LEGENDA Exhibition. Indonesian legends find a new home in Australia.

In the exhibition LEGENDA at the Signal gallery in Melbourne, four mythical Indonesian characters are shown negotiating life in an Australian context. What Indonesian values do they bring to their new home?

Some of the four folkloric characters presented in LEGENDA are from Indonesian interpretations of Hindu epics, the story of Rama and Sinta or Nyai Roro Kidul. Source: Image courtesy Natasha Hertanto - Melbourne, Mar 2021.

Natasha Hertanto is a young writer and artist who worked with Helena Wijaya to bring the exhibition LEGENDA to the Signal gallery.  Natasha explains what people will see at the exhibition of photos, textiles and murals and why she chose folkloric characters to deal with issues of identity and belonging.

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In the exhibition LEGENDA, beautiful photos illustrate Indonesian folkloric characters as members of the diaspora. Source: Image courtesy Natasha Hertanto - Melbourne, Mar 2021