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e are pleased to present our interview with Vivi Yip for our cover story this week (p6-8).

Vivi, an art dealer and curator, is the latest in the series of fugitive '€œmad men'€ (and women) we'€™ve we featured in JPlus who'€™ve escaped advertising for more creative efforts.

I'€™m thinking of two people in particular: Luthfi Hasan of Jakarta Vintage, who'€™ll be writing a design column for us starting this month, and Triawan Munaf, the head of the Creative Economy Agency.

It'€™s good to see these talented people putting their skills at networking to a good cause: Promoting the nation'€™s culture and creativity.

Turning to The List (p3), we'€™re focusing on interesting events to refresh and revive yourself after a busy week. We'€™ve got an event listing for the Kineforum, which deserves special attention.

The brainchild of the Jakarta Arts Council and run by dedicated cineastes, Kineforum regularly screens independent and rarely seen Indonesian films.

By the way, congratulations are in order for our friend Joko Anwar, whose latest film, A Copy of Mind, is now in wide release in Indonesia.

As usual, Joko has made an excellent film. As usual, prominent international film festivals around the world have lauded Joko'€™s work. As usual, it'€™s up to us now to make sure the film finds a good audience at home.

I encourage everyone to make it down to the movie theater this weekend, buy a ticket and some popcorn and enjoy A Copy of Mind. There will be time for zombies, superheroes and wushu films later. I promise.