akumassa Chronicle is an art project initiated by Forum Lenteng which involves artists from...
Curator of AKUMASSA Chronicle 2016
Arief Yudi
b. 1967. He lives and works in Jatiwangi Subdistrict, Majalengka Regency. He is an artist and curator. Since the ’90s, he involves in various projects of contemporary art, both locally and internationally. He is one of the founders of Galeri Barak, Bandung, in 1999 and initiated Bandung Performance Art Festival.
In 2005, Arief established Jatiwangi Art Factory (JaF), an organization that focuses on the development of creative practices based on citizen perspectives and as one method for overcoming the social conflict in its local habitants in Jatiwangi. After becoming director of JaF, Arief now focus on managing the JaF Gallery, developing artist residency programs that implement various participatory art projects, as well as studying, inventing and empowering the local potential of Jatiwangi.