The Biennale Jogja art festival is back! This year presents “Roots Routes”, Biennale Jogja XVI Equator #6 taking Oceania as a theme inspired by its region along with all its related issues and relationship with Indonesia, which is also an archipelagic country. The Biennale Jogja XVI will be held virtually through Biennale Jogja’s website from October 6 to November 14, 2021 involving 34 artists from Java, Papua, NTB, Ambon, Fiji, NZ, Australia, New Caledonia and others.This connection is not only about a long history that occurs through migration routes, traces of language and cultural mixing, numerous religious missions and colonialism, but also through its association to contemporary socio-political situations. With many movements and efforts seeking to decolonize and reclaim sovereignty over both culture, living spaces and resources, there are plenty of dialogues that can be reflected, such as between the indigenous people in Indonesia and Oceania.
