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Ruang Rupa presents fifth festival
Reaching out: The atmosphere during the fifth Ruang Rupa Record (RRRec) Festival, which runs until Sunday at a number of venues in Menteng, Central Jakarta, is depicted in this combination photo
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Reaching out: The atmosphere during the fifth Ruang Rupa Record (RRRec) Festival, which runs until Sunday at a number of venues in Menteng, Central Jakarta, is depicted in this combination photo. The band Mocca performed in an old residence (above), while Tetangga Pak Gesang played at the Batak Protestant Church (GPKB) on Friday night.(JP/DMR) (RRRec) Festival, which runs until Sunday at a number of venues in Menteng, Central Jakarta, is depicted in this combination photo. The band Mocca performed in an old residence (above), while Tetangga Pak Gesang played at the Batak Protestant Church (GPKB) on Friday night.(JP/DMR)
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span class="inline inline-center">Reaching out: The atmosphere during the fifth Ruang Rupa Record (RRRec) Festival, which runs until Sunday at a number of venues in Menteng, Central Jakarta, is depicted in this combination photo. The band Mocca performed in an old residence (above), while Tetangga Pak Gesang played at the Batak Protestant Church (GPKB) on Friday night.(JP/DMR)
Jakarta-based artists collective Ruang Rupa (Ruru) is holding its fifth Ruang Rupa Record (RRRec) Festival comprising a talk show, art exhibitions, video screening and music concerts in a number of places in Menteng, Central Jakarta, from Friday to Sunday.
On Friday, Ruru held two concerts in different places.
The first concert took place at 6 p.m. at the Batak Protestant Church (GPKB on Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto.
Meanwhile, the second concert, which featured Bandung-based band Mocca, was held at 7.30 p.m. in the front yard of a private house in Menteng. It was limited to around 60 audience members, who had
registered a day before.
'We chose the places because of their historic values, aside from their location in Menteng,' said Ruru curation member Dimas Ario. 'We want to encourage Jakartans to be more aware and, thus, able to
appreciate their heritage buildings and places.'
The GPKB building, which was built during the Dutch colonial era in the 1920s, looked different on Friday evening when the live music concert featuring Bandung-based duo Tetangga Pak Gesang and Jakarta-based duo Ari-Reda, as well as a choir group comprising GPKB ladies, was held in its hall on the building's second floor.
An audience of around a hundred youth and elders alike came to the building from all over the city and packed out the chairs set up in the hall. The concert, which entertained the audience for an hour and a half, started with the choir group harmoniously singing three worship songs, one of which was Josh Groban's 'You Raised Me Up', with lyrics translated into Bataknese.
After the choir, Arum Tresna-ningtyas and Meicy Sitorus from Tetangga Pak Gesang walked onto the stage, attracting enthusiasm from the audience with their pleasant ukulele playing and easy listening songs.
The crowd grew livelier when Arum and Meicy walked down from the stage and performed the song 'Panen Raya' (The Harvest) among the audience. The listeners could not help swaying from side to side as the duo asked them to sing along.
The concert finished up with the Ari-Reda duo, who effortlessly encouraged the audience to join them in singing songs about life and love.
Ari's guitar, playing and Reda's pleasant voice successfully closed the evening concert with a relaxed ambience, with audience members leaving the hall sharing smiles and laughter.
Some of the audience stayed longer to have a chit-chat with Arum, Meicy, Ari and Reda.
Meanwhile, the second concert was just as lively, as Mocca performed in front of their fans without any border or stage.
The crowd, which surrounded the band, could not stop dancing and singing while Mocca played their well-known catchy songs like 'I Remember', 'Secret Admirer', and 'Do What You Wanna Do'.
The band members and fans interacted with each other like friends throughout the concert.
'This is what makes RRRec Festival different to similar events. It was simple, but it could engage the artists and audience in the same circle,' said art consultant Irma Hidayana, 39, who had rushed to the church from his workplace to attend the first concert.
Advocate Ramses Situmeang, 23, echoed Irma. He said that he had followed Ruru events via social media for the last two years, as he found they allowed him to get to know the featured artists and share ideas with them.
Ramses suggested Jakarta residents head to Ruru events on Saturday and Sunday, particularly the Holymarket in Menteng Park, where they could buy and bargain for items like clothes or cassettes from the artists.
The Holymarket takes place on Sunday along with another concert, featuring a number of prominent musicians like Frau from Yogyakarta. The artists collective will also present a talk show, video screening, art exhibition and workshop.
For more information, visit the festival's Instagram account @rrrec_fest. (agn)
