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Wimo Ambala Bayang

 
Wimo Ambala Bayang
Wimo Ambala Bayang
 

Once Upon a Time in Malang (Jongos and Boss). 2007 Single channel video, 5 min.

Wimo employs bread (representing "West") as the metaphor in offering his finding regarding the "cultural policy" in the colonial period of forbidding native servants to position the food they serve below their mouths lest their breath will pollute, poison the food.

© Photos: Cemeti Art House

 

Wimo Ambala Bayang
* 1976 Magelang, Indonesia. Lives in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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