Aluminium Gapura Miniature in Ubud
By Lucas Leo Catalano
Artist Bio
Photographer of multinational heritage based between Australia, Indonesia, and Italy. Working on long term projects of personal and contemporary importance. Primarily aimed at the photo-book medium. First photographing during teenage years to then study photojournalism at the GraffitiPress School in Italy. Followed by Visual Communication at the Istituto Europeo di Design. Graduating into spot and community news photography work, till self assigned projects became the main focus.
Artist Statement / Description of artwork
The photo series Agama Tirtha Kontemporer is a portrait of Bali taken from a perspective sceptical of there being an "authentic" Bali today. Challenging the dominant outdated visual identity of Bali that has become synonymous with tourism propaganda and post-colonial vanity. Instead portraying a multicultural and multinational identity that is tied together by a singular omnipresent feeling to place - the ubiquitous force of water.