I AM SU TOMESEN

Su participated in several exhibitions such as ‘Selametan Digital’ in Langgeng Art Foun­dation in Jogjakarta, ‘Wanderlust’ in CBK Zuidoost in Amsterdam, ‘Oét d’r Sjtup’ in Sc­hunck* in Heerlen. In 2014, she has started the series “Plastic Indonesia” with the works “Toko” and “Rumah” in Amsterdam. She re­cently realized “Jalan”, a film showing every­day design and resourcefulness in the streets of Jogjakarta.

Her works on “Toko” of Intervention in public space is part 1 of the series “Plastic In­donesia” where she cycled with her daughter every Saturday afternoon from June 7th to 28, 2014 through North Amsterdam with her mo­bile shop. She offered typical plastic products from Indonesia, the land of her husband, Teguh Hartato a visual artist of whom she met in 2011. They spend their life one part in Amsterdam and other part in Jogjakarta.

She travels a lot for her works consist­ing of videos, photographs and installations. Working abroad means putting her (Euro­pean) position, ideas and being into discus­sion. She has been as artist-in-residence in Belgrade, Amman, Johannesburg and Me­dellín. She also worked for an international video project in Port-au-Prince, Buenos Ai­res and Rio de Janeiro. She teaches video workshops for organizations such as The One Minutes foundation and Unicef.

Su Tomesen brings her works and experiences from abroad to the Netherlands, Indo­nesia and elsewhere: She said “Sometimes she feels like an ambassador, she shows her works from Johannesburg in Yerevan or she presents a video she produced in Cuba in Jogjakarta”. Her art works evolves from researching local circum­stances and observing situations. Her background as a historian and a director for television integrates her work that well. By research­ing, she informs herself about urgent topics; exploring plac­es, immersing herself, developing new work and contributing to local art communities.” The outcome of the re­search leads to site-specific works.

Welcome to the polluted metro­politan and Su must be challenged to produce her masterpieces more about waste in Jakarta, Depok, and Bogor, the three points linking area from the capi­tal to West Java province where most of the urbans working in Jakarta while living in Depok and Bogor.