Get swept away by the operatic beauty of Carmen (Saturday and Sunday)
How many of you have watched an opera in Jakarta? We’re guessing not many. Well here’s your chance. The Batavia Madrigal Singers are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a production of Georges Bizet’s classic Spanish opera Carmen. Actress Happy Salma will be serving as the narrator for this special production tailored to Indonesian audiences. Tickets start at Rp 500k. To purchase tickets head to: http://loket.com/operacarmen/
Jump into the moshpit at Hammersonic (Saturday and Sunday)
If you prefer heavy metal to classical music, then you should definitely head to the Hammersonic music festival, taking place this weekend at EcoPark Ancol. Catering to Indonesia’s surprisingly hardcore metal scene, this festival will feature such heavy hitters as Darkest Hour, Onslaught, Internal Bleeding and Angra. Tickets Rp 430k at the door. For more info and ticket purchase head to: http://hammersonic.com/
Watch kung-fu masters show off their skills at “Soul of Shaolin”
A martial arts extravaganza fit for the whole family, “Soul of Shaolin” promises death-defying stunts performed by real life kung-fu experts wrapped up in a spectacular theatrical production. The “Soul of Shaolin” has been shown all over the world, including over 600 performances on Broadway for which it won a Tony Award. Performance on Friday at 3:30pm and 6:30pm, Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am, 3:30pm and 6:30pm. For more info go to: https://www.indotix.com/index.php/events/upcoming/381-soul-of-shaolin.html
Question authority at the “Ones Who Are Being Controlled” exhibition (Opening Saturday)
This solo exhibition by Otty Widasari utilizes archived footage from Indonesia’s colonial era to investigate ideas about authority and control. A sequel to “Ones Who Looked at the Presence”, this exhibition presents the results of Otty’s expanded exploration about social gestures – from people’s expression when they face the camera to an awareness of the subject’s body language towards the function of the camera. “Ones Who Looked at the Presence” examined the footages produced between 1912-1914, while the “Ones Who Are Being Controlled” examines footage from 1917-1930s.
Otty’s paintings and video works are an experimental-anthropological examination analyzing the camera as a machine, the discourse of modernism behind it, public response, as well as the performativity phenomenon which simultaneously surrounds it.
Get down on the dance floor with Ben Nicky at X2 (Friday Night)
The legendary Armin Van Buuren has called Ben Nicky, “One of the cheekiest yet hardest working DJs in the scene.” One of the best uplifting and psy trance DJs on the circuit right now, this English DJ’s music will leave your head spinning and your feet flailing.
