Group Exhibition Komunitas Salihara Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
125,660 Specimens of Natural History is the first major exhibition of Reassembling the Natural; the project addresses colonial natural history collections and the environmental transformations they produced, and the legacy of these activities, known as the Anthropocene. The exhibition follows the course of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), best known for co-discovering the theory of evolution by natural selection. From 1854 to 1862, Wallace travelled the Malay Archipelago, documenting the region’s biodiversity and amassing a gigantic collection of specimens for European museums. The project invites artists to retrace, re-appropriate or reassess the expedition, its documents, and its various artifacts, and explores how trans-cultural collaborative approaches to artistic and scientific practice can address urgent environmental questions.
Premiering at the gallery of the multi-arts center Komunitas Salihara, the project presents works by 13 Indonesian participants and 13 foreign participants—including ten newly created artworks—alongside books, archival material, and zoological specimens from the Research Center for Biology/Indonesian Institute of Sciences (MZB/LIPI) at Bogor-Cibinong, and related historical objects.
The exhibition also hosts a weekly program aimed at a general public that brings together Indonesian and international artists, environmentalists, and natural scientists.
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