Toko (Shop)
Netherlands / 2014-2019 / intervention in public space, performance / bicycle, kronjot (crate), plastic household utensils from Indonesia 

I was artist-in-residence at Rhizomatic, a project space for artistic research in the North of Amsterdam, during the month of June 2014. Within their program De kleine winkel om de hoek (The shop around the corner) I developed an intervention in public space: the performance Toko. Every Saturday afternoon I cycled through various neighbourhoods in Amsterdam Noord with my mobile shop installed on a bicycle. I was offering typically Indonesian plastic products, like rice spoons, sitting mats, gayung (water dippers), drying racks etc. I had brought all items from Yogyakarta to the Netherlands. While yelling "Plastik! plastik!" I attracted attention from potential buyers. Part of the performance were the many conversations with the audience about the pros and cons of plastic. The work stems from my love-hate relationship with the material..

Toko is part 1 of the series Plastic Indonesia
Concept and design Su Tomesen i.c.w. Teguh Hartanto
Photo documentation: Teguh Hartanto and Daniel Zimmer
Video documentation of the performance: Janou Treffers

Continued performances: 
2019 Museum IJsselstein, intervention during group exhibition Vrijplaats, curated by Imke Ruigrok
2017 Onomatopee Eindhoven, part of a series of interventions We are the market!, curated by Freek Lomme
2016 CBK Amsterdam Oost, intervention at solo exhibition Ontroerwoud of Wim Vonk