Considering the importance of reference in stringing up works by artists who participate in the exhibition, ART|JOG|12 picked a theme `Looking East` with Bambang `Toko` Witjaksono as the curator. The commission artist, Joko Dwi Avianto, discussed the diminishing of bamboo forest in Indonesia. Using broken bamboo as the technique, he wove thousands of intact bamboos to cover the facade of Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. Some unique creation processes also found in two other commission artists, Angki Purbandono and I Made Widya Diputra. Meanwhile, for Special|Presentation, ARTJOG presented two artists who gained serious attention from the international public of fine art, Ashley Bickerton and Wim Delvoye. Bickerton also participated in Artist|Talk program as a speaker.