Sakatoya is an art collective based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, working at the intersection of art management and artistic practices that engage with ecological issues through theatre, literacy-based practices, and alternative media exploration. Founded in 2014, Sakatoya’s works investigate ecological discourse in its broadest sense through dramaturgies of spectatorship, aiming to cultivate awareness and activate knowledge around the living relationships between humans and nature.
Beyond artistic production, Sakatoya develops facilitation-based practices through two main frameworks, the Partnership Program and the In-house Program. Through these programs, Sakatoya engages in creative and collaborative processes with artists, cultural practitioners, institutions, and art collectives at both local and international levels. Facilitation is positioned not merely as a form of support, but as a generative and meaningful cultural practice.
To become an art collective that actively shapes public awareness of the living relationship between humans and nature through artistic practice.
Sakatoya carries out facilitation and artistic production with the following aims:
• Investigate ecological relationships between humans and nature through contextual and reflective artistic practices.
• Facilitate the creation and circulation of diverse artistic practices across performance, literacy-based works, and new media, grounded in dramaturgies of spectatorship.
• Build collaborative platforms that encourage experimentation, knowledge exchange, and cultural dialogue among artists, institutions, and communities at local and international levels.
• Position facilitation not merely as production support, but as a generative and meaningful cultural practice.
• Support artistic practices rooted in social engagement, inclusivity, and transformative potential within evolving social contexts.