Curriculum Vitae

Education
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1996-2003
M.A. Political Science and M.A. Philosophy

Professional
2011-present
Co-founder Roma Arts, a think tank focusing on the arts

2010-present
Freelance writer for international media focusing on art and architecture

2003-2010
Political science and philosophy lecturer at universities in Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia

Publications
"Biennale fever in Indonesia, Temporary sites for contemporary art," Art Monthly Australia (forthcoming)

"Body and Space in the Work of Erika Erika Ernawan," in exhibition catalog (Bandung: Lawangwangi, forthcoming)

"Archiving the contemporary, Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong," International Institute for Asian Studies 59 (Spring 2012): 44-5; see here

Overlapping Territories, Asian Voices on Culture and Civilization, eds. Bambang Sugiharto and Roy Voragen (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011); see here for more info

"Albert Yonathan, Ceramic Poetry," the Pocket Arts Guide 26 (December 2011): 18-21; see here

"Three Begets Ten Thousand Things," Asia Views/Tempo Magazine, November 16-22, 2011, 24-6

"Lontar: found in translation, Publishing Indonesian literature in English," International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter 58 (Autumn/Winter 2011): 38-9; see here

"The art of video art: video art and O.K. Video Festival," C-Arts Magazine 21 (October 2011): 88-96; see here

"Eyes on Indonesian Art," the Pocket Arts Guide 24 (October 2011): 22-7; see here

"Rumah Baca" and "Achmad D. Tardiyana: the sensibilities of an architect," Futurarc 23, no.4 (2011): 50-3

"Opening-up architecture, rethinking life," see here

"Public Space and the Right to the City," Tempo Magazine, June 29 - July 5 2011, 49; see here

"System Singapore," the Jakarta Globe, 21-6-2011; see here

"Art as Play, the drawings of R.E. Hartanto," Whiteboard Journal, 18-5-2011; see here

"Open house in a not so open society, The Third Singapore Biennale, 13 March - 13 May," Tempo Magazine, May 18-24 2011, 64-5

"Solidarity in global risk society," the Jakarta Post, 18-2-2011, 7; see here

"If we are all special, culture is meaningless," the Jakarta Globe, 4-1-2010; see here

"Art of Living as a Tragic Fate, An Autobiographical Reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's Ecce Homo," Melintas 25, no.3 (December 2009): 313-38; see here

"Search for identity requires open mind," the Jakarta Globe, 30-6-2009, A15; see here

"Overlapping Territories, The Proximity of Strangers," Melintas 25, no.1 (April 2009): 31-44.

Politics Matters, But We Hate It," Melintas 25, no.1 (April 2009):93-6

"Modern-day Nihilists, the Inherent Value of Life and the Reason Amrozi Smiled," the Jakarta Globe, 6-1-2009, A14; see here

"Ludwig Wittgenstein: religion as a from of life," Melintas 24, no.3 (December 2008)

"Questions made possible by the porn law," the Jakarta Globe, 11-12-2008, A14; see here

"The Cosmopolitization of Bandung in the Era of Globalization," Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan 4, no.2 (September 2008): 114-30

"The City as Autobiography: The Self and The City as Reflexive Projects," Melintas 24, no.2 (August 2008): 163-83; see here

"Place Polygamy: Globalization and Cosmopolitizanization," Melintas 24, no.2 (August 2008): 285-8

"Bandung: The World in the City," the Jakarta Post, 28-6-2008, 6; see here

"What if Socrates would have been Indonesian? Religious Intolerance and Civic Toleration in Present-Day Indonesia," Arabia, Jurnal Kebudayaan Arab 10, no.20 (October 2007 - March 2008): 112-24

"Freedom of Expression running wild, wilder, Wilders," the Jakarta Post, 14-3-2008, 6; see here

"Southeast Asian Democratization in the Era of Globalization," the Jakarta Post, 16-1-2008, 6; see here

"Fear and Freedom in Indonesian Cities," the Jakarta Post, 3-11-2007, 7; see here

"The many faces of poverty in Indonesia," the Jakarta Post, 22-8-2007, 7

"In the face of fatality: amor fati, fatum brutum," in Amor Fati exhibition catalog (Bandung: Selasar Sunaryo Art Space); see here

"Turn Jakarta in a city for the rich and poor," the Jakarta Post, 5-5-2007, 7

"Civil Society and Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia," Melintas 22, no.3 (December 2006 - March 2007): 741-54

"Pamuk: A great writer, a worthy Nobel laureate," the Jakarta Post, 4-1-2006, 6

"Clash of Civilization? Discussions on Islam in the Netherlands," Arabia, Jurnal Kebudayaan Arab 8, no.17 (April - September 2006): 123-130

"How free are Indonesians today?" the Jakarta Post, 5-6-2006, 6; see here

"Dutch Muslim woman enrages Islamists," the Jakarta Post, 14-2-2006, 6

"Agreed to Disagree, Freedom of Expression and Diversity," Melintas 21, no.3 (December 2005 - March 2006): 317-30

"Freedom of the press or religious freedom?" the Jakarta Post, 14-2-2006, 6

"Political Liberalism: A Defense of State Neutrality and Civic Tolerance," Philosophia 1, no.3 (January 2006): 13-7

"As if we all are free: Socrates and Nietzsche on moral freedom," Melintas 21, no.64 (April - August 2005): 35-46

"How to be tolerant, in the right way," the Jakarta Post, 17-7-2004, 7; see here

Personal data
Email: royvoragen@hotmail.com
Blog: http://fatumbrutum.blogspot.com/