ON BEING ART: DADANG CHRISTANTO ‘S SURVIVOR – TAASA Review December 2009

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This article was originally found in the December 2009 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 9).

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Helen Holmes S urvivor continues Dadang Christanto’s interrogation of the impact of human disaster.

The work refers to the tragic manmade mud catastrophe in the Sidoarjo region of East Java where, three years ago, hot mud began to erupt from the site of a gas exploration well, effectively wiping out 11 villages in the region.

To this day, the mud flow continues to subsume surrounding villages...