THE question was actually not out of the ordinary. But to his ears, it made him totally annoyed. The store owner, who was a supplier of goods that he was looking for, instead of answering, asked: “How come we never met at international exhibitions?”

Until today, this experience five years ago still remains etched in the memory of Andrie Trisaksono’s, 36. That was a tough enough obstacle faced by the graduate of the School of Arts & Desig