FX Harsono Indonesia, b. 1949

The series of My Dream, My Journey and Tracing History #2 is an effort to build collective memories of the history of the Chinese people with their initial activities, both culturally and politically in Indonesia, which became known as 'Peranakan Chinese Culture'. This memory has reached the recognition of the existence of Chinese ethnic groups as citizens who are always differentiated and are not considered to have the same position as the other populations. As a result, ethnic Chinese are considered not to have contributed to the development of the nation of Indonesia.
For instance, there were five Chinese people who participated in the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence (BPUPKI), namely Liem Koen Hian, Oei Tiang Tjoei, Oey Tjong Hauw, Tan Eng Hoa and Yap Tjwan Bing. These names then disappeared from the historical record of Indonesian independence while other participants were awarded a badge of honours by Soeharto. The example above is only a small part of the role of the Chinese in the history of Indonesian independence. I hope that my works will become part of the struggle for ethnic Chinese to rewrite Indonesian history. This struggle is not only political, but also cultural.