“I think it is important to understand the impact of history on a personal level.”
– Lara

My Story, Shared History is a project, organized by DutchCulture, Indisch Herinneringscentrum, Komunitas Salihara and the Netherlands’ Embassy in Jakarta, as part of Literature and Ideas Festival (LIFEs Jakarta), Indonesia Now: Jakarta edition (Amsterdam), and Indie Next (Den Haag). The participating artists of the project “My story, shared history”, explore these relationships through the theme ‘personal stories, national histories’.

The Indonesian writer and visual artist Lala Bohang and Indo-Dutch
writer and historian Lara Nuberg explain what Jakarta means to them and who inspires them.


Commissioned by DutchCulture
Video: Armando Ello
Interview: Ardjuna Candotti (Indisch Herinneringscentrum)