Antumbra

Program Exhibition Manager
Artistic Director
Curatorial and Text with Michelle A

ISA Art & Design proudly presents “Antumbra”, a joint exhibition of Bandu Darmawan and Condro Priyoaji, two artists who tackle the visuals of shadow and light.

The exhibition title “Antumbra” is derived from a combination of 2 Latin words, “Ante” and “Umbra”: “Ante” meaning “before” and “umbra” refers to the darkest part of a shadow.

In research about the relationship between the sun and the earth, there are many references to shadows. An antumbra is not a true shadow; the antumbra is the lighter part of a shadow that forms at a certain distance from the object casting the shadow. The antumbra region in the galaxy is the area of a shadow responsible for one type of eclipse, namely the annular solar eclipse.[1]

The works by two artists illustrate the phenomenon of shadows and motion, and how to record and present them through art. Condro and Bandu present spatial scenarios of producing their works through the practice or imagination, by using the theories of physics of what is caught by the eye in the form of shadows and light or shadows and motion. The eye-catching perception of this trail presents the audience with a spatial scenario.