Exhibition

12 December 2022 to 12 January 2023

Exhibition venue

Taman Ismail Marzuki – TIM (Jakarta Arts Centre)

Emiria Soenassa Gallery, Ali Sadikin Building, Ground Floor

8, Jl. Cikini Raya No.73, RT.8/RW.2, Cikini, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 10330

The Taman Ismail Marzuki – TIM (Jakarta Arts Centre) is a public meeting place and a space for art, culture, and discourse in Jakarta. Since 1968, the 9-hectare complex, which was previously a park and zoo, has been an art and cultural centre comprising several theatres, cinemas, exhibition spaces, galleries, libraries, archives, and studios. The architectural ensemble has been revitalised in recent years by the architect Andra Matin.

The exhibition Dipl.-Ing. Arsitek: German-trained Indonesian Architects from the 1960s will be on display in the newly opened part of the Jakarta Arts Centre.

Opening

12 December 2022.

By invitation only.

 

6:30 pm:

Reception of the guests and casual dinner

 

7:30 pm:

Welcoming adresses by

Sally Below and Moritz Henning, Encounters with Southeast Asian Modernism

Avianti Armand and Setiadi Sopandi, Yayasan Museum Arsitektur Indonesia

Her Excellency Ina Lepel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Indonesia

Dr. Ir. M. Basuki Hadimuljono, M.Sc, Minister of Public Works and Housing PUPR

Opening ribbon cutting by Ms. Ina Lepel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mr. Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Public Works and Housing PUPR.

 

8:00 pm:

Guided tour through the exibition by the curators.

 

8:30 pm:

End of the formal ceremony.

 

Open for public from 13 December 2022 to 12 Januar 2023.

Opening hours

13 December 2022 to 12 Januar 2023.

Open for public every day from 10 am – 6 pm WIB.

Free of charge.

Dipl.-Ing. Arsitek: German-trained Indonesian architects from the 1960s

The exhibition Dipl.-Ing. Arsitek: German-trained Indonesian Architects from the 1960s illuminates the lives and work of Indonesians who studied in Germany and graduated in the 1960s with the degree of Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) in architecture. After graduation, many of the newly trained architects returned home and became the protagonists of modern Indonesian architecture. Some of them, however, remained in Europe, settling in Germany, Switzerland, or the Netherlands.

From 12 December 2022 to 12 January 2023, the exhibition at Taman Ismail Marzuki gives an in-depth look into the careers of the selected architects. Historical documents and previously untapped archival materials allow for an intensive examination of the work of these architects against the backdrop of their training in Europe, particularly from Germany.

New photographs created for the project by William Sutanto (Indonesia) and Moritz Bernoully (Germany) depict exemplary buildings by the architects in their present-day context and raise questions about the cultural significance and future of architectural modernism in Indonesia and Germany.