Leyla Stevens & Bianca Winataputri present on Sang gunung menyerahkan jejaknya ke laut

The exhibition Sang gunung menyerahkan jejaknya ke laut presented a series of moving image artworks by Australian-Balinese artist Leyla Stevens at Cush Cush Gallery in Denpasar, Bali, from 11 August to 10 September 2023. Curated by Bianca Winataputri, the works featured in this exhibition offer a transcultural perspective on southern Bali’s histories and explore the ways in which Bali’s coastlines have been reshaped by global tourism and sustained colonial imaginations.

The exhibition title alludes to a spatial shift of the centre point in Bali, which previously and historically centred on the mountain (Gunung Agung) but now, with mass tourism, has been repositioned to the coastal lines with rapid developments that accommodate a 'beachfront view'.

Connecting several historical trajectories around political violence, surf tourism, the Wallace Line, Gunung Agung, and spirits who inhabit the natural world, the exhibition focused on counterpoint histories in Bali that continue to shape and contest its position as an…