The Revitalization Of The TEAM That Was Protested By Artists Reached 61 Percent

TIM Revitalization (Photo: Diah / VOI)

JAKARTA - The work on the revitalization of Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) which was once protested by a number of artists has reached 61 percent in 80 weeks of work. However, this progress has only included the revitalization of phase I.

The revitalization phase I of the cultural center in the Cikini area, Central Jakarta, includes the Amir Hamzah Mosque, a parking building and fire department (damkar), as well as a library building and an arts guesthouse.

Meanwhile, the phase II revitalization has not been carried out. Phase II includes work that will focus on the performance building, then the planetarium and the building that surrounds it.

"In phase I, there are several areas that have been completed. One of them is the park parking area which has been 100 percent completed. Previously, the Amir Hamzah Mosque had also been revitalized in July last year," said PT JakPro Corporate Communications Manager Melisa Sjach in her statement. , Thursday, February 4.

Then, in the near future, the TIM revitalization will enter phase II. Work began with the construction of the Taman Ismail Marzuki Courtyard Theater.

Melissa said that the design of the Page Theater is planned to be in the form of a semicircle with comfortable seating, so that the audience will feel a different enjoyment and experience when watching cultural arts performances.

"Then, in the vicinity of this courtyard theater there will also be an infiltration pool and shady trees. With these various facilities, it will add to the coolness of the Taman Ismail Marzuki area," he said.

Got Protested

Since the revitalization started earlier this year, a number of artists often wrestle on the front page of the TIM every Friday afternoon. They are not in the arts, but rather staged an action against the construction of luxury hotels in the revitalization of the TIM.

At first this rejection was loudly voiced by several art activists in a discussion entitled "Where Do PKJ-TIM Will Be Taken?" which was held at the HB Jassin Documentation Center, TIM, on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. In the discussion, a number of artists rejected commercialization in the revitalization of the TIM.

A number of artists who are members of the Taman Ismail Marzuki Artists Forum (FSPTIM) are concerned about the increase in building rental prices and the culture of commercialization that will eventually grow in the area.

FSPTIM spokesperson, Noorca Massardi, considers that there are profit projections to be extracted from JakPro. Because, in the Regulation of the Governor of DKI Number 63 of 2019, Anies has assigned Jakpro to manage the infrastructure and facilities in the TIM after being revitalized.

It is certain, according to him, that Jakpro requires a large amount of money to replace the regional capital participation (PMD) that has been spent from the revitalization development to the maintenance costs of facilities in TIM to be returned to the regional treasury.

It is feared that Jakpro will take advantage by increasing the rental price of the Graha Bhakti Budaya (GBB) performance building after it is revitalized and the cost of lodging the art guesthouse to be built.

"That promise is just talk. All words cannot be accounted for. In fact, Governor Regulation 63 clearly states that Jakpro has managed a commercial area for 28 years. It is impossible for Jakpro not to make a profit," said Noorca, some time ago.

The discussion on the discrepancies in the understanding of the revitalization of the dead team at the DKI DPRD, so that the DPR must summon DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to hear the case.

In a meeting on February 27, 2020 at the DPR Building, Anies promised that Jakpro would not commercialize the TIM area. This is because the management of art content that is held in the TIM area is held by the Jakarta Arts Council (DKJ) curatorial agency.

"Jakpro manages its infrastructure because it does not have the competence and track record in the arts. As for artistic activities, the content is in the DKJ and the Culture Office," said Anies.