Born and raised in Indonesia as a royal court dancer in the classical Surakarta tradition, Naniek K. moved to Berlin in 1978, where she built a career as a fashion model. ratu by jee chan is an intimate portrait of this magnetic performer, now 81 years old – an intergenerational exploration of tradition, gender, social agency, and embodied memory.
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jee chan: ratu
jee chan: ratu
jee chan: ratu
While honoring her extraordinary life story, the work questions how tradition persists and transforms within diasporas. Ritual meets the runway in a performance driven by sound artists Rose & Zach, who provocatively style Javanese gamelan with electronic synths.
- Javanese. Indonesian with English surtitles
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Dates
January 2026
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