I chose my materials very carefully because different materials affect the meanings and contexts in my work. With “The follower”  (2002) , I want to show the plurality of Indonesian society. I made this cloak after the Bali bomb in 2002, when Indonesia was labeled ‘a Moslem terrorist country' by international media. I collected embroidered emblems of many different organizations; from sports clubs, social clubs to political parties and religious communities.  I sewed these emblems side-by-side, at times, one on top of the other and intertwined them to create another skin, to illustrate the moderate habitat of Indonesia's hybrid culture.

>> Exhibited at: Cemeti Art House Yogyakarta (2002), Erasmushuis Jakarta (2003), Chiang Mai Art Museum (2004), Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok (2004), Dahlem Museum Berlin (2004), Galeria Kombetare e Arteve, Tirana Biennale (2005), Etemad Gallery Tehran (2005), Eof Art Space Paris (2005), Artoteek The Hague (2006), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Taipei ( 2007) , Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei (2007), Katonah Museum New York ( 2009) .

>> Collection: Karim Raslan & Valentine Willie