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RUANGRUPA TOKO PURA-PURA (QUASI-SHOP)

Jakarta-based artist collective ruangrupa staged Toko Pura-Pura as a play on ‘toko rupa-rupa,’ or ‘assorted shop’—where many of ’s Indonesian domestic workers’ daily needs are met. Utilising old and new archives, the shop served as a transactional space where knowledge and ideas were exchanged through collaborations with Hong Kong-based artists, musicians, designers, and cultural initiatives. ruangrupa Toko Pura–Pura (Quasi–Shop) August–September 2016

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Toko Pura-Pura (Quasi-Shop) Credits Editing by Ingrid Chu Organised by ruangrupa Editing assistance by Lucia Kim, 26 Aug–30 Sep 2016 Maloy Lukian, and Grace Tsoi.

AAA Project Team All photography and images . Ingrid Chu courtesy of Art Archive . Susanna Chung unless otherwise noted. . Claire Hsu . Hammad Nasar Additional photography by . Vivian Poon, Inviter Kitmin Lee (pp 4, 21: 7-8); . Chantal Wong Jason Ma (pp 20-21: 1-4); and ruangrupa (pp 2-3, 6, 20-21: 5-6). AAA Project Coordinator . Holly Leung Additional images (pp 7-19) courtesy of: Special Thanks . Come Inside . dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) © 2016 OMQ ZMEDIA LTD. . doing.hk . Eli Design . Kemalreza Gibranos Hani Charaf, Kemistry Design . The Interzone Collective . Mickey Lee ISBN 978-988-13427-5-1 . Peter Leung © 2017 Asia Art Archive . Erin Li All rights reserved . Elaine Lin . Merry Lamb Lamb . mosunsun . nomad nomad . Onion Peterman . Adi ‘Dhigel’ Setiawan . Natasha Gabriella Tontey

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