Ruangrupa · @Jakarta · Discussion on Economy

Ruangrupa · @Jakarta · Discussion on Economy

Lumbung is the shared rice barn: you gather the surplus — funds, time, knowledge, networks — into a common store, and decide together how it is redistributed. ruangrupa, the Jakarta-based collective that runs this table, applied this principle experimentally to the curation of Documenta 15, turning a whole exhibition into an exercise in pooling and sharing resources. Together with Gudskul, their collective learning space, they treat generosity, friendship, and hanging out (nongkrong) as a form of economic infrastructure. From here, the Jakarta node asks what it means to sustain culture through sharing rather than competition — and how far a mutualist, surplus-sharing model can travel beyond the context that grew it.

ruangrupa

ruangrupa

curatorial collective

ruangrupa (which loosely translates as ‘a space for art’) is an artist’s initiative and collective started in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2000.


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2025  | International Forum on the Sustainability of Culture

2025 | International Forum on the Sustainability of Culture

The Forum is a global initiative dedicated to rethinking the role of cultural institutions in building sustainable futures.

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