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By artists, for artists

Fridskul Common Library. Photo: Victoria Tomaschko

There were rugs, cushions, couches and chairs. There were TVs. There were books for browsing and perusing. There were vegetable gardens. In one, there was a beautiful woven bamboo structure, under which people cooked, ate and talked. There was a room for children, too. For the bigger kids, there was a small skateboarding ramp.

But not every space felt like a living room, a library, a place to hang out or a space to play. There were also spaces more typical of an art exhibition — rooms darkened and partitioned by black curtains for film screenings, rooms with artworks and explanatory panels on their walls.

Curated by Jakarta-based collective ruangrupa, the 15th…

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