(2026)
This project arises from my observations of Kampung Daleman as a part of the city that is not fully designed, but actively made. Amid continuous urban change, Daleman residents employ subtle everyday practices—often informal and unrecorded—to navigate space. Painted walls are not grand artworks but brushstrokes that make the neighbourhood speak; these informal aesthetics are one way people assert presence. Behind those murals, vernacular homes are arranged as they can be: green pots on sills, laundry that marks the rhythm of the day—small strategies to maintain balance. Narrow alleys that become places for children’s play are acts of spatial negotiation: quiet, ongoing efforts that keep the city livable. In these gestures I see more than buildings; I see a gentle, resourceful form of endurance.
This project was produced as a result of a residency program organized by AIIOC UNAIR with the theme “Ritus Liyan — Mundane Rites,” which documents and narrates the social life, ecology, history, and collective memory of the community.