Brigitta Isabella

Lecturer, Institut Seni Indonesia and member of Kunci Study Forum and Collective

Ms Brigitta Isabella
Ms Brigitta Isabella

Brigitta Isabella is a cognitive worker in formal and informal institutional settings. She is part of a self-organized research group based in Yogyakarta, Kunci Study Forum & Collective; involves a network of feminist artists across Indonesian archipelago PERETAS (Perempuan Lintas Batas, Women Crossing Boundaries); and a member of the translocal editorial collective of Southeast of Now. In 2021, she started working at the Visual Art and Design Faculty in Indonesian Institute of Art Yogyakarta. Her academic research trajectory revolves around the questions of the politics of mobility and cosmopolitanism in art practices and the (art) history of transnational solidarity. She was an editor of an anthology of essays on artistic practice and democratic activism published by Yayasan Kelola (Jakarta, 2018) titled Unjuk Rasa: Seni, Performativitas, dan Aktivisme.

Ibu Brigitta Isabella adalah pekerja kognitif di insitusi formal dan informal. Dia anggota dari Kunci Study Forum & Collective, grup riset mandiri yang berbasis di Yogyakarta; ia terlibat juga dengan PERETAS (Perempuan Lintas Batas) jaringan perupa feminis lintas kepulauan di Indonesia; dan anggota Southeast of Now, kolektif editorial translokal. Dia mengajar di Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain, Insititut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta. Riset akademisnya berada di seputaran politik mobilitas dan kosmopolitanisme dalam praktek seni rupa dan sejarah seni dalam mobilitas transnational. Brigitta telah mengedit antologi esai tentang praktek kesenian dan aktivisme demokratis yang berjudul Unjuk Rasa: Seni, Performativitas dan Aktivisme yang diterbitkan oleh Yayasan Kelola (Jakarta 2018).