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Ratna Mufida (b. Kediri, 1979) is an arts management worker living in Yogyakarta. Standing in the management side of the arts demanded her to connect to things, and people, from other fields of discipline. This has shaped her curiosity toward sociological and historical aspect of Indonesian contemporary art practice. She pursues the paths of her curiosity by doing research and archival works together with Hyphen — .
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Pitra Hutomo (b. Jakarta, 1984) was the archivist for Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA). The organization has fostered her insight, and encouraged her to study Indonesian art through written and visual records. Post her 10+ years work in Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA), Pitra attempts to function as a community organizer in its true sense. It is a whole new dimension since she left a decade ago to pursue her dreams in a job that pays. Realizing she is not that fortunate to experience both at the same time, she had to choose a non-career path to discover the peace within. Pitra is fluent in system development and does database consultancy. At the moment, she is keeping up with Hyphen—’s confident pace mostly set up by her two best friends. She is reachable through isdp(at)riseup(dot)net
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Grace Samboh (b. Jakarta, 1984) questions (a little bit) too many things all at the same time and believes that every person needs at least three copies of themselves. She writes, does research and curatorial work. She is attached to Hyphen —, affiliated to RUBANAH Underground Hub, and is currently undertaking a doctoral program at Arts and Society Studies, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. She’s logs her writings at sambohgrace.wordpress.com
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Rachel K. Surijata (b. Jakarta, 1997) currently lives and works in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She completed her BA in Anthropology and Media from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2017, she received the Erasmus Traineeship Grant for an internship at EUROPALIA Indonesia Festival. In 2019, she participated in the Jakarta Arts Council’s Young Curators’ Course and started her involvement on projects with Hyphen— in 2020. Rachel was also a part of the Jakarta Biennale 2021: ESOK curatorial team.
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Akmalia Rizqita (b. Jakarta, 1996) or better known as ‘Chita’, lives and works in Jakarta, Indonesia. Since 2015, she channels her interests in art organization through working in art spaces and organizing various art programs. In 2021, Chita was involved in the curatorial team of Jakarta Biennale 2021: ESOK. She currently works as the gallery manager of RUBANAH Underground Hub, Jakarta, and also a member of Hyphen—.
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