“Gacon” at Artotel Gelora Senayan: Imelda Adams found a game in self -search

There is something intimate when an artist opens a space for his childhood memories and makes it a single exhibition.

This was done by Imelda Adams in the exhibition “Gacon”The latest offerings from Artotel Gelora Senayan which opened on August 20, 2025 in Artspace, Lobby Level. This is not just Artotel’s third art exhibition this year, but also Imelda’s single debut in the public sphere.

From small toys to visual world

Gacon is a term that might sound foreign to many people, but not for Imelda. Since childhood, the word he used to call something that can always be relied upon in the game.

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The human figure that he has painted repeatedly since childhood then grew into a visual figure who was consistently present in his works-and was finally known by his closest circle as Imelda’s “gacon”.

This figure is not just an imaginary character. It is a representation that is full of layers: personality pieces, remnants of memory, daily reflection, to splash ideas about the world. From a simple game, Gacon Transforming into a unique visual language, an artistic identity that now built the world of Imelda IMAJI.

Eleven works, one big reflection

In this exhibition, as many as Eleven works exhibited. Every work presents a figure Gacon In different expressions – sometimes witty, sometimes melancholy, sometimes contemplating. But the common thread is clear: Gacon Always present as a reflection on how humans play their role in the world.

Imelda was inspired by a quote that reads, “World life is just a game and joke.”

The quote, which initially sounded light, he became a frame of thinking to see the existence of himself. Are humans really actors in a cosmic game? Are we just put on a board bigger than what we can understand?

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