Rakarsa Foundation is an arts and culture non-profit organization based in Bandung focusing on connecting through arts. Established in 2018, Rakarsa seeks to expand arts as the common ground for various individuals, backgrounds, and skills to meet and collaborate in forms of exhibitions, gatherings, cultural exchanges, and educational activities. Our values are inclusion, conversation, education, and education.

The foundation was initially found to support an experiment of a cooperative economic system for the local contemporary art ecosystem in Bandung, 2018. As things slew down during the Covid-19 pandemic, the cooperative has undergone a careful assessment while the foundation reformulates its strategic means. In 2020, the foundation started working towards the vision of a solid interdisciplinary network, establishing sustainable collaborations to contribute to artistic, social, and ecological improvements. We are currently working on shaping our mode of arts and culture actors' relations, as well as future collaborations with collectives and civil initiatives of various disciplines.