Selected Projects
Against Archival Amnesia: Ratna Asmara and Collective Acts of Recovery (2026)
A performance lecture on archival activism and feminist historiography. Through Kelas Liarsip’s recovery of Ratna Asmara, the work reimagines archives as sites of collective care, resistance, and intervention against the historical erasure of women from cinema history. Dramaturg-director: Umi Lestari. Written and Performed by Umi Lestari, Julita Pratiwi, and Efi Sri Handayani.
I Saw Her in Motion (2025)
I Saw Her in Motion is an essay film directed by Umi Lestari that re-examines the lives and works of pioneering female directors Ratna Asmara and Kay Mander—who were active in the early days of Indonesian independence.
Tiga Kanal Tentang Krisna Murti (2024 - 2025)
This three channel video works, a collaboration with Mahardika Yudha, shows how the father of Indonesian media arts, Krisna Murti, became the “infrastructure” of media arts in Indonesia. It combines the thoughts and archive of Krisna Murti.
Film Anak Klasik Indonesia (2024)
A curatorial work, in collaboration with Bioscil at Yogyakarta, to screen two earliest children film from Indonesia: Mardi and the Monkey (Kay Mander, 1953) and si Melati (Basuki Effendi, 1954).
Pameran B. Resobowo (2021)
A curatorial work supported by Galeri Nasional Indonesia. Pameran B. Resobowo traces the life and works of the exiled artist in the post-colonial Indonesia.
