EKO NUGROHO

“Plastic Democracy,” Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho’s solo exhibition at Arndt Art Agency in Berlin, refers to society’s possible shaping of governmental systems. Specifically, the title speaks to Nugroho’s focus on the political developments of his home country, which, after officially gaining independence from the Netherlands in 1949, is still negotiating its relationship with democracy. The system’s tenets, such as equal protection of ethnic and religious