Art and Ethos – Taring Padi

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Culturally enriched mediums Taring Padi’s work reimagines facets of their Indonesian culture, deconstructing Indonesian shadow puppet traditions (wayang) and recreating them for political and street activism as a grassroots play on what is traditionally a refined art form dating back to medieval Indonesian texts and archaeological sites. In protest, these life size puppets act as […]

Reflecting on GUAM’s Taring Padi exhibition and the practice of placing activist art within the confines of the white walled gallery space

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Taring Padi is an art collective from Indonesia that stands out on the global art scene for its inherently political and activist approach. Founded in the post-authoritarian context of Indonesia in the late 1990s, this group has utilised art as a tool for social change, addressing issues such as social injustice, human rights and resistance […]

GUAM x Taring Padi x Griffith University Printmakers Club Collaborative Printmaking Workshop 

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On Sunday, February 26, the Griffith University Printmakers Club facilitated a collaborative printmaking workshop with members of the QCAD printmaking community and Aris, Bebe and Dodi from Taring Padi. The morning started with a visit to GUAM, where Aris, Bebe and Dodi shared some of the printmaking work in the exhibition and how they created […]

What I learned from Taring Padi

Summer Scholarship Program
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Taring Padi is an artistic collective based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The group is prominent for their portrayal of the people’s struggle against capitalism, corruption, military violence, environmental destruction, and racism within their artworks. The name ‘Taring Padi’ refers to the fang or spiky end of the rice plant, which can cause itchiness when in contact […]

Meet the 2023 academic group Outstanding Alumni Award Winners

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Griffith University has announced the winners from its four academic groups in the 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards, with a talented group of recipients from across the world — and outer space. Sixteen high-achieving alumni have earned top spots in the University’s 2023 Outstanding Alumni Awards in the academic groups of Arts, Education and Law (AEL); […]