Born 1985, Jakarta, Indonesia
Lives and works in Bandung, Indonesia

Bagus Pandega builds objects and devices into modular systems that operate as live and active multi-sensory works. His sculptures and installations are webs of mechanical, sound, light and automated kinetic constructions, developed around narratives of specific social contexts. Cheap, everyday technologies are combined with industrial and machine materials, instruments and cymbal stands from drumkits. In Pandega’s recent works, he has introduced natural materials, carefully selected not only to contribute to the works’ underlying narrative but also for their biological energy and mechanical triggering potential. Plants and flowers are incorporated in installations, connected through MIDI sprouts (which convert biodata from plants into music) to trigger instruments and mechanics.

A Diasporic Mythology is a kinetic and sound installation developed from Pandega’s interest in the historical narratives and circulation of instruments. Connected to a series of tea plants, it brings together examples of Indonesian and Japanese string instruments to explore a history of influence and exchange.