
