Ahmad Sujai is a cultural practitioner known as a member of Jatiwangi art Factory, a community-based organization focused on examining how contemporary art and cultural practices can be contextualized with the local life in rural areas, both form or ideas. He believes that art as a vibrant meeting ground for dialogue, ignites the collective imagination and negotiates the complexities of social reality.
Ahmad Sujai (Jai) is currently studying Rural Sociology under the Faculty of Human Ecology. In the last 9 years, he has been involved in Jatiwangi art Factory, he became director of JAF TV, art and community television based in Jatiwangi. Since January 2021, Sujai is fulfilling his duties as a director of Jatiwangi art Factory for 2021 -2022 period. in 2020, Together with Jatiwangi art Factory, he has been involved in a family forest/collective forest project called Perhutana.
He participated in several art projects and residencies, such as Village Video Festival 2017, and West Java West Yorkshire Cooperative Movement Residency Program in Leeds, UK 2019, Documenta Fifteen in Kassel, Germany 2022. His work ranges from community organizing and creating multi-actor encounters in an art-oriented way.
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