Taman Nasional Mangkupurba returns to the 6th edition of ArtKet 06 on 4-5 April 2026 at the Brickhall Fatmawati, South Jakarta. The retail display exhibits the Paleogeist booth, complete with installation from past exhibitions from the 'The Museum of First Contact' and 'Ghosts of Mesozoic' which was featured back early in January 2026 on Labour Block (*SCAPE, Singapore). In this particular edition of ArtKet, the story of Mangkupurba introduces a new entity called the PPRU. PPRU exploded into international notoriety in mid-1984 following UNESCO’s establishment of the Mangkupurba site as The 8th Wonder of the World; the thirst to understand beyond the factual science soon came pouring. Superstitions, mythologies and alternative readings on the site became an overnight sensation in popular culture. Whenever the state administration fails to offer clarity over the machinations of the area; the PPRU offers other forms of insights. Numerologies, patterns, esoteric mathematics & indigenous perspectives became to founding tools of the collective; to devise reasonings to the reemergence of the ancient beasts.

This edition also offers the new Polypod Earth Tissue, a living planter from the Mangkupurba area designed in collaboration with Vincentius Edwin, featuring an NFC interaction to the archival Mangkupurba Site by Monica Widjaja.

Credits: Production Assistant: Angela Pegas & Paulina Asih

Archival Site & NFC Interaction: Monica Widjaja

Planter Sculpture: Vincentius Edwin