Aii Wijaya and Ikbal Lubys are founders of Ethnictro, began collaborating in 2006 as duo group experimental music project. While developing the space, they are also works for their own projects and each of them has an own works around the globe until now.
Most of the projects are about social issues, urbanism, history, and politic which presented through music media, sound art, and three-dimensional installation works. They are often collaborate with interdisciplinary artists in Asia, Europe & the United States including performance, music, film and visual arts. A lot of learning from the previous projects about the difference of life, the way of thinking, and cultures. The main interests is a changes in people’s way of life, how the modernism and capitalism changes the traditions and cultures. Trying to approach and interact with the public about developing city sounds issues.
PERSONAL SITE
2023: Cultural exchange program IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) Leipzig
2022: Claiming Common Spaces Festival, Germany
2022: Granted artist group residency, PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany.
2019: Granted Saari artist group residency, by Kone Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
2019: Granted Ox-Bow artist group residency, Ox-Bow School of Art, Chicago, USA
2019: Live performance, Loophole Berlin, Germany
2019: Granted ASEF Culture Mobility First
2019: Invited for Dao Xuan Festival, Hanoi Vietnam
2019: In collaboration with resident artist Donna Huang, A-art space, Hanoi, Vietnam
2018: Founded Ethnictro Foundation
2018: Invited for Running with Strippers Art Festival, Singapore
2008: Founded ETHNICTRO Music Education Centre
2006: Created Ethnictronoise