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[[File:SSN-Museum-Monas-2.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Museum Monas, Jakarta, 2014. Taken by Ary “Jimged” Sendy. Collection of Hyphen— and the artist.]]

==About the research==
[[File:SSN-Van-Lith-School-Jakarta.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Van Lith School, Jakarta, ca. 1960s. Scanned and archived by Hyphen— from the collection of Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso.]]
[[Edhi Sunarso]] may well be the only artist who worked with all regimes, all throughout the time, including after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Suharto_era_in_Indonesia Reformasi]. Artists from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukarno Sukarno]’s era are generally attached, or associated in whatever ways, to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Indonesia Indonesia Communist Party] or its cultural under-bow, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembaga_Kebudajaan_Rakjat LEKRA]. This means that during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto Soeharto]’s regime, they would have been either annihilated, silenced, or put in prison, at the very least. Right after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Suharto_era_in_Indonesia Reformasi], artists who worked under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto Soeharto]: regime would have been skipped from the public reference, as they’d be considered allies to the oppressive and cruel government. So, how could [[Edhi Sunarso|Pak Edhi]] work with all these regimes? While we were chatting with [[Edhi Sunarso|Pak Edhi]], the artisans in his studio were building two state- commissioned monuments. The first was of the nationally acknowledged hero, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diponegoro Diponegoro]; and second, two horses interacting in joy. Both monuments were for the city government of Makassar. Mind you, this was 2014, so almost two decades after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Suharto_era_in_Indonesia Reformasi] and at the fourth president after the military regime was over.

“I made almost all of the dioramas in Indonesia. I made almost all of the dioramas in Indonesia. Firstly, of course, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Monument_(Indonesia) Monas] [Museum Sejarah Nasional/National History Museum in Monumen Nasional/National Monument, in Jakarta],” [[Edhi Sunarso|Pak Edhi]] began his story. Two hours of conversation was not enough. We kept coming back to Pak Edhi with more and more questions and eventually he allowed us to unpack all of his photo albums and boxes of documents. Naturally, we started organizing them to make sense of things. Everything else slowly follows.

[[File:SSN-Jembatan-Merah-Surabaya.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Jembatan Merah, Surabaya, ca. 1960s. Scanned and archived by Hyphen— from the collection of Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso.]]

==[[Sketches, stitches, and negotiations: Data catalogue|Data catalogue]]==
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===[https://archive.org/embed/19790801-waspada-mendekati-cerpen-danarto-ngung-ngung-cak-cak Nama file tanpa tahun]===
Letter of released from detention and allowed to return home, a former internee or prisoner on behalf of Soenarso bin Sardjono (another name for Edhi Sunarso) from Suruh Village, Salatiga. Letter with the number Alg. M-1-1-146 / Reh / '49 was issued and signed by J. Gouwe, as Deputy Head of Priangan Bijstand Sociale in Bandung on September 10th, 1949 (10/9/1949) for Wedana (assistant to the regional leadership of Level II ) Salatiga, Central Java.
With the contents of the message to supervise and use Soenarso bin Sardjono's energy or abilities for the benefit of the general public when he arrived in Salatiga and notified the Head of the Priangan Bijstand Sociale in Bandung if Soenarso bin Sardjono was facing the Wedana in Salatiga.

==Articulations and public encounters==
* 2025 '''[WORKSHOP]''' ''[[Alkisah...(Once upon a time...)]], organised by Hyphen— and Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Art Museum, 8 Nov 2025 - 24 Jan 2026. Supported by [https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg Singapore Art Museum] 
* 2025 '''[WORKSHOP]''' ''Sesudah banjir itu No. 44'' ([[When the flood is over]] No. 44 ), organised by [[Tom Nicholson]], Hyphen— and Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso, Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso (Yogyakarta), 8 - 15 February. Supported by [https://henry-moore.org Henry Moore Foundation] and [https://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg Singapore Art Museum] 
* 2023 '''[GROUP EXHIBITION]''' ''Voice Against Reason'', MACAN Museum (Jakarta, Indonesia),18 November 2023 – 14 April 2024. More information about the exhibition can be found [https://www.museummacan.org/exhibition/voice-against-reason here]
* 2023 '''[WORKSHOP]''' ''Sesudah banjir itu No. 32'' ([[When the flood is over]] No. 32 ), organised by [[Tom Nicholson]], Hyphen— and Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso, Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso (Yogyakarta), 25 September - 2 October.

==Publications==
* 2010 '''[MONOGRAPH]''' ''Edhi Sunarso: Seniman Pejuang'' (''Edhi Sunarso: The Fighter Artist'', in English & bahasa Indonesia), edited by Mikke Susanto, published by CV Hasta Kreatifa Manunggal, Yogyakarta. 320 pp., color, illus., ISBN 9786029704204. [https://opac.isi.ac.id/index.php?p=show_detail&id=43217&keywords=#gsc.tab=0 https://opac.isi.ac.id/index.php?p=show_detail&id=43217&keywords=#gsc.tab=0]

* 2017 '''[JOURNAL]''' ''Towards figures of dedication, and a flood by [[Tom Nicholson]] with [[Grace Samboh]]'', in Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia Volume 1, Number 1, March 2017, NUS Press Pte Ltd. Online ISSN 2425-0147, Print ISSN 2424-9947. Also accessible online, [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/646484#img02 here].

* 2020 '''[MONOGRAPH]''' ''Edhi Sunarso: Penggubah Monumen Bangsa'' (Edhi Sunarso: The nation’s monument-maker), written by [[Grace Samboh]] & [[Ratna Mufida]], published by Pusaka Seni Rupa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Jakarta, Indonesia. Also accesible online, [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zMhGd17pscECe1teTOT-lAP2jcUEAqqW&usp=drive_fs here].

* 2021 '''[GUIDE BOOK]''' ''Truly national: A look to forward to an Indonesian past'', [[Grace Samboh]] & [[Rachel K. Surijata]] (eds.), published by [[Project:About|Hyphen—]], 66 pp., color, illus., ISBN 978-623-96401-1-8. Downloadable [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OjPZ5L28cuL3JiH1rCvIgpQkQLusNQgY&usp=drive_fs here]. 

* 2021 '''[CATALOGUE]''' ''A nation across the windows that display the national'', [[Grace Samboh]] & [[Rachel K. Surijata]] (eds.), published by [[Project:About|Hyphen—]], 70 pp., color, illus., ISBN 978-623-96401-0-1. Downloadable [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xv7v_N09c3igyqMdun6d4aysFGrAMBqW&usp=drive_fs here].

==Further reading==
[[File:SSN-Museum-Monas-1.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Museum Monas, Jakarta, 2014. Taken by Ary “Jimged” Sendy. Collection of Hyphen— and the artist.]]
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