Public Response for videography project: "Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?", 2006

These are several responses from the public about their feeling, hope, critic and aspiration about their beloved city, Jakarta, and also comments for the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

Public Response

This campaign project has been exhibited and presented in several places such as Open House Arsitektur UI 2006, Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 2006, and Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI). Many comments, critics and aspirations are given to this project. Public was really enthusiastic about the idea to make their beloved city, Jakarta be more comfortable to live humanly. Some of them are optimistic that we as the inhabitant can make a change. The other are still very pessimist. However the responses were great. It can be seen that there is still a hope and enthusiasm from people to make this greatest city of Indonesia become more livable.

These pictures were taken while the project being presented in Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 2006.

While the exhibition and presentation were held, the audience was given the paper to share their opinion about their beloved city freely. Many thought, idea, comment, feel, aspiration, critic and other else were written by them. Some of the opinions are showed in the poster below.


However change needs time. There are other initiative urban projects like this already exist either by architects, urban designers, artists, NGO's, musicians, and many other components which also have same purpose to make Jakarta more liveable. With those colorful of ideas we can still see many enthusiasm by the public. There is still a hope and we can do our best for our better city.

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
JKT urban-cinematography [:project] >>>10 Public Responses of the Project: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/12

This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?
Team: Sigit Kusumawijaya & Priyanto
Year: 2006
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

Empathy [presentation for videography project: "Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?", 2006]

This is a synopsis of the introductory presentation for the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to describe what "empathy" is and why we should empathize others.

"Empathy"

• the identification and understanding of another’s situation and feelings
• the action of being sensitive to another person’s experience and feelings
• understanding and entering into another person’s feelings

While the ability to imagine oneself as another person is a sophisticated imaginative process which only fully develops later on in life, the roots of this ability are probably innate.

Human capacity to recognize the emotions of others are related to our imitative capacities, and seem to be grounded on the innate capacity to associate the bodily movements and facial expressions we see, with the proprioceptive feelings of those same movements or expressions.




Humans also make the same immediate connection between the tone of voice and inner feeling. Hence by looking at the facial expressions or bodily movements of others, or hearing their tone of voice, we are able to get an immediate sense of how they feel on the inside.

We experience this as directly seeing their emotion (say sadness or anger) not just the behavioral symptoms of that emotion.





One must be careful not to confuse empathy with sympathy, which is a distinct social emotion characterized by a general pro-attitude towards another person and their goals.

empathy can affect sympathy

Some experts (psychologist, scientist, psychiatrist) believe that not all humans have an ability to feel empathy or perceive the emotions of others. For instance, Autism and Asperger's syndrome are often characterized by an inability to empathize with others.




Even more, People can empathise with animals.

As such, empathy is thought to be a driving psychological force behind the animal rights movement (an example of sympathy), whether or not using empathy is justified by any real similarity between the emotional experiences of animals and humans.

just try to do these simple things:
See what other sees
Hear what other hears
Feel what other feels

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
JKT urban-cinematography [:project] >>>03 Presentation about "Empathy": http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/5

This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: Empathy [introductory presentation for the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?]
Presenter: Sigit Kusumawijaya
Team: Sigit Kusumawijaya & Priyanto
Year: 2006
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

(toothless) famed Landmark [videography project, 2006]

This project is one of the issues from the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

(toothless) famed Landmark
[issue #04]

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[Bahasa Indonesia]

Latar Belakang
Landmark. Suatu wilayah atau kawasan atau daerah dapat dikenali oleh masyarakat melalui keberadaaan landmark. Dan begitulah kira-kira tujuan dan maksud diberadakannya sebuah landmark yang mungkin letaknya tidak hanya sekedar petanda wilayah, namun juga menjadi penghias wilayah, jika kita kaitkan dengan pengolahan kota dan wilayah. Di Jakarta, tidak hanya satu dua landmark yang ada, yang mungkin sering sekali kita lihat terutama di kawasan perkotaannya. Menjadi sebuah ikon yang kadang begitu disukai bahkan oleh anak kecil yang melihat semacam patung batu besar dengan proporsi yang tidak manusiawi dan berlekuk dengan satu macam gaya yang kadang mengundang tanda tanya. Namun ke-gigantisme-annya yang memang ditujukan agar semua orang yang melintasi suatu wilayah atau kawasan itu bisa melihat, selain menjadi penghibur perjalanan di kawasan perkotaan terutama yang kadang menjenuhkan dengan image kemapanan dan kejayaan yang semu.

Tujuan projek ini adalah untuk menjadi sebuah wacana tentang kota dan identitasnya dengan segala kemajuan yang dimilikinya. Menjadi sebuah gambaran realita hilangnya (baca: memudarnya) ikon-ikon jalan atau wilayah karena pembangunan yang kurang bisa mengendalikan diri dengan segala penghormatannya terhadap kota.



[English]

Background
Landmark. The area or space can be recognized or identified by the people with the existence of the landmark. And it is the purpose and mean of landmark which not only as a mark for an area but also as an aesthetic element of some area. In Jakarta, there are not only one or two landmarks that perhaps we often see especially in the urban area. Becoming as an icon that perhaps kids very much like of its shape who see a kind of giant rock sculpture which in unhuman proportion and raise a question. However its gigantism which has a purpose so that every person passing the area can see, beside as an entertainment of the journey in the urban area that often boring with the fake greatness.

The purpose of this project is become a discourse about city and its identity with their progressive development. Becoming a reality image about the fade of area and street icon because of uncontrollable development with all respects towards the city.

video #05 - (toothless) famed Landmark
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoOyvbRbgLg

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/6/6
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/31/Priyanto_Sigit_-_05_toothless_famed_Landmark


This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: (toothless) famed Landmark
Director: Priyanto
Editing: Priyanto
Duration: 4'53''
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

re-PUZZLING Bus Shelter [videography project, 2006]

This project is one of the issues from the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

re-PUZZLING Bus Shelter
[issue #03]

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[Bahasa Indonesia]

Latar Belakang
Isu ini ingin mengangkat fenomena banyaknya halte bus yang tidak sesuai dengan konteks lingkungannya. Halte-halte bus didesain sedemikian serupa harus disesuaikan dengan konteks lingkungannya. Di Jakarta, halte-halte bus pada daerah Business District seperti di area Sudirman-Thamrin sudah tepat dalam hal desainnya yang sesuai konteks lingkungannya. Halte-halte lain di daerah sekeliling monas juga sudah didesain sesuai konteks lingkungannya. Namun masih banyak halte-halte yang didesain dan diletakkan tidak sesuai konteks lingkungannya. Bahkan cenderung halte bus tersebut banyak yang sudah tidak berfungsi dan rusak sehingga banyak penumpang bus yang tidak memakai halte tersebut dengan semestinya yang mengakibatkan bus atau angkutan umum lain berhenti sembarangan karena penumpangnya tidak merasa nyaman menunggu di halte tersebut. Permasalahan ini coba ditangkap dan dianalisis untuk dicarikan penyelesaian-penyelesaian yang sederhana dan bersifat menggugah dan menyentil.

Tujuan dari projek ini adalah untuk mengangkat realita halte-halte bus di Jakarta yang banyak didesain tidak sesuai konteks. Disini dicoba untuk saling menukar halte, baik yang kurang kontekstual ditukar dengan yang lebih kontekstual, ataupun juga menukar halte yang sudah kontekstual dengan yang tidak kontekstual sebagai sebuah satire dan sindiran.



[English]

Background
This issue want to raise phenomenon of many bus stop that not suitable with the context of its environment. Bus stops is designed to match with its context. At Jakarta, bus stops on the Business District area like Sudirman-Thamrin corridor have already matched with its environment context in term of its design and function. It also happens in the area of National Monument (Monas). However there are still many bus stops designed not suitable with the context. Indeed those bus stops are already broken so that passengers do not use it properly that result in bus or other public transportation stop in the proper place. Those passengers do not want to wait at those bus stops because of uncomfortable reason.

The purpose is to raise the reality of bus stops in Jakarta that are designed unsuitable with the context. In this project we try to exchange bus stops one with another to let the viewer think and decide and also as a satire of the bus stop malfunction.

video #04 - re-PUZZLING Bus Shelter
since Warner Music Group blocked the video I put in youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPt1qXP7NHc you can watch video below
another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/7/7
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/39


This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: re-PUZZLING Bus Shelter
Director: Sigit Kusumawijaya
Editing: Sigit Kusumawijaya
Duration: 5'40''
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

Pedestrian, abc & (dis)Comforts [videography project, 2006]

This project is one of the issues from the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

Pedestrian, abc & (dis)Comforts
[issue #02]

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[Bahasa Indonesia]

Latar Belakang
Jalan kaki. Entah kenapa ada sebuah pertanyaan (di kepala penulis), kenapa masyarakat Jakarta malah berjalan kaki, padahal ada yang namanya trotoar. Jawabannya bisa bermacam-macam. Karena panas (memang Jakarta panas), karena debu bus kota yang membabi buta, karena tidak nyaman dengan kondisi pedestrian yang tidak terawat, atau karena sekedar gengsi jika harus berjalan kaki di kota Jakarta yang fasilitas transportasinya telah lengkap (meski tidak juga terbebas dari kemungkinan-kemungkinan diatas). Namun ternyata setelah kita coba sedikit lihat lebih jauh, kemungkinan itu tidak hanya sebatas itu. Sering kita melihat di televisi atau film-film (barat), betapa tenangnya seorang aktris berjalan sendiri di tengah kota, sendiri, bahkan sudah agak malam. Ternyata memang, kondisi pedestrian di kota tercinta yang bernama Jakarta ini cukup kronis. Seorang pejalan kaki seolah tidak diberi ruang untuk berjalan, bahkan tanpa menggunakan predikat ‘nyaman’. Memang perlu diakui juga tidaklahsemua jalur pedestrian di Jakarta ini sudah diperkosa habis semua oleh para penjahat-penjahat jalanan, dan sudah ada sedikit upaya dari pihak yang memang berwenang untuk menangani permalahan tersebut.

Tujuan dari projek ini menjadi sebuah pertanyaan, apakah masih perlu adanya jalur pedestrian. Atau sekalipun kita masih berjalan di jalur pedestrian yang memang ada, apakah itu memang untuk pejalan kaki, atau memang bukan untuk pejalan kaki saja.



[English]

Background
Walking. There is a big question in the head of filmaker, why Jakarta society is quite lazy to walk, whereas there is a pedestrian path. The answer could be variable. Because of hot (indeed, Jakarta is very hot), or dust from the city bus which like a machine gun, or there is gangster that ready to rob with their weapons, or because of not convenient with the condition, or even prestige to ride a vehicle. Apparently after we try to look further, the possibility is not only those reasons. We often watch on the television or wester film, how all the pedestrian is very convenient to walk alone in the middle of the city even in the midnight. In fact the conditon of pedestrian path in Jakarta is very chronic. A pedestrian is not given a space to walk, even without “comfort” term. We can admit that not all of the pedestrian path in Jakarta have been ripped by the street felon, but there is also some effort from the municipality to solve these problems.

The purpose of this project is as a question if Jakarta still needs a pedestrian path. Or eventhough we still walk in that pedestrian path, is it only for pedestrian or is it also for other users?

video #03 - Pedestrian, abc & (dis)Comforts
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOOVq7ifmI&feature=channel_page

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/8
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/32


This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: Pedestrian, abc & (dis)Comforts
Director: Priyanto
Editing: Priyanto
Duration: 6'29''
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

Coloring the Gloominess of Jakarta Concrete [videography project, 2006]

This project is one of the issues from the videography project: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? “urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project] -- an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

Coloring the Gloominess of Jakarta Concrete
(reducing stress in the middle of Jakarta traffic) [issue #01]

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[Bahasa Indonesia]

Latar Belakang
Isu ini ingin mengangkat permasalahan urban Jakarta yang paling jelas terlihat, yaitu masalah kemacetan jalan raya. Apa yang dirasakan para pengendara ketika mengalami macet? Apakah mereka merasa suntuk atau bahkan stres ketika menunggu dalam kemacetan? Kalau kebanyakan pengendara mengalami hal-hal itu, kita mencoba mencari tahu apa yang dapat menjadi penyebab keadaan suntuk atau stres tersebut. Penyebab-penyebab tersebut coba dihubungkan dengan psikologi arsitektur, seperti efek warna dalam ruang publik terhadap psikologis manusia. Apakah warna-warna dalam ruang publik tersebut dapat mempengaruhi psikologis manusia? Apakah warna-warna suram yang terdapat di bypass, flyover, maupun underpass dapat membuat pengaruh terhadap psikologis orang-orang yang sedang mengalami kemacetan menjadi lebih stress ataupun mempengaruhi emosi manusia?

Tujuan dari projek ini adalah untuk mengangkat fenomena kemacetan yang terjadi di urban Jakarta dan bagaimana pengaruhnya terhadap psikologis orang yang sedang mengalaminya.



[English]

Background
The issue wants to raise the problem of urban Jakarta which we can see clearly, traffic jam. What do the drivers feel when they trap in the traffic? Are they feel bored, weary, tired or even stress when they wait in the busy traffic line? If most of the driver suffer with those kind of feelings, we try to find what caused it. The reasons try to be related with the architecture psychology, for instance the colour effect in the public space towards the human psychology. Are those colours in the public space can affect towards the human psychology? Is the gloomy concrete on the wall of flyover and underpass can make an influence to the psychology of people who trap in the traffic more stress or affect human emotion?

The purpose is to raise the phenomenon of traffic happened in urban Jakarta and how the effects towards psychology of human who trap in it.

video #02 - Coloring the Gloominess of Jakarta Concrete
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJoHG-oujY&feature=channel_page

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/9
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/32


This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: Coloring the Gloominess of Jakarta Concrete
Director: Sigit Kusumawijaya
Editing: Sigit Kusumawijaya
Duration: 6'56''
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61

Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans? [videography project, 2006]

This is an initiative urban campaign project to critize the urban phenomenon of Jakarta. With his colleague, Priyanto under the team called urbVIZ [:studio] or Urban Visualization Studio, Sigit tried to expose some issues and want to stress on some problem in Jakarta as one of megapolitan cities in the world.

Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?
“urban distortion phenomenon of Jakarta in design perspective” [:campaign project]

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[Bahasa Indonesia]

Latar Belakang
Fenomena urban Jakarta yang sering kita lihat dan sekaligus rasakan mungkin sudah banyak dijadikan wacana oleh beberapa pihak. Beberapa fenomena urban tersebut kami coba mengangkatnya dalam bentuk media video art. Realita masalah-masalah perkotaan yang banyak terjadi di Jakarta seperti masalah kemacetan, kekurang-empatian warga terhadap sesamanya, penyalah-gunaan fungsi-fungsi dan lain-lainnya cukup menarik untuk diangkat sebagai salah satu bentuk kepedulian kita terhadap kota Jakarta. Kami melihat dan mengamati, masih banyak warga yang kurang peka maupun terlebih lagi kurang peduli akan beberapa masalah yang memang sudah banyak di depan mata. Projek ini merupakan proyek kampanye untuk sedikit menggugah atau istilah kami “menyentil” warga Jakarta bahwa di sekeliling kita banyak masalah-masalah urban yang perlu dicermati, dianalisis bahkan diselesaikan untuk mencapai kondisi yang lebih baik dan ideal bagi semua pihak dan kalangan. Dampak globalisasi juga sangat terasa bagi Jakarta yang cenderung ‘kaget’ oleh budaya baru (budaya luar) yang datang. Banyak penyalah-gunaan bahasa dalam ruang publik, tidak terkendalinya pembangunan lahan dan gedung komersial seperti mal-mal yang menjamur dimana-mana bahkan banyak yang diletakkan di tempat-tempat yang menurut mereka (pengembang) strategis, padahal di tempat tersebut terdapat landmark wilayah tersebut yang hampir tergeserkan porsi keberadaannya. Produk dari proyek ini akan coba ditampilkan dalam beberapa pameran video art atau urban dalam beberapa instalasi yang kami harapkan dapat dinikmati oleh semua warga dan kalangan masyarakat agar dapat memberi sumbangan ide dan pemikiran untuk kota tercinta ini.

[English]

Background
The phenomenon of Jakarta urban that we often see and feel has already been a discourse by many elements. Some of that urban phenomenon tries to be raised in the media format of video art. The reality of urban problems happened in Jakarta, for instance: traffic jam, malfunctions of space, less empathies of the Jakarta inhabitants and so on, are very interesting to be discussed as our consideration to Jakarta city. We saw and observed that still so many inhabitants are not sensitive and indeed are careless about all the problems right in front of our eyes. This project are a campaign project that try to arouse or our term is “to snap society’s fingers” that in our surrounding there are still many problems that we need to be sensitive, to analyze and solve to achieve better and ideal condition for every elements in Jakarta. The globalizations effects also can be felt by Jakarta that has a tendencies of shocking by the incoming western culture. Many misuse of language in the public space, uncontrollable of development and commercial building like the mushrooming of big super mall located which they (developer) think that it is strategic, but there is a landmark that it’s meaning already been shifted. The product of this project has already been exposed and presented in some video art and urban exhibitions in some installations that we expect can be watched by the society so that can give a contribution of idea and thought to our beloved city.

The issues (will be explained in the next blog):
> Coloring the Gloominess of Jakarta Concrete (reducing stress in the middle of Jakarta’s traffic)
> Pedestrian,abc & (dis)Comforts
> re-PUZZLING Bus Shelter (focusing on bus shelter contextuality)
> (toothless) famed Landmark



video #00 - Brainstorming (Jakarta, beginning of 21st Century)
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQJeMrwl-I&feature=channel_page

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/11
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/45


video #01 - Intro (Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?)
youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acyn3UtB_VU&feature=channel_page

another link in Sigit Kusumawijaya Multilpy site:
[captured video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/photos/album/10
[video]: http://sigitkusumawijaya.multiply.com/video/item/44


This project has been presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22 on 24 Februari 2006. The documentations can be found in this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/belajardesain/photos/album/2082583944/pic/list

Poster Design by Sigit Kusumawijaya

Work Description:
Title: Where R Ur Empathies, Jakartans?
Director: Sigit Kusumawijaya & Priyanto
Editing: Sigit Kusumawijaya & Priyanto
Duration: 1'48''
Team:
Director: Sigit Kusumawijaya & Priyanto
The discussion partners & contributors: Open House Arsitektur UI 2006 comittee, Andra Matin, Avianti Armand, Andi Pratama, Gatot Roseno Aji, Margunawan & Vistavastu (architect), Iriantine Karnaya (artist), Davy Linggar (photographer), Erick Budhi Yulianto (Belajar Desain Community), Ade Darmawan & Dimas Jayasrana (Ruangrupa), Aram Kaleva & Babam (Graphic Visualizer), Yoso Bayudono (model), Adhi Nugroho (comic artist), Ardiansyah (contributor), Indhira Sagita, Jessica Patria, Ronny Gani, Marissa Aviana, Muttabati, Ika, Dewi Andhika P., Fathur Rohman, Merilira Indra, Prasetya Andhika W., R.M Ramadana P., Susanto GP., Windy Harfiani (students)
Achievement:
* Entry for OK Video 2006, International Video Competition held by Ruang Rupa, Jakarta
* Presented and exhibited on Open House Arsitektur UI, Januari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Belajar Desain [Design Learning] Gathering #22, 24 Februari 2006, Jakarta
* Presented on Forum of Indonesian Young Architect (Forum Arsitek Muda Indonesia/AMI), Jakarta
* Published on OUTMAGZ Magazine vol.13//April 2006//COLOR on page 58-61