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STAND ALONE IF YOU MUST, BUT YOU MUST STAND

In a world proliferating with information and accelerating changes faster than our capacity to absorb them, Kadek’s artworks offer a “counter-tempo”: a reflective pause cultivated through laborious physical and mental means. Through a hybrid visual language of lino-cut prints, he neither rejects the past nor fetishises the present, but negotiates form discoveries mediated through the self. Curated by Army, the exhibition insists that meaning-making and transformation are possible only when we stand with awareness, imagination, and integrity. It is an encouragement to recognise that meaning is fragile, yet renewable.

Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Nonfrasa - Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds
Nonfrasa is delighted to present 'Nothing remained unchanged but the clouds', a solo exhibition by Sastra Wibawa. Exploring repetition, restraint, and the subtle tension between structure and disintegration, Wibawa’s latest paintings appear initially as measured grids and restrained forms.

Women Who Carry The Mountain

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Citra Sasmita - Women Who Carry The Mountain
Inspired by the ancient Balinese creation myth of Bedawang Nala—the colossal turtle entwined with three dragons representing the earth, sea, and wind—Sasmita’s works reinterpret these sacred elements that represent the world’s equilibrium through a contemporary feminist lens. Their harmony ensures the earth’s stability, while their disturbance brings forth earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

ARCH

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Nonfrasa - Arch
Arch presents the ongoing studies and exploration of compositions by Dewa Alit, Aditya Surya Taruna, Putu Septa and Dea Barandana. These artists share an interest in working within, rather than against or independent of, material realities and conventions.

Dealing in Distance

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Dealing in Distance
This traveling mini-festival across Southeast Asia—initiated by the Goethe-Institut in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines—offers a cross-cultural dialogue between artists and local communities. It features a series of exhibitions, performances, workshops, film screenings, and other satellite programs collaboratively curated alongside two local curators, Savitri Sastrawan and Wayan Sumahardika.

Print-Mapping: Decolonial Axis

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Print-Mapping- Decolonial Axis
Drawing from colonial archives of Bali, Agung Pramana traces how cultural representations were shaped, displaced, and solidified through colonial systems and museums. Utilising the medium of printmaking, archives are manipulated as a decolonial strategy to reopen history, question the authority of representation, and reformulate how we interpret the past today.

KAYUN

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A solo presentation that re-examines the position of the individual amidst the currents of modernity and the roots of tradition. Through meditative strokes, Agus reinterprets leaf forms as a space for contemplation regarding the socio-cultural tensions that surround us.

Cycles & Journeys

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Cycles & Journeys
An art exhibition by Nyoman Handi Yasa, exploring life as a continuous movement of beginnings, transitions, and returns. Created from natural materials and thoughtfully repurposed remnants, each work transforms once-discarded elements into meaningful artistic expressions. Through layered forms and cultural narratives, the exhibition invites quiet reflection on time, memory, and the journeys we carry within.

DUARRR! Ledakan yang Disadari

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Ruang Arta Derau - DUARRR! Ledakan yang Disadari
A solo exhibition by Denny Novikar Nasution. This is the legend of a man from Sumatra, a journey of caring for Bali that shaped him as an artist, releasing an inner detonation through bold colors, raw gestures, and spiritual narratives that trace where he comes from and where he is heading.

Makan di Ruang Tengah

Paras - Cultural Events in Bali - Makan di Ruang Tengah
In collaboration with Nawangseta Design Studio, the architectural designer of Seta Coffee Library, artist and photographer Ade Ardhana responds to the space through explorations of proportion, colour, and encounters with Nusantara flavours drawn from Mustika Rasa. ‘Makan di Ruang Tengah’ (Eating in the Living Room) invites you to reflect on eating as a spatial experience. More than just a table at the centre, it becomes a meeting point of relations, visuals, and taste, shaping how we are present, meet, and share.