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Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia
Volume 6, Number 1, March 2022
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"With Every Breath, I Build the House":Marintan Sirait's Building a House and Its Performative Quality

Sally Oey
Figures 1–3. Marintan forming circles with coconut shell ash around little mountains of soil. Kami Sedang Membangun Rumah/Building a House, installation/performance, Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 26 September 1996, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Courtesy of the artist and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Figures 1–3.

Marintan forming circles with coconut shell ash around little mountains of soil. Kami Sedang Membangun Rumah/Building a House, installation/performance, Second Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 26 September 1996, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. Courtesy of the artist and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

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