Farid Rakun is an artist, writer, editor, teacher, and instigator based in Jakarta. He is also part of the artists’ collective ruangrupa. It is a non-profit organization that strives to support art within the urban and cultural context by involving artists and other disciplines (social sciences, politics, technology, media, etc.) to give critical observation and views towards Indonesian urban contemporary issues.

This focus springs from a desire to explore how art can play a role in not only cultural but also political or social spheres – not separate from life, but part of life itself. ruangrupa is internationally recognized as the artistic directors of lumbung one (also known as documenta fifteen).