.my name is Eko Saputra
Cross-cultural background of Indonesian origin and living in Venice, Italy. Currently, I am dividing my time between conducting research in cultural heritage and developing artistic practice in the realm of heritage practice, combining technology and digital tools.
Selected Exhibition:
2024
- Arts of the Working Class x Postcard for Palestine .South West Bank: Landworks, Collective Action and Sound .Magazzino Gallery Palazzo Polignac 878 .Venice_Italy
2023
- MUSE at Fabbrica del Vapore .Philips by PPDS .Milan_Italy
- Biennale Larnaca .Home Away From Home .Larnaca_Cyprus
- Claire de Rouen Books .London_UK
- Berlinskej Model .Prague_Czech
- Ars Electronica .Who Owns the Truth .Linz_Austria
- Venice Biennale ‘Architecture’- Padiglione 29 .Venice_Italy
- Arte Laguna XVI Edition .Venice_Italy
2022
- CICA Museum of Contemporary Art .Contemporary Landscape .Gimpo_South Korea
- Museo Civico “Giovanni Fattori” .Premio Combat XIII .Livorno_Italy
ArtPrize:
- MUSE Digital Art Award 2023 (MUSEbyPPDS) : Milan (Italy)
- Artefici del Nostro Tempo 2023, Municipality of Venice (Italy)
- Arte Laguna XVI Edition 2021/2022 Prize: Venice (Italy)
- Premio Combat XIII Edition 2022 Prize: Livorno (Italy)
Curatorial project assistant:
- ‘LOST VERSES’ by Handiwirman Saputra and Syagini Ratna Wulan for the National Pavilion of Indonesia at the Venice Biennale ‘Art’ 2019, Italy.
- ‘Sunyata: Poetics of Emptiness’ by the AIA for the National Pavilion of Indonesia at the Venice Biennale ‘Architecture’ 2018, Italy.
- ‘We Are Not Alone’ by Tintin Wulia for the National Pavilion of Indonesia at the Venice Biennale ‘Art’ 2017, Italy.
Education:
- PhD. (Cand) in Historical Studies
University of Teramo, (Italy) - MA. in Fashion Studies
University of Bologna, (Italy) - BComp. in Informatic
University of Paramadina, (Indonesia)
Residencies & Training:
- Palacio das Belas Artes: Digital Spatiality’s 2024
- IT:U x Ars Electronica Founding Lab 2023.
- XR & Heritages: EIT-Jagiellonian University 2023.
- Digital Humanities Lab: University of Ca’Foscari 2022.
- Peggy Guggenheim Fellowship Program 2019.
- Maxim Gorki Theater: History Festival 2018.
Performances:
- .2012 .Dancers for Dubai Shopping Festival, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- .2012 .Jury for International Folk Festival for Children, Mecklenburg-Pommeraner Folkloreensemble Ribnitz-Damgarten (Germany)
- .2011 .Dancers and Musicians at Festival Mondial De Folklore Montrejeau, Festival Rite: Les Bethmalais Saint Girons, XVIII Festival Folklore Et Partage (France)
- .2010 .Dancers and Musicians at World Folk Review Integration Poznan and the International Folklore Festival Warsaw (Poland)