FX Harsono – Writing in the Rain

FX Harsono, born 1949 in Blitar, is an Indonesian contemporary artist and well-known for his critical attitude towards Indonesian politics, society and culture. Writing in the Rain is a video performance recorded in 2011 and shows him continuously writing his name with an ink brush on glass while the water washes the characters away — an intriguing meditation on existence, cultural identity, fugaciousness and endurance. Writing in the Rain was the centrepiece of his 2012 same-titled solo exhibition at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in New York.