Hysunburg's Notes

  【 閱讀中文版 ｜ Baca versi Bahasa Indonesia 】 On the evening of Friday, June 19, 2026, the courtyard of Jogja National Museum (JNM) began to fill with people. The lights had just come on, and guests were slowly gathering for the opening of ArtJog 2026. Under the theme  Ars Longa: Generatio , art endures across generations, Indonesia's most prominent contemporary art event was preparing to open its doors. But before the official program began, a man stood near the entrance holding a bouquet of flowers. He started his monologue: "Art is dead. Literature is dead." He was a member of the artist collective ArtJokes. He had not finished speaking when security personnel moved in. I live in Yogyakarta. As someone from Taiwan who has spent several years in this city, I have grown accustomed to observing its internal politics from the position of an outsider. That position is not a neutral one, nor does it make me more objective than those who were born and raised here. It simp...