As an artist from Indonesia, Budi is especially concerned about the country’s socio-political strife, particularly the Indonesian government’s transition period from the “Orde Baru” (New Order) to the “Orde Reformasi”. Through the use of faceless figures mummified in newsprint, set in haunting, imagined spaces, Budi’s paintings examine the impact of an oppressive political environment on society. Newsprints, in particular, appear as recurring motifs of suffocation and oppression, in contradistinction to the medium’s rightful purpose as the ‘eyes and ears of the people’.