.my name is Eko Saputra
With a cross-cultural background rooted in Indonesian heritage and based in Venice, Italy, I am an interdisciplinary researcher exploring the intersections of cultural heritage, technology, and artistic practice. My work investigates mostly into museum and archive institutions on how digital means can bridge traditional knowledge with contemporary interpretations, creating immersive, thought-provoking experiences. Passionate about preserving and reinterpreting cultural narratives, I investigate themes like identity, place attachment, and the ecological impacts of technology and craftsmanship, translating these concepts into both scholarly and artistic realms.

Education:

• PhD. (Cand) in History, Cultural Heritage and Territory
  University of Teramo, (Italy)
• MA. in Performing Arts and Multimedia Production
  University of Bologna, (Italy)
• BComp. in Information Technology
  University of Paramadina, (Indonesia)

ResidenciesTraining:

• Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) Lab, University of Luxembourg 2024
• IT:U – Interdisciplinary Transformation University of Austria Lab, Linz 2024.
• Palacio das Belas Artes: Digital Spatialities Program, Lisbon 2024
• Provenance Research Lab – Wikimedia Berlin, 2024.
• Innovation: Lab – Theater Utrecht, 2023.
• IT:U x Ars Electronica Founding Lab, Linz 2023.
• XR & Heritages: EIT – Jagiellonian University Krakow 2023.
• Research Fellow at Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec, 2022.
• Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH) Lab: University of Ca’Foscari 2022.
• Peggy Guggenheim Museum Fellowship Program, Venice 2019.
• Maxim Gorki Theater: History Festival, Berlin 2018.

SelectedExhibition:

• Ars Electronica X IT:U .Linz_Austria .2024
• Venice Biennale ‘Art’ Arts of the Working Class x Postcard for Palestine .South West Bank: Landworks, Collective Action and Sound .Magazzino Gallery Palazzo Polignac 878 .Venice_Italy .2024
• MUSE at Fabbrica del Vapore .Philips by PPDS .Milan_Italy .2023
• Biennale Larnaca .Home Away From Home .Larnaca_Cyprus .2023
• Claire de Rouen Books .London_UK .2023
• Berlinskej Model .Prague_Czech .2023
• Ars Electronica .Who Owns the Truth .Linz_Austria .2023
• Venice Biennale ‘Architecture’- Padiglione 29 .Venice_Italy .2023
• Arte Laguna XVI Edition .Venice_Italy .2023
• CICA Museum of Contemporary Art .Contemporary Landscape .Gimpo_South Korea .2022
• Museo Civico “Giovanni Fattori” .Premio Combat XIII .Livorno_Italy .2022

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.

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)