In
this talk Elia will present her artistic practice as an individual artist and part of the collective that works with the spectrum
issues of food. Starting with her project which explores several subjects and ingredients in our daily consumption that she
found politically interesting. From rice, sugar, tropical fruits, to palm oil. She uses several approaches and formats to
present her works, from social engagement activities, performative lunch and dinner, video and installation.
Apart
from her individual practice, in 2015 she also formed a study group called Bakudapan Food study group in Yogyakarta. She also
will share how the collective was formed and what kind of practice and methodology in their works. By presenting some projects
that are done with Bakudapan it will also reflect how she works between individual and collective.
Elia
Nurvista explores a wide range of art mediums with an interdisciplinary approach and focuses on the discourse on food. Through
food, she intends to scrutinize power, social, and economic inequality in this world. Using several mediums from workshops,
study groups, publications, site-specific, performances, videos, and art installations, she explores the social implications
of the food system to critically address wider issues such as ecology, gender, class, and geopolitics.
She has participated
in several exhibitions including Sharjah Biennial 15 in Sharjah (2023), Dhaka Art Summit in Dhaka (2020), Karachi Biennale
in Karachi (2019) and ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, at QAGOMA, Brisbane (2018) among others.
Currently
Elia is participating in a research residency at Zukunftshof, Vienna.
