Riar Rizaldi, Notes from Gog Magog, 2022 (still)
INTERVIEW WITH RIAR RIZALDI
Notes from Gog Magog (2022) was presented during a screening event at Goldsmiths CCA on 9 November 2023 as part of the public programme for the Karrabing Film Collective’s exhibition. The screening featured films that critique colonial legacies, capitalism, and environmental degradation through the genre of horror. Riar Rizaldi’s film was screened alongside the films Nosferasta: First Bite (2021) by Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer and Oba and The Family and the Zombie (2021) by the Karrabing Film Collective. Click here to download an extended interview with artist and filmmaker Riar Rizaldi
Riar Rizaldi’s films draw on the specificity of Indonesia. In the 70s, horror films were used by the New Order regime by General Suharto, in Indonesia, to put into relief the contrast between the superstitious countryside and the assertive order of the urban centers. Over time, this dynamic underwent some changes resulting from the regime change, but also from the emergence of new DIY ways of filmmaking, coming from rural contexts as an alternative cinematic space.
Notes from Gog Magog (2022) is an exploration of the interconnection between ghost stories, tech company culture in South Korea, and the economy of logistics in Indonesia told through a notebook/premake film and dossier of an unmade techno-horror feature-length film set in between port in Jakarta and an unnamed employee assistance programme office in Seoul.
Notes from Gog Magog (2022) was presented during a screening event at Goldsmiths CCA on 9 November 2023 as part of the public programme for the Karrabing Film Collective’s exhibition. The screening featured films that critique colonial legacies, capitalism, and environmental degradation through the genre of horror. Riar Rizaldi’s film was screened alongside the films Nosferasta: First Bite (2021) by Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer and Oba and The Family and the Zombie (2021) by the Karrabing Film Collective. Click here to download an extended interview with artist and filmmaker Riar Rizaldi
Riar Rizaldi’s films draw on the specificity of Indonesia. In the 70s, horror films were used by the New Order regime by General Suharto, in Indonesia, to put into relief the contrast between the superstitious countryside and the assertive order of the urban centers. Over time, this dynamic underwent some changes resulting from the regime change, but also from the emergence of new DIY ways of filmmaking, coming from rural contexts as an alternative cinematic space.
Notes from Gog Magog (2022) is an exploration of the interconnection between ghost stories, tech company culture in South Korea, and the economy of logistics in Indonesia told through a notebook/premake film and dossier of an unmade techno-horror feature-length film set in between port in Jakarta and an unnamed employee assistance programme office in Seoul.
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