Melati Suryodarmo: Embodied Ritual and the Persistence of Presence Melati Suryodarmo, born in Surakarta, Indonesia, in 1969, stands as a singular figure within Indonesian performance art—a practitioner whose work delves into profound explorations of physicality, repetition, and the elusive nature of consciousness itself. Her artistic trajectory began with an immersion in diverse cultural traditions, notably Sumarah, a meditative pract…