Mythologies of The Ramayana

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In his lecture Yogyakarta-based Heri Dono (b.1960 in Jakarta), one of the most prominent contemporary artist and thinker working in South-East Asia, tackled failures of interpreting contemporary art though East-West perspectives, and attributed such misgivings to tainted intellectual filters that lack in-depth philosophical specificities. Furthermore, Heri contextualized his multi-mediapractice, which notably includes wayang kulit, or shadow Puppet Theater, as well as drawing upon mythologies of the Ramayana and Mahabharata and other folkloric traditions to create works of social critique.