The Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Complex of Jakarta
There are many activities in which to take part when one first lands in the Indonesian city of Jakarta. Some travelers will find that shopping or night-clubbing is their ideal way to experience the city, which is true to an extend. The social, political and cultural history of a city or a country however, is best captured in a walk through the art museums. All of the arts, be they the performing arts of music and theatre, or the visual arts provide an in depth look into the people and their history, must more so than spending all of one’s time in the trendy and hip bars and discos.
One of the most public and most noticeable pieces of the evidence of the history of Jakarta is located on the streets, in the architecture of the office buildings and the apartment houses. Fine hotels offer historical luxury, of which many may be found online here. For a modern look at the current artistic vibe of the city, one will want to head over the Arts Hub of the city, the Taman Ismail Marzuki Center. This is a multi-arts complex which houses a variety of the arts, from music and dance, to film and street performers, and from the traditional to the contemporary.
The entrance of the center is guarded by Ismail Marzuki himself, or a likeness of him rather. Marzuki was an incredibly respected and well loved Indonesian musician. The Jakarta Institute for the Arts is located within the center, the only college of its kind in all of Indonesia, the first one dedicated to the study and the practice of visual and performing arts. This is too, the location of the Jakarta Planetarium, combining the arts of the heavens with the arts of the earth. It is quite possible to spend the entire day walking through the center, having a taste of the cuisine of the country, the spirits, and the conversations found in the cafes and the bars. This is not only a tourist attraction, but a meeting place for the local artists, a place to feel the history, and to see history being made.
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