Jakarta Fair to focus more on entertainment<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The one-month Jakarta Fair, scheduled to start
\non June 15, will be focused more toward entertainment than
\nbusiness in order to attract more visitors.<\/p>\n
The organizing committee expects that 170,000 people will
\nvisit the fair that features 1,200 booths, with Rp 120 billion in
\nbusiness transactions, the event organizer, Harry Rusli, said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Last year, the fair attracted 140,000 visitors to 966 booths
\nand saw Rp 120 billion in transactions, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to open the
\nfair in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The entrance fee will be Rp 6,000.<\/p>\n
A total of 128 concerts, with 155 artists participating, will
\nbe performed, according to musician Harry.<\/p>\n
Among top artists to perform in the event are The Fly, Pas,
\nBase Jam, Iis Dahlia, Slank, GIGI, Jamrud, Wayang, Cici
\nFaramida, Nini Karlina, Bunglon and Nugie.<\/p>\n
The concerts will start nightly at 9 p.m. on the 30 x 18 meter
\nstage with 40,000 watt sound system.<\/p>\n
The annual Jakarta Fair is part of a series of events to be
\nheld in celebration of the city's 474th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Another event is the JakArt@2001 International Arts Festival,
\nwhich features over 250 performances and exhibitions spanning
\nnumerous forms of art, including music, dance, theater and the
\nvisual arts.<\/p>\n
The United States Embassy is sponsoring a series of dance
\nperformances from the Saraswati dance company of the Yogyakarta-
\nbased Indonesian Art Institute (ISI), which will collaborate with
\nAmerican Janis Brenner.<\/p>\n
The Embassy has invited four musical groups, the Borowsky
\nFamily from Baltimore, Maryland, Ira Coleman's Carribean Jazz
\nConnection, Amina Figarova Quartet along with special guest
\nDmitri Matheny, and Lotus, a three-person a capella singing
\ngroup.<\/p>\n
An exhibition of modern batik called Segaragunung presents
\nworks of a collaboration between Nia Fliam and Agus Ismoyo,
\ntraditional batik artists from Yogyakarta, and Australian
\naboriginal women from the desert community of Utopia, Australia.
\nIt is held at the National Museum from May 31 until June 30.<\/p>\n
JakArt@2001 also includes the so-called Jakarta Habitus Publik
\n2001, involving art in the open air. Various artists will present
\nmurals and installation art in different places.<\/p>\n
They are now working on murals at Jl. Pintu Besar, North
\nJakarta; at a bus stop near Plaza Indonesia, Central Jakarta;
\nBlok M bus terminal and the entrance to Blok M shopping mall,
\nSouth Jakarta; and the shooting range at Jl. Asia Afrika, Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Venues for the installation art are the public park at Jl
\nTeuku Umar, Central Jakarta; Soemantri Brojonegoro sports center,
\nBlok M terminal, and Blok M Mall in South Jakarta.<\/p>",
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