IMAGINING JAKARTA

Marco KusumawijayaMarcokw@centrin.net.id,

Jakarta

Imagining Jakarta collaborators• Riffki Goro Efendy, curator

• Marco Kusumawijaya, director, architect

• Cecil Mariani, poet, graphic designer

• Hedi Haryanto, sculptor

• Bonifacius Djoko Susanto, ceramicist

• Yuka Narendra, composer

• Greporius Supie Yolodi, architect

• Achmad Denny Tardyana, architect

• David Setiadi, architect

• Dewi Susanti, artist/architect

• Erik Prasetyo, photographer

• Paul Kadarisman, photographer

• Enrico Halim, graphic designer

• Irwan Ahmett, graphic designer

• Budi Pradono, architect

• Adi Purnomo, architect

All hands supporting the chins…3 X 2-days workshops in 3 months, looking at and into Jakarta

Hotel Indonesia roundabout, 1960’s: nice to look at, never used.

Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, 1960s/1970s: the first lighted fountain in town, nice to look at, but not much used for public gathering, except to look at the fountain.

Hotel Indonesian Roundabout, 1997-…: discovery of new public spaces and media

24-25 April 2002, Hotel Borobudur, UMJ

Found-(public)spaces

Once surrounded by a white cloth curtain ring, 4 meters high (Jakart@2001)

Meditation 48, 2002

Singing prayers under the rains

Appeal to the gods of earth and water (no one else to appeal to…)

Direct appeal to the god of water,

Remains of water-based culture

Marco Kusumawijaya, architect, Hedi Haryanto, sculptor, Cecil Mariani, poet

Hotel Indonesia Circus (Bunderan HI)

Public messagesHave you turned off your gas stove?

Have you eaten some vegetables today?Speak no evil

Have you said I Love You today?

Don’t eat carelessly

Berputar-putar dahulu, bermacet-macet kemudian/Go around and around first, traffic jam later

Good morningTake 8 glasses of water every day

Be careful when thinkingDrive safe

Enjoy the traffic jam! Don’t honk!This street belongs to our grandma’sDon’t be ruthless

What is your first reading today?What the hell are we doing here?

Do you know the procedure to bury somebody?What is

your pulse rate today?

Tomorrow you will pass this place again…

Gregorius Supie Yolodi, architect:What to build?

Etalase kota

Gregorius supie yolodi

Mix media

Pada instalasi ini, aturlah sendiri dan bayangkan apa yang kamu mau dengan poros ini. Apakah tempat bermain, ruang terbuka dengan taman yang tidak dipagari, apapun yang kamu inginkan

Di jakarta , sudirman-thamrin menjadi issue yang politis dari jakarta. Selain sejarah historis nya sebagai aksis utara-selatan jakarta yang menhubungkan jakarta dengan laut utara.

Di poros ini perkembangan jakarta bisa terlihat. Sekarang poros ini menjadi poros utama bisnis elite, dengan gedung-gedung bertingkat yang mewah, air mancur 16 milliar yang megah. Pedestrian yang setiap tahun diperbaharui agar terlihat cantik. Masyarakat tidak pernah tahu akan jadi seperti apa dan apa yang akan terjadi disana. Bagai etalase, dan kita hanya pengunjung yang lewat melihat-lihat.

Marco Kusumawijaya , architect & Hedi Haryanto, sculptor

Lapangan MONAS Square and Bukittinggi, crafted wood, etched glass, polyesther resin, metal, paper, transparants, digital print of aerial photograph

80 ha of open space

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Lapangan Merdeka 1931: A decentralised plan by T. Karsten

Koningsplein, 1882: an attempt of centralisation

Lapangan Merdeka 1950s: after the failure of centralisation and locality of Karsten; a case for Sukarno’s passionate intervention

Lapangan Merdeka, 1970s, people’s park and fair ground