Anita Bonit Purniawati
Merry Go Round, 2025
Multilayer risograph print on paper
29.7 x 42 cm
'Seven fish continue to move within a circle, following the same current with no beginning or end. Each movement brings them back to the same point, creating a continuous cycle....
"Seven fish continue to move within a circle, following the same current with no beginning or end. Each movement brings them back to the same point, creating a continuous cycle.
The repetitive movement becomes a reflection of everyday life: constantly moving, going through routines, pursuing something, and trying to move forward, only to eventually encounter the same feelings and circumstances again. The distance between the fish is not always the same, while traces of their movement appear faint, layered, and repeated, like recordings of a cycle that has taken place countless times.
Merry Go Round presents movement that does not necessarily mean a journey—a state in which constantly moving does not always mean going somewhere, while the desire to stop or step outside the cycle remains."
The repetitive movement becomes a reflection of everyday life: constantly moving, going through routines, pursuing something, and trying to move forward, only to eventually encounter the same feelings and circumstances again. The distance between the fish is not always the same, while traces of their movement appear faint, layered, and repeated, like recordings of a cycle that has taken place countless times.
Merry Go Round presents movement that does not necessarily mean a journey—a state in which constantly moving does not always mean going somewhere, while the desire to stop or step outside the cycle remains."
