Taking traditional elements, myths and iconography from ancient Balinese culture and literature, Citra Sasmita departs from convention as she traces the marginalised narratives of women in Balinese society. In her works, she endows her female figures with powerful agency, which reimagines the depiction of Balinese women against the backdrop of a patriarchal Indonesian society. Sasmita rejects the ubiquitous portrayal of Balinese women as passive decorative elements that exist primarily for the gratification of the tourist and the male gaze. Instead, she incorporates mythical references and transforms classical narratives of war and romance to symbolise female resistance. Her practice ultimately reflects on the complexity between the Anthropocene, the post-human and feminism, whilst simultaneously repositioning women within the historical canon—an action that is necessarily urgent in her Balinese environment.