Riar Rizaldi
Biografi
Riar Rizaldi is an artist from Indonesia. His works mainly focus on the relationship between human and technology, media and consumer electronics, image circulation and network intervention. Through his works, he questions the notion of (a)temporality, image politics, theory-fiction, virtuality, media archeology and unanticipated consequences of technologies in human life. He is also actively composing and performing sounds using the methods of field recording and foley through programming language. His works have been exhibited and performed globally. In addition, Riar curated ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival (2017) and a co-founder of an art collective SALON, in which a platform focusing on exploration and experimentation in the field of media, performance, experimental music and improvisation in Bandung, Indonesia. Riar is currently a PhD candidate at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
