The process of working as a phantom or an artist, who is mischievous and cosmopolitan, moving from place to place just to distribute the art form that he or she strives for. Is such a movement efficient? Regardless of the final value that makes the movement efficient or inefficient, everything that is done is good and will have a positive impact on the perpetrators without exception, although the negative impact will also always be there.

Young people today who are serious about becoming an artist must indeed think of a mature strategy, thinking of a mature strategy does not mean that they must always be serious or grumble to achieve it, only seriousness and the right strategy to bring themselves into the flow of the art field. However, it is undeniable that to penetrate a field that is truly sustainable is very difficult to do, but that does not mean it cannot be done. Besides trying to get into an art scene, there is another strategy, which is to create our own scene that makes us strong enough to compete with other scenes. The third way that seems to be very beneficial is to do the two strategies simultaneously, namely by creating a field of its own and also continue to promote itself so that it is also accepted in other art fields, in short, this is a strategy to expand the network1.

Ari art held a solo exhibition for the second time, this time in one of the alternative spaces in the city of Surakarta, namely artspace. Ruang Atas is one of the most progressive spaces according to my observations, it conducts many activities to distribute art widely even though it does not target the market directly, but I believe that gradually the movements carried out by Ruang Atas will produce something good if done sustainably. It is in this space that two almost similar forms of movement are brought together, the movement carried out by the space itself, and the form of movement carried out by artists.When the two meet (between artists and space) I believe they will be able to synergize well.

As we know, ari art is mostly engaged in streetart, making works that are classified as vandal works, referring to the work and actions of the artist. In this exhibition titled euphoria, Ari will explore his work and everything that makes him happy, because there is no tendency in this exhibition, I see only forms of existentialism and narcissism emphasized in this exhibition, but that does not mean it is bad. When an exhibition or any other form has a focus on what the event is for, it will certainly have a positive impact, because the process will become easier because it has a clear direction.

This is indeed a rah-rah event that is made in such a way as to carry out a fun process, focusing on having fun with the approach of an art exhibition, yes art is only a cover for having fun. There is nothing to blame for that, because that’s how it should be, whatever we do should be fun at least for ourselves.

• Written as a curatorial introduction to the exhibition entitled Euphoria Ariart solo Exhibition
• In 23-25 Januari 2016
• At Ruang Atas, Surakart