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During the military regime of General Suharto (1967-98), artists in the country made use of the street, their bodies and experiments to express their political opinions. Performance art became the artistic-activist activity par excellence because it could happen anywhere, required little in the way of resources, and wasn’t bound to any particular medium or time. After democratization, artists continued to develop performances to show how contemporary art can break through colonial power structures and explore new social and artistic realities. Today, Indonesia still has a very lively …