This work is part of Nindya Nareswari’s ongoing study of light, developed during her three-week residency in Yogyakarta. She cyanotypes German and Indonesian rice on rice paper under the local sun, the sun of her home, turning a cycle of growth into one of remembering and recalling the Javanese calendar, Pranata Mangsa, where cycles of light guide planting and harvesting.

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Rice functions as both material and memory, connecting her life between Indonesia and Germany. German rice gestures toward new memories and futures, while Indonesian rice carries heritage and return. Together, they reflect the layered experience of living across places and distances.

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Hung like a “curtain,” the cyanotyped rice papers form a soft boundary between homes, presence, and absence. Ephemeral as food yet preserved by light, the installation reflects how materials, memories, and identities shift over time, shaped by cycles of growth, transformation, and impermanence.

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It was a part of "Dealing in Distance" Residency Program funded by Goethe Institut.

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