Cosmopolitan, adventurous, multicultural, liberal, economy conscious, power sensitive, and enthusiastic about science and art updates. “They want to spearhead their time”  These are the characteristics of the Batavia people; ‘Bataviasche’ Jan Erdman Jordens wrote, the founder of Bataviasche Nouvelles, the first newspaper in Batavia which was published in 1744, quoted by the curators during the brainstorming sessions for the Jakarta Biennale 14.   Jakarta Residents? Quoted also was Lance Castle who in his book Profil Etnik Jakarta (2007) mentioned that half of world’s people was created in this city. Jakarta is a city of diverse society. Different groups, ethnic, relig [ ... ]

ILHAM KHOIRI ILHAM KHOIRI was born  di Bojonegoro, East Java on 2 December,  1974. He studied at the Ushuluddin Faculty, in the  State Islam Institute (now known the State Islam University or UIN) Jakarta
, and graduated in 1998. Iham completed his masters degree from [ ... ]