The document discusses the author's attempt to understand brown Asian cockroaches by answering questions about why they are attracted to certain areas in the author's house and what conditions they find attractive. To do so, the author aims to stop using human frames of thinking and instead understand the cockroach perspective. The goal is to gain insight into the mystery of these vermin from their point of view.

1. KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE BUT YOUR
ENEMIES CLOSER
TANDIA PERMADI
Submission for
Bungkus! Bandung Photography Now vol.1
SEPTEMBER 2012

2. This is an attempt to answer my
questions regarding the mystery of
this vermin -brown Asian cockroach-,
such as "why does it keep coming to
particular places in my house?", "what
situation and condition does it see
which attracts it the most to roam
around my house hideously?", and
"How does it feel to be one of
them?". A questions which hard (and
wouldn't be fair) to answer if I still use
human state of mind and frame of
thinking.