Jompet Kuswidananto started as a musician, producing records and performances while studying communications science at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. The eclectically trained, polyvalent artist, who lives and works in Yogyakarta, remains profoundly attached to Indonesia and renders its turbulent history. In his visual art, he has used his knowledge of traditional shadow theatre and other performing arts to develop a personal style of multimedia specialisation. This specialisation aims to provide both aesthetic pleasure and accounts of the changing identities that have shaped and indeed continue to shape individuals' and communities’ fate in Indonesia and beyond.