Witness Micro Galleries’ artists transform a kampung into an amazing open-air art exhibition
Micro Galleries is a free, global arts initiative that “brings art to the doorstep of people who need it the most” by reclaiming public space and transforming them into open-air galleries as well as venues for workshops, talks and fun events that are free and accessible to all. Fifty artists from across Indonesia and the world will paste up, spray, install, perform and project their art throughout the laneways, corners and secret spots of Kampung Kecil in South Jakarta, making it into a hidden labyrinth of open-air galleries.
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The Live Weekend (Oct 6-8) will feature free art tours, workshops, discussions, projection art, music and performances (note: many events require registration through the Micro Galleries website) but the art exhibition will remain in place until Oct 21.
Listen to an amazingly diverse lineup of excellent Indonesian musical acts at Synchronize Festival (Fri-Sun)
Synchronize Fest is an annual multi-genre annual music festival that celebrates the diversity of the country’s music scene with dozens of acts playing across five stages over three days. The lineup ranges from indie darlings like Stars and Rabbits and Bottlesmoker, iconic rock bands like Naif and Navicula, metal legends Burgerkill, the fantastically eclectic Yogja Hip Hop Foundation and folk music stars Endah and Resa. Basically, if you love Indonesian music in any form you’ll find something to love here. Daily tickets start at Rpl 135k. For more info.
Learn how to make something cool at Meet the Makers (Fri-Sat)
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Meet the Makers is a “Craft as Art” event put together by a community of artists, crafts people and designers with the mission of creating a market where craftspeople can display and demonstrate their art directly to consumers so that they can understand and appreciate the quality of their workmanship as well as the cultural context that goes into their creations. As always, this weekend’s Meet the Maker event will feature numerous demonstrations for those interested in understanding the complex techniques that go into them. Meet the Makers is taking place at Nusa Gastronomy in Kemang (a fantastic restaurant you should definitely try if you haven’t had a chance!). For more info.
Get down to the beats of decorated Dutch DJ Oliver Heldens
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After performing at numerous music festivals throughout the summer including TomorrowLand and Lollapalooza, Oliver Heldens is heading to Jakarta for his first solo show! He’ll be playing at The Establishment, the Ismaya Group’s new venue in SCBD’s Lot 6. Presale tickets are available now at Rp320,000 per ticket at www.ismaya.com/tickets.
Do your part to make our Ibukota a better place at Clean up Jakarta Day (Sunday)
https://www.facebook.com/CleanUpJakartaDay/posts/1823866210997604
Clean Up Jakarta Day is an annual event that brings together communities and volunteers in the spirit of “gotong royong” (helping one another) to raise awareness about the problem of rubbish and littering by cleaning up the capital. The fourth Clean Up Jakarta Day took place on Sunday October 16th 2016, and 20,000 volunteers turned up, bright and early to clean up 53 locations around the city and collect a total of over 80 tons of rubbish – 3 tons of which were recyclable and were sent to the city’s waste banks – in the space of two hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1kbOH0xJg
If you want to participate in this year’s clean up day, head to their official website for more information.
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