Jatiwangi art Factory (2005) is a community that embraces contemporary arts and cultural practices as part of the local life discourse in a rural area. Their manifold activities, always involving the local public, include a video festival, a music festival, a residency programme, a discussion series, Developing Collective Forest called ‘Perhutana’ and a TV and radio station. At the beginning of the twentieth century, its clay industry made Jatiwangi the biggest roof-tile producing region in Southeast Asia. A hundred years later, in 2005, using the same clay, JaF encouraged the people of Jatiwangi to create a collective awareness and identity for their region through arts and cultural activity. In doing so, JaF tries to cultivate clay with more dignity and to raise the collective happiness of the community. Currently Jatiwangi is pushing for its regional identity to become ‘Kota Terakota’ and has been approved by the Head of the Regency Government to be included in the City Detailed Spatial Planning Plan.

Since 2005 Jatiwangi art Factory has had many public programmes and festivals involving many citizen groups and artists. Together with the musicians, they formed a band consisting of police, soldiers and the sub-district head as vocalist. Working with local and central governments, Indonesian and international artists and collectives, environmental organisations and non-governmental organisations.

In 2022 Jatiwangi art Factory is one of the collectives invited by Documenta Fifteen in Kassel. In practice, Jatiwangi art Factory works together by involving various organisations and the local community of Kassel. Until now we still have continuous connectivity to stay connected to develop various collaboration possibilities in multi-disciplines.