Boedi Widjaja
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muographix interview

Artist's interview

Physicist Sara Steigerwald explores Boedi's "conversations" with the cosmic ray muon and muography through works that combine themes of house, home and homeland with the cosmic and invisible.

Interview
house home homeland

Online presentation

Presented by the Global (De)Centre and facilitated by Dr. Peggy Levitt, Widjaja speaks on house home homeland through the lens of his practice. Transcript

Presentation
Walking with Ghosts: Conversations about Painting

Artist's interview

Jonathan Nichols' conversations with six artists on painting; a book published on the occasion of his PhD exhibition at VCA Arts pace, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne.

Interview
Jianghu + Wuxia by Stephen Teo

Online presentation

An online talk by Stephen Teo, a scholar and writer of the wuxia film genre, presented by the Esplanade Visual Arts Centre and facilitated by Lynda Tay.

Presentation
Insights: Boedi Widjaja. Encoding the cultural experiences of a diaspora

Curatorial esssay
Artist's interview

Read curator Lynda Tay's essay and her interview with the artist in the relaunched Esplanade Visual Arts Exhibitions guide.

Essay
Kang Ouw 侠客行

Curatorial esssay
Artist's interview

Read curator Lynda Tay's essay and her interview with the artist in the Esplanade Visual Arts Exhibitions guide.

Essay
Gaining Ground: Yarli Allison & Boedi Widjaja

Podcast

Curator-in-residence Annie J. Kwan chats with Yarli Allison and Boedi, "What does the concept of memory mean when making artwork? What are the challenges artists face when systems and technology are used to tell personal stories? And if reconstructing history is important, why?"

Interview
Displaced Trees: A Conversation with Boedi Widjaja

Artist's interview

Chief Editor Christina J. Chua of so-far speaks to the artist on dislocation, memory, and the persistence of history.

Interview
DNA and Ancestral Memories 記因・基憶

Online presentation

Facilitated by BIO:ART SEA:T (Southeast Asia Taiwan) curator Tang Fu Kuen, the artist and geneticist Assoc Prof Eric Yap speak on their art-science collaboration.

Presentation
To Mark. To Ground. The Shadows Of Place

Podcast

Architect-academic-artist Nina Freedman hosts WHEREING, a channel that explores the psychological impact of space and place. In S2 Ep.4, Freedman speaks with the artist on his practice that explores themes of diaspora, memory, cultural hybridity, identity and space.

Interview
Place Imaginaries, Orbiting around a Clear Opening and Approaching DNA as a System of Language

Artist's interview

In ObjectLessonsSpace Psychogeographies issue, Joella Kiu began with a question on the artist's four-line, bilingual poem: Rivers and lakes/ Tanah dan air/ Land and water/ Sungai sejarah.

Interview
Boedi Widjaja's subterranean sonic temple a highlight of 2019 Singapore Biennale

Feature story

Richard Horstman reports for The Jakarta Post on Widjaja's architectural sonic installation installed at the National Gallery Singapore stairway.

News
Witness Cold War Tensions And Tumult Through Boedi Widjaja’s Imagination And Keen Eye For Design And Detail

Feature story

Forbes' Natasha Gural shines a spotlight on Widjaja's solo presentation at Helwaser Gallery, NYC.

News
Tracing the void

Feature story

Sylvia Tsai for Vulture Magazine looks at Widjaja's building meaning through his art-making: tracing invisible images of his childhood home around the imaginary contour of the void.

News
performingborders interview

Artist's interview

performingborders co-founder Alessandra Cianetti explores Widjaja's performative practice in his Path. and Imaginary Homeland series.

Interview
Black—Hut, Black—Hut

Curatorial essay

Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art explores the influences that have shaped the artist’s practice, as well as the confluence offeatures that can be found in urban design in Singapore, Indonesia and Queensland.

Essay
Kang Ouw (一): Interview with the Artist

Artist's interview

In conjunction with Widjaja's solo presentation at indie space I_S_L_A_N_D_S, curator Pey Chuan Tan chats with Widjaja on his experience of the diasporic film genre wuxia growing up in Indonesia as a young child.

Interview
Boedi Widjaja: Black—Hut

Exhibition catalog