Crossovers and Rewrites:
BORDERS OVER ASIA
Eko Nugroho
Bercerobong
Video, 5mins 11sec, 2002
The work begins with the scrolling text: “The North Korean Military positioned along the demilitarized zone responded to America's preventive air strike that had just a few minutes earlier destroyed its nuclear facilities..” The artist duo describes in explicit details the fantasy of the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust - the final destruction of South Korea.
Bercerobong (chimneying) Using simple drawing and animation, Eko portrays a society in a shifting political atmosphere. After the downfall of the Soharto regime, everyone in turn - politicians, armies, governmental officers, religious teachers - have to constantly morph like chameleons changing their attitudes, their actions, their manner of speech, with their conversation partners.