After holding ARTJOG Resilience last year, which responded to the pandemic, ARTJOG 2021 returned to the curatorial scheme they had arranged since 2018. This year, the festival uses Time (to) Wonder as its frame, continuing the second edition of the trilogy arts in common. The exhibition carried out the issue of 'time' as the key concept and showcased the latest works of 41 (individuals and groups) artists who all live and work in Indonesia.
In addition to the exhibition program, ARTJOG will also present educational programs such as the Young Artist Award (absent last year), Exhibition Tour, and Meet the Artist. Furthermore, the Expanded ARTJOG program is still presented as a strategy for managing the art festival, recording its reality. The Daily Performance program presented various works of music, theatre, contemporary dance, and performance art. ARTCARE, which was initially a form of contribution of artists and art activists to humanity, improved its quality to impact the art ecosystem more.
The first year of the COVID 19 pandemic has taught how to organize a visual arts festival that's adaptive to technological development and preventive against safety and health risks. But the Government's implementation of Penerapan Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat Darurat (Emergency Community Activity Restriction) requires ARTJOG to run in an online format until it ended.
ARTJOG di tahun kedua pandemi berencana tetap diselenggarakan dengan menyesuaikan diri terhadap aturan protokol kesehatan seperti tahun sebelumnya. Mendekati pembukaan, angka kasus Covid-19 semakin parah. PPKM diberlakukan, yang berarti sangat tidak memungkinkan adanya pengunjung di lokasi. ARTJOG harus menyiapkan siasat baru dengan cepat, menguji kreativitas dan ketahanannya dengan seni sebagai penunjuk jalannya.