Miss Gorilla is a photograph which features a striking juxtaposition of a doll’s head attached to the body of a yellow gorilla, exposing the common stereotype between masculine and feminine. A surreal dreamlike quality is achieved by capturing the object at an angle where it is seen floating in isolation against a dark background. The image was produced by placing the object on a scanner’s glass plate, where the combination of uniform light and limited depth of field results in heightened clarity of details and vividness in colour, a process which contributes towards an expressive visual quality of the object. By arranging and composing different elements together, the artist has introduced a new context for interpreting images, which simultaneously challenges the dynamic relationship between the artwork and the spectator. Angki Purbandono is a visual artist from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He studied at the Modern School of Design, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1993-1994) and later enrolled in the Indonesia Institute of Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1994-1999). He is a board member of the Ruang MES 56, which represents an alternative space for contemporary photography in Indonesia. He was granted an Asian Artist Fellowship scholarship from National Museum of Contemporary Art (Republic of Korea), where he spent a year from 2005 to 2006 living in Seoul. During this period, he began exploring methods of utilising the scanning device to record objects. The experimentation has led him to become the first artist in Indonesia to produce scan photography art. His scanography series first gained acceptance when it was exhibited under a project titled Space and Shadows - Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany (2005). His solo exhibitions include The Swimmers – Prison Art Programs, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore (2014), Invisible Cities, Art Project Gallery, Hong Kong (2013), Happy Scan, Biasa Art Space, Bali, Indonesia (2008). His group exhibitions include ARTJOG8 – INFINITY IN FLUX, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2015), Jeonju International Photography Festival, After Photography, Jeonbuk Art Center Chamberlain (2015), SHOUT! Indonesian Contemporary Art, Museo D’arte Contemporanea (MACRO), Rome, Italy (2014), and Indonesian Eye: Fantasies & Realities, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2011).