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Jakarta mall celebrates month of love with exhibition of broken-hearts
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From Feb. 6, Plaza Indonesia has hosted an event called Love Philosophy, which features an art exhibition and the Plaza Indonesia Film Festival. (Shutterstock/File)
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ebruary is the month of love. If other places choose to commemorate Cupid’s month with roses and gifts, the Plaza Indonesia shopping mall in Central Jakarta has decided to showcase the other side of love.
From last week, the mall has hosted an event called Love Philosophy, which features an art exhibition and the Plaza Indonesia Film Festival. The former, dubbed the Broken-Heart Gallery, is slated to run until Feb. 28. Located on the fourth floor, it features broken-hearted-themed artwork and installations from 14 local artists such as Ika Vantiani, Wickana Laksim Dewi, Ayu Dila Martina, Muhammad Taufiq, Evelyn Pritt, Abimantra Pradhana, Sekar Puti, Varsam Kurnia, Monica Hapsari.
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Meanwhile, the film festival, scheduled to run from Feb. 22 to Feb. 24, will showcase love-themed movies such as Salawaku, The Red Turtle and Ziarah (Pilgrimage).
In addition to the aforementioned events, Plaza Indonesia will also encourage visitors to help unfortunate children. By buying a lovelock at the exhibition, visitors will have automatically donated Rp 50,000 (US$3.75) to anti-violence programs for children initiated by UNICEF.
The mall’s general manager for marketing and communications, Zamri Mamat, said in a press release that the mall wanted to discuss love from a different point of view.
“Most people have experienced [a broken heart], but not [all] want to talk about it. Through remembering the broken-hearted phase, one can appreciate more deeply the love one finds,” said Zamri. (kes)
