Angki Purbandono

kohesi Initiatives is pleased to present Happy Birthday Holy Day, a periodic presentation of the montage of life and creativity of Angki Purbandono.

Happy Birthday Holy Day is a greeting and an invitation to enjoy and cherish each day as a sacred day full of gratitude. Just like a birthday celebration, Angki Purbandono embraces his artistic journey as a moment of sharing as well as a realm of discovery, rendezvous, and friendships. This dynamic presentation explores the idea of photography in a performative method of montage. Montage becomes the chosen method that represents the distinctive characteristics of the medium of sticker while also embodying a form of openness in enjoying the journey of composing memories and hopes.

Stickers become the spirit unveiled in creating Happy Birthday Holy Day. Stickers not only encompass the idea of information distribution but also convey aspirations and creativity. Serving as signs of existence as well as intentional recordings, stickers are a form of expression that is highly persuasive. Made with the awareness to move and settle, stickers are carried to be later mounted to objects or specifi c places based on preference and freedom. This element of sharing joy and freedom then becomes the attraction for Angki to transfer a series of his scanography into sticker format.