Test your flexibility at the Namaste Festival (Fri-Sun)
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Living in Jakarta can obviously be pretty stressful and they say one of the best ways to handle stress is by doing yoga. Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran yogi, you’re certain to learn new tips and techniques at this weekend’s Namaste Festival, taking place at the Sultan Hotel. International and local yoga masters will be teaching classes on a variety of topics and styles. For more info, visit: http://www.namastefestival.com/
Get transported to another world at the launch of Buku Kuku-Ku (Saturday)
Cipta Croft-Cusworth, one of Jakarta’s most groundbreaking toy designers and the man behind Good Guys Never Win, is launching his new graphic memoir this Saturday at 5pm at Aksara in Kemang. Describing the book, Cipta says,“20 years ago I started to illustrate the world of Dasuatika. I was, for many years, obsessed with this creation. Now for the first time ever, Kabar Media and Aksara are presenting the full collection of these illustrations and poems in this volume, Buku Kuku-Ku.”
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Promising more to be a book launch, it’ll also feature an original shadow puppet performance created just for this event, followed by a party where you can “shake your booty to 80’s synth pop”.
Check out some of Indonesia’s artists-on-the-rise at Artotel Week (Until Saturday)
You probably know Artotel as the super stylish boutique hotel in Central Jakarta, but they’re bringing their creative connections to Kota Tua’s Gedung Cipta Niaga for ArtotelWeek. The goal of the event is to showcase rising young local talents from the art and music scenes, and in addition to exhibitions by 12 artists in residence there will also be musical performances (featuring indie bands Silampukau x The Hydrant, Bitzmika, Wangi Gitaswara, Tokyolite, Witch Motor Inn, Pijar, and Peonies), talks, workshops an art market and F&B corner and more. For more info go to www.artotelprojectseries.com
Hear Grammy-nominated Indonesian jazz piano prodigy Joey Alexander in concert (Sunday)
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Joey Alexander is undoubtedly one of Indonesia’s most impressive musical exports. A bonafide jazz piano prodigy, the Bali-born musician is only 14 years old but has already earned himself three Grammy nominations and put out two incredibly successful albums. He’s coming back to Jakarta this Sunday, where he once lived (he currently resides in New York City. where he has collaborated with many giants of the jazz world) as part of the “Joey Alexander Trio Asia Tour”. For more info and tickets go to Tiket.com
Find out the connection between Matter’s Matter at this art exhibition at RUCI Art Space
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Matter’s Matter is a solo exhibition by Radhinal Indra, featuring a constellation of works that display his extensive research on the connections between the observer (human) and the observed (celestial objects). Through his works, Radhinal attempts to provide a different perspective on the human desire to have a cosmic connection by examining the relationship between human and celestial objects, inspired by a scientific framework. Exhibition runs until November 26 at RUCI Art Space everyday from 11am-7pm.
And don’t forget! There’s also the ongoing Jakarta Biennale art festival and the inaugural exhibition at the recently opened Museum MACAN, Indonesia’s first contemporary and modern art musuem. For details check out last week’s edition of “5 Cool Things”.
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