As part of the Jakarta Biennale 2021, titled ESOK, I collaborated with curator Grace Samboh to curate an exhibition about crossings: of languages and translation, of migration through plants and via screen, of a perpetually weird state when you are ready to shift and move anytime, yet always eager to dig down for roots. Titled in three languages, Pengembara Molek – Cỏ Cắc Cớ – ꦏꦼꦝꦺꦪꦴꦃꦲꦤƖꦩꦸꦮꦒꦸ, (Bahasa Indonesia – Vietnamese – Javanese), the exhibition centers around the figure of Lantana camara, toxic weed, invasive plant, exotic flowers, borderless migrant – come and leave as she deems fit, and the strange ties between her and the fate of Southeast Asians.
After the biennale, the exhibition was restaged at Rubanah UNDERGROUND HUB, and I contributed my short story to the exhibition catalog.
