ICA kyoto TALK 064

From One Screen for Many to Many Screens for One

Speaker： Tromarama (Artist Collective / Indonesia)
Moderator： Mami Kataoka (Director of ICA Kyoto)
Consecutive Interpreter： Miho Tsujii

Tromarama, an artist collective formed in 2006, has continually evolved its artistic practice in response to changing media environments. From stop-motion music videos made with woodblock prints to recent projects engaging with the internet, social media, and artificial intelligence (AI), their work consistently questions the relationship between technology and human experience with humor and critical insight. This talk, “From One Screen for Many to Many Screens for One,” traces Tromarama’s nearly twenty years of activity through the lens of a changing media landscape—from an era when one screen was shared by many, to today’s environment where each of us is surrounded by multiple, personalized screens. Presenting works spanning their earliest pieces to their latest, the collective will discuss their collaborative process and their evolving relationship with ever-changing technology.

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Event Details

Date： July 3 (Fri.), 2026, 18:30-20:00
Venue： Studio21, Kyoto University of the Arts
Capacity： Approx. 50 persons / Advance booking is not required
Admission： Free
Organized by： ICA Kyoto, Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School
Cooperation： Higashiyama Artists Placement Service (HAPS)

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Toromarama

Tromarama is an artist collective based in Jakarta and Bandung, Indonesia, founded by Febie Babyrose, Herbert Hans, and Ruddy Hatumena in 2006. Their work plays with the connections between technology, society, and daily routines. Using video, installations, and interventions with everyday objects, their projects often explore the thin line between labor and leisure within an online platforms. They are interested in how digital platforms reshape social behaviors and economic practices, exposing the tensions and contradictions inherent in this evolving landscape. They live and work between Bandung and Jakarta.

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About ICA Kyoto TALK

ICA Kyoto was set up in 2020 as an adjunct to the Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School, and since then has offered an ongoing program of talks with guest artists, curators, and researchers working in Japan and elsewhere. ICA Kyoto TALK is part of this program, and has now merged with the previous Global Art Talk initiative in a platform designed to connect Kyoto with diverse art scenes worldwide, and encourage dialogue. The aim of ICA Kyoto TALK is to open up new perspectives by moving between local, on-the-ground activities and global trends to deliver authentic experiences of our multilayered world.

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Contact

info-icakyoto@office.kyoto-art.ac.jp

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