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Tirta Tirta
Summary
Tirta Tirta (2022 - current) presents a perspective on the Balinese identity that is sceptical of there being a single “authentic” Bali today. Challenging the outdated visual identity that has become synonymous with tourism propaganda, post-colonial vanity, and populist rhetoric. Arguing that every individual’s recognition of Balinese-ness is relative to their personal relationship to the island. Illustrated by adopting water as a visual metaphor for Bali in every photograph, which altogether in a series provide some understanding of the kaleidoscope that is the Balinese identity.
Tirta Tirta
Tirta Tirta (2022 - current) presents a perspective on the Balinese identity that is sceptical of there being a single “authentic” Bali today. Challenging the outdated visual identity that has become synonymous with tourism propaganda, post-colonial vanity, and populist rhetoric. Arguing that every individual’s recognition of Balinese-ness is relative to their personal relationship to the island. Illustrated by adopting water as a visual metaphor for Bali in every photograph, which altogether in a series provide some understanding of the kaleidoscope that is the Balinese identity. An understanding that is necessary in order to accept my own claim in calling Bali home as a third-culture child of Indonesia.
- Sovereign Art Foundation Asian Art Prize nominee 2025- Australian Photography Awards Documentary category Finalist 2024
- B&W International Photography Awards Honourable Mention 2024
Register your interest for the book's release in late 2025
Tirta Tirta
Tirta Tirta menghadirkan perspektif identitas Bali yang skeptis akan adanya satu Bali yang “asli” saat ini. Menantang identitas visual usang yang identik dengan propaganda pariwisata, kesombongan pasca-kolonial, dan retorika populis. Alih-alih menyajikan pandangan kaum relativis mengenai Bali, mereka berargumentasi bagaimana hubungan pribadi seseorang dengan pulau tersebut membentuk pandangan mereka tentang cara mereka mengidentifikasi ke-Bali-an. Untuk mengilustrasikan foto-foto yang membingkai air sebagai pengganti Bali, sebuah perangkat visual yang mengungkapkan bagaimana kebenaran masyarakat yang ditemukan di pulau tersebut berhubungan dengan cara masing-masing terhadap Bali. Mulai dari kolam berklorin untuk wisata resor, mata air suci untuk peziarah desa, air banjir perkotaan untuk penumpang dalam kota, dan irigasi pertanian untuk petani sawah. Menghadirkan potret untuk memperluas empati kita terhadap perspektif berbeda tentang Bali, dan lanskap untuk mengkaji hubungan kita sendiri dengan tempat dan identitas.
- Sovereign Art Foundation Asian Art Prize nominee 2025
- Australian Photography Awards Documentary category Finalist 2024
- B&W International Photography Awards Honourable Mention 2024
Register your interest for the book's release in late 2025
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