Riar Rizaldi works as an artist and filmmaker. Born in Indonesia and currently based in Hong Kong. His main focus is on the relationship between capital and technology, extractivism, and theoretical fiction. His works have been shown at Locarno Film Festival, BFI Southbank London, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Centre Pompidou Paris amongst others. In his eclectic essay film 'Tellurian Drama', archival history collides with personal narratives on the history of technology, nature and colonisation.