Timoteus Anggawan Kusno

Timoteus Anggawan KUSNO (Indonesia, 1989) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work explores coloniality and its shadow. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; the Bonn Museum of Modern Art; the Center for Fine Arts, Brussels; and the Gwangju Biennale. His films have been screened at IFFR, CPH:DOX, Dok.Leipzig, L’Alternativa and VideoEx, among others. In 2021, he won the Video Production Award from the Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona, and in 2024 he received the VISIO Production Fund and also won the Locarno Residency. Kusno lives and works between Amsterdam and Yogyakarta.
Filmography
Ryoko Kaban (2016, short), Edelweiss (2017, short), Others or ‘Rust en Orde’ (2017, short), Ghost Light (2021, instal), Reversal (2022, instal), Terra Incognita (2022, instal), Dear Shadow, My Old Friend (2023), Tunggang Langgang (2024), After Colossus (2024), Fever Dream (2024)
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Timoteus Anggawan Kusno at IFFR
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Terra Incognita: Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari (ii)
A visual reenactment of mass mobilisation during Indonesia’s regime transition, fueled by an anachronistic poem.
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Reversal: Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari (i)
A young man drifts in and out of sleep on a train, encountering phantoms from colonial times.
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Unreleased
Ari Dwianto’s dance during an audition carries traces left behind by authoritarian disciplining.
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Dear Shadow, My Old Friend
In a dream, memory, time and reflections intertwine, as lingering colonial shadows reveal themselves.
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Fever Dream
An actor finds himself trapped inside a black box, unsure of what is real and what is not.
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Afterlives
A historical exploration connecting the performance of Jathilan with the ghosts of Dutch East Indies rulers.
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Others or ‘rust en orde’
Four short confessions provide us with insight in the tradition of Rampogan Siluman Macan.
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In a Landscape
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno’s charcoal drawings delve into memory and power, inviting reflection on the past and its enduring impact.
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Dear Shadow, My Old Friend
Penetrating black and white archival imagery paints a haunting picture of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia.