Known as one of Indonesia’s premiere performance artists, Arahmaiani is regarded as one of the most influential artists within the development of Indonesian contemporary art scene. She is an active voice for the marginalized and repressed in society and her work is significantly shaped by the need to produce a new social consciousness based on her research of religious, social, political and cultural issues. Provocation is inherent to her work, favoring themes of social politics and humanity in order to create a new responsiveness to global contemporary culture.