Literary in The City

Launching :
January 10th ,2008
Starting at 16.00 WIB
Taman Menteng - Jakarta Pusat

Agenda :
Murals poetry presentation
Poetry Battle (Nova Ruth)
Poetry and prose reading
Literary t-shirts distribution for the 300 first guests
Literary stickers distribution

Sastra di Ruang Kota (Literary in Public Space) is part of the Jakarta Biennale 2009 held by Jakarta Arts Council. A program in effort to bring the Indonesian literary nearer to its public. Poetry, prose about Jakarta are spread out using three different media ; stickers, t-shirts and murals. The materials of these work are taken from poetry or prose by Ajip Rosidi, Sitor Situmorang, Arifin C. Noer, Chairil Anwar, Goenawan Mohamad, Hamsad Rangkuti, Misbah Yusa Biran, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Sapardi Djoko Damono, Toto Sudarto Bachtiar and Yudhistira ANM Massardi. In this opportunity , besides poetry and prose, quotation from printed newspapers about Jakarta during 1900 – 1960, will also be used.

Stickers:
12000 stickers will be distributed at several main public activity since December 31th 2008 until January 10th 2009. Stickers will also be shared at the launching day.

Murals:
Production of 10 murals at 10 main point of Jakarta, starting 24th December up until 6th January 2009 by:

Kudaponi (Jln.Sultan Agung, Dukuh Atas dan Stasiun Cikini)
Ale Antiponi (Jln Pintu Kecil, Pasar Pagi Kota dan Cikini Train Station)
Propagraphic (Jln Pierre Tendean, front of Trans TV dan Semanggi)
Kuas N’Roll (Cakung dan Kwitang, )
Bujangan Urban (Jln TB. Simatupang, Tanjung Barat dan Depan Kebon Binatang Ragunan)

T-shirts :
500 t-shirts will be distributed before and during the launching of the program

For further information,call Mirwan Andan or Shinta Aseani at 021-3193 7639 / 316 2780