ruangrupa has based documenta fifteen upon the values and ideas of lumbung. lumbung, which directly translates as “rice barn”, refers to a communal building in rural Indonesia where a community’s harvest is gathered, stored and distributed according to jointly determined criteria as a pooled resource for the future. As a concrete practice, lumbung is the starting point of documenta fifteen: principles of collectivity, resource building and equitable distribution are pivotal to the curatorial work and impact the entire process — the structure, self-image and appearance of documenta fifteen.
The collective’s way of working is based on an alternative, community-oriented model of sustainability in ecological, social and economic terms, in which resources, ideas or knowledge are shared, as well as social participation. The idea of sustainability is also comprehensively considered in the exhibition planning in all its manifestations.
Text by ruangrupa.
MADEYOULOOK, Mafolofolo, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: Elena Parwan
Wajukuu Art Projects. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wajukuu Art Projects, Ngugi Waweru, Kahiu Kogi gatemaga mwene, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wajukuu Art Projects, Lazarus Tumbuti, Mother care 1, 2021. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: Elena Parwan
Wajukuu Art Projects, Ngugi Waweru, Tega Niku Tege, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wajukuu Art Projects, Untitled, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wakaliga Uganda, Football Kommando, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wakaliga Uganda, Football Kommando, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wakaliga Uganda, Football Kommando, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Wakaliga Uganda, Football Kommando, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger, Abdoulaye Konaté, Hommage aux chasseurs du Mandé, 1996. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger, Tuareg tent, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Fondation Festival sur le Niger. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Centre d’art Waza. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Black Quantum Futurism. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Black Quantum Futurism. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Black Quantum Futurism. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Black Quantum Futurism. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Richard Bell, Sol, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Richard Bell, Gallery Hand Out, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Richard Bell, Kessel Road Protest, 2022. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Keleketla! Library. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Keleketla! Library. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Keleketla! Library. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Archives des luttes des femmes en Algérie. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Another Roadmap School Africa Cluster. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Another Roadmap School Africa Cluster. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
Another Roadmap School Africa Cluster. Installation view at documenta fifteen, Kassel. Photo: C&
