{"id":634689,"date":"2026-04-28T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634689\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:42:09","slug":"reda-adi-pratamas-illustrations-are-punky-imperfect-visions-of-a-fantastical-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634689\/","title":{"rendered":"Reda Adi Pratama\u2019s illustrations are punky, imperfect visions of a fantastical future"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Jakarta-based illustrator and product designer Redi Adi Pratama<\/a>\u2019s work, the viewer is immediately hit with a hammer of punk spirit. In each illustration, which are created in Photoshop using a Wacom pen, figurative drawing is rendered through a screen print style \u2013 subtly goopy, majorly scatty, these colourful works look like they\u2019re from an alien fanzine for a dystopian nightclub.<\/p>\n

His work is rooted in his own coinage: \u201cneo post tresholdism\u201d \u2013 an artistic practice which is a combination of various objects Reda encounters in daily life, and the act of merging them with an imaginative, dark narrative. Influenced by sound, Reda uses music to create navigational pathways through his work, creating direction toward an ever expanding visual world, therefore turning his strange creatures and androids into \u201cvessels of sound\u201d \u2013 one of his figures is literally a figure fused with a sound system.<\/p>\n

These sonic worlds are felt in Reda\u2019s work, presenting a futuristic fusion of dystopian moods and spirituality. Inspired by \u201cfantasy atmospheres\u201d, like those found in trading cards and films like Eternal Family TV<\/a>, Reda merges the sinister with rhythmic textures inspired by electronic music and a grittiness that is built with a DIY fanzine-inspired love for dots, lines and scratches. \u201cImperfect textures help me translate internal experiences into visual forms that feel more honest and alive,\u201d says Reda, who somehow makes pixellation look screen printed and digital drawing look like splatters of blow-pens and painterly excess. \u201cIt\u2019s a way to recognise human limitations,\u201d says Reda. \u201cWe always want to become more, to reach something freer or more ideal, yet there is always a distance that cannot be fully crossed. That is where fantasy exists: as a space to hold hope, small madnesses and desires that are sometimes difficult to express.\u201d<\/p>\n