Chapter I: Expectations Over Consciousness
Chapter II: The Bear and The Balloon
Chapter III: Designing the Grand Exit
Born in Medan and based in Jakarta, Indonesian visual artist Cathrine Oslo (b. 1990) graduated from NAFA in 2011 majoring in printmaking. She uses woodcut as her primary medium to express herself and her reflections about contemporary issues through illustrations and installations. Cathrine has participated in exhibitions, residencies and dialogues in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea and Germany. In 2019, she founded COFA Studio in Jakarta, creating art programmes for people of all ages.
“The Red String” is a collaboration between Cathrine and Indonesian street artist Anagard shown in exhibition “Anagard: From Nasi Padang to the World” at NAFA, October 2024. The work features the mastery of both artists’ medium– Cathrine’s storylike illustrations through series of intricate woodcut on boards blending seamlessly with Anagard’s dynamic stencil/spray painted work “Organic Validation" applied as an image on the reverse. The work materialised after several months of discussions across borders, to finally present as a wall installation with 27 interactive panels divided into 3 chapters forming a compelling narrative of self-awareness, artistic aspirations and legacy building, topics that resonate between the two artists.
This work is a remarkable example of a cross-disciplinary collaboration where each contributor's distinctive styles and ideas manifest as a unified expression, resulting in a thought-provoking piece that sparks imagination and deeper conversations about perceptions and values.
