Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, installation view by Selma Gurbuz. Exhibition in collaboration with the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL). Video courtesy the artist and VH Award, Hyundai Art Lab, Seoul (KR).

Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, installation view by Selma Gurbuz. Exhibition in collaboration with the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL). Video courtesy the artist and VH Award, Hyundai Art Lab, Seoul (KR).

Riar Rizaldi

Riar Rizaldi (Indonesia, °1990) creates films that explore the relationship between science, fiction, and technology. Continuing on this momentum, he presents his first solo exhibition in Belgium. You find yourself in an extraterrestrial film set where ‘Fossilis’ (2023) is on display.

Riar recently graduated from the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. His films have been screened at various international film festivals (including Locarno, IFFR, FID Marseille, Viennale, BFI London) and also at Centre Pompidou Paris, Taipei Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Venice Architecture Biennale, Jogja Biennial, and other institutions. He received the Hyundai Art Lab’s 5th Annual VH Award for the film ‘Fossilis.’

Curator: Kevin Gallagher

In collaboration with Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL).

This exhibition is part of ELEMENTS2024, a Euregional collaboration between 11 art institutions.

31.03 to 16.06.24
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Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, installation view by Selma Gurbuz. Exhibition in collaboration with the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL). Video courtesy the artist and VH Award, Hyundai Art Lab, Seoul (KR).
Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, installation view by Selma Gurbuz. Exhibition in collaboration with the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL). Video courtesy the artist and VH Award, Hyundai Art Lab, Seoul (KR).
Riar Rizaldi, Fossilis, installation view by Selma Gurbuz. Exhibition in collaboration with the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL). Video courtesy the artist and VH Award, Hyundai Art Lab, Seoul (KR).
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