Yes! Surabaya is one of the biggest cities in Indonesia. Surabaya is well known as the "city of heroes", because they have a long story about the world war and the struggle against colonialism, so we will see many historical sites there like a monument or building. This city is very crowded and has a massive multiracial population, very hot temperature in every single minute even at night! Everyone was talking loudly with each other but it's not in an angry situation. As I see, these vibes create a unique identity, that's why the extreme music scene is growing well, so many hardcore and metal bands were born there and I also grew there, organizing gigs, and doing visual art. So if you see my work is too chaotic and extreme, it's a representation of my homeland that I want to imagine.

It started in high school, when I was drawing for my friend’s band. At that time all teenagers in school played death metal music, so I was in the circle. Unfortunately I can’t play music, so I’m always positioned to do the art. By the time everyone in the graduate scene knew me as an artist. Then that era changed to hardcore and punk, then to stoner/sludge, I also kept doing it, even organizing gigs for bands on tour in Surabaya and making flyers at every event related to other underground movements.

For me, visuals and music are interconnected, music can follow visuals and vice versa. However, the important thing is that everything is displayed in a balanced manner regardless of differences in style. For the process, I usually discuss everything about the event/band. So from here we can see what we really want to get. After that I’ll listen to the music, and do a little research to look for artistic elements that fit the story. Finally I started translating everything I had into visuals, from sketches, inking, to digitization.

Of course The Cyber God — Instagram connects us! I knew the HO99O9 personnel and became friends long before the video art was made. we’ve talked a lot about racial issues in our respective countries, and we think we have harmony regarding artistic and ideas. 2021 I got connected again at the invitation of our friend Ican Harem (Gabber Moduss Operandi) who at that time was curating video art to be shown at Neo Shibuya, Japan. so ho99o9 and I agreed and created a collaboration. The song created is also very special, produced by Travis Barker.

Mayhem and Gorillaz!!!

Comics are a symbol of pop culture in Indonesia in the 60−80s, they talk about many things such as political situations and alternative cultures through graphic language that I wouldn’t know today, I think the style is still very authentically Indonesian so that will continue through my work now. Reading old Indonesian comics is like entering a time machine, while smelling the rotting paper.

Favorite Indonesian films are classic horror, namely "Satan Slaves" (1980), I can see something very scary without CGI and effects, this is the only scariest film I have ever seen, "SundelBolong" (1981), this film is acted by the Indonesian horror queen Suzzana, some parts of the story are very absurd but terrifying, such as turning food into a collection of live chicks. A very famous scene is Suzzana's gaze, which is now an Indonesian horror icon. For comics, I really admire "Sri Asih", She is a super hero character created by R. A Kosasih in 1954, this character is one of the first generation of superhero comics in Indonesia, the story combines Javanese mythology and fantasy technology so the story is very crazy, like we can seeing a goddess meet a flying saucer or alien.

This is a very impressive collaboration for me. I was contacted by VANS probably 2 years before it was released, and it was quite a long process. I was appointed to tell about the culture that is very close to my surroundings for the theme, and I took the word "JANCOX" which is a symbol of friendship in Surabaya. I am very happy how this word can be attached to shoes that are sold in almost all countries, as the first collaboration in Indonesia to greet the world.

This collaboration is part of the LABRAX exhibition program, I got a collaboration program and hysteric glamor is the selected brand. We made a very special t-shirt, featuring Sadako coming out of the Guitar Amplifier to have fun with extreme music!

Sometimes I like adrenaline, the unique ritual is that I only start working on it when the deadline approaches, like 1−2 days beforehand. Of course this is a bad example, but believe me underpressure is a good trigger!

The sculpture work at LABRAX is collaborative work, I work on it with several multi-disciplinary friends, such as electronic artists, sculpture designers. Of course the most difficult challenge is synchronizing ideas and techniques from their respective fields, compromising and dividing egos is something that is very different from how individuals work.

In October I have a sci-fi exhibition at Artscience Musem Singapore. I again created a mythology-themed installation work with a mixture of mediums from electronic circuits and digital art.

Of course! I will continue to try new mediums, especially things close to science and technology. Because art is limitless, I want to stay relevant by continuing to explore it.