Kawasan Penjaringan di Jakarta Utara tidak punya banyak ruang bagi warganya. Permukiman di daerah itu berdempet-dempetan, sementara mayoritas lahan lainnya sudah menjadi jalan tol yang membentang sejak akhir 2000-an. Warga setempat terpaksa bersiasat dengan sedikit ruang yang tersisa. Jadilah kolong jalan tol dimanfaatkan untuk berbagai jenis kegiatan dan keperluan, dari parkir truk, penimbunan sampah harian, hingga lokasi adu bilyar antarwarga.
Menurut amatan kelompok TROTOARt yang bermukim di Penjaringan, ada satu peluang baru yang bisa dikembangkan di kolong jalan tol Penjaringan, yakni pengadaan lapangan futsal sebagai sarana olahraga rakyat. Proyek sosial ini turut melibatkan Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF). Organisasi budaya asal Majalengka itu melengkapi lapangan futsal dengan pagar bambu, agar warga bisa bermain bola tanpa rasa khawatir bola melayang ke jalan raya. Adapun JAF ikut mengembangkan Bangunin Sahur, video hasil dokumentasi TROTOARt tentang kebiasaan warga setempat membangunkan orang sahur dengan beragam alat musik. Ritual ini biasanya dimulai dengan satu rombongan yang membangunkan orang-orang di salah satu pojok Penjaringan. Di pojok-pojok lain, muncul beberapa rombongan melakukan hal serupa. Ketika rombongan-rombongan ini bertemu, mereka bersatu menjadi rombongan besar untuk memeriahkan suasana sahur. Pemutaran perdana Bangunin Sahur menjadi puncak dari acara peresmian lapangan futsal, mempertemukan warga dengan ragam kebersamaan yang mereka jalin selama ini.
TROTOARt dibentuk pada 2001 oleh para pelukis di Jalan Pintu Besar Selatan, Kawasan Kota Tua. Pada perkembangannya, TROTOARt berkolaborasi dengan banyak komunitas untuk mewujudkan berbagai kegiatan seni. Proyek ini menjadi awal kolaborasi mereka dengan organisasi budaya Jatiwangi Art Factory yang didirikan di Jatiwangi, Jawa Barat, pada 2005. Organisasi budaya ini berfokus pada kajian kehidupan perdesaan lokal lewat berbagai kegiatan seni dan budaya.
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The Penjaringan area in North Jakarta does not have a lot of public spaces for its residents. Houses in this area are squeezed together, while much of the land has been turned into highways since the late 2000’s. The people of the area are forced to make do with whatever little room is left. For example, the underside of the highway is now used for all sorts of activities, from truck parking, to trash disposal, to a billiard arena for its residents.
TROTOARt group, living in Penjaringan, observes that there is one opportunity that can be developed underneath the highways in Penjaringan: futsal courts as a sports facility for the people. This social project involved Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF), a cultural organisation from Majalengka. They surrounded the futsal courts with bamboo fences, so that people can play without worrying that the ball will fly onto the streets. JAF also helped developed Bangunin Sahur; TROTOARt’s documentation video about the habit of locals to wake people up for Ramadan dawn meal with various musical instruments. This ritual usually starts with a group of people waking people up in one corner of Penjaringan. From other corners we see other groups appearing doing the same. When these groups converge, they become a big group entertaining people at the dawn meal. The premiere of Bangunin Sahur became the highlight at the inauguration of the futsal field, where people from different backgrounds came together, diverse in the togetherness they have fostered.
TROTOARt was established in 2001 by painters at Jalan Pintu Besar Selatan of Kota Tua (the Old City). Along the way, TROTOARt collaborated with many communities engaging in various artistic endeavors. This project marks the beginning of their collaboration with the cultural organisation Jatiwangi Art Factory that was established in Jatiwangi, West Java, in 2005. This cultural organisation focuses on rural cultural studies of the local area through various art and cultural activities.
For this year Jakarta Biennale, i was appointed by Asep Topan, one of the young curators team, to do a mural project together with 5 others female artist from Jakarta ( Sanchia Hamidjaja, Sari Sartje, Nur Hasna, Ayash) and Aceh (Cut Putri). Each of us were placed in certain area in Jakarta, which i think, maybe the toughest part of Jakarta.
I was placed at TK (kindergarten) Gelora Bangsa, Jakarta Utara, Kampung Baru, Penjaringan. 39 km away from my home. This was actually the first time i visited this place. I was introduced by the local independent community called Trotoart under the management of Jhoni Karlah, which also had a close relationship with Ruangrupa, and they had been running their show for quite a long time and their objects were to build a positive environment for the people of Penjaringan through art. Jhoni Karlah is an artist himself. I began to visit Trotoart, for location checking, discussion, and also as a part of Jakarta Biennale an Trotoart’s Kampung Kepang project, i hosted a workshop with the mothers of Penjaringan on making a necklace with my accessories and their braid combined.
The reasons i do this workshop is, first, Jhoni asked me, because its commonly Trotoart asked artist to contribute something to the people here, they also had a weekly program called KBM (Kelas Belajar Mengajar) for the children of Penjaringan and always had an open slots for teachers, students, artists or anyone to contribute on teaching the children of KBM. But for this opportunity, i proposed to do the workshops with the mothers instead. Second, in a search for inspiration, i need to know this area a little bit better, the mothers, the children, the condition of their living, because this is a new environment for me, i dont know their problems, their story.
After a while and with the limited time i had, i think i’ve know Penjaringan a little bit. Problems in Penjaringan that i know so far are crimes, drugs, prostitution, sanitation, unemployment and homelessness. Many families living under the bridge, kids at 1 AM still running around the streets because their parents are away, the mother is a prostitute, and the father are PREMAN or a local thug. Never had imagined how tough living in Penjaringan. 🙁
With stories from Mba Rina (she’s the owner and also a teacher at TK Gelora Bangsa, and Jhoni’s wife), i learned that many of the children here never finished their school and just stop wanting to finished it. Economic factor, where at young age, they had to work to support the family’s living, and the secondly, they just dont want to go to school, they just dont feel inspired to it.
Then for this work, i dedicated the mural for the children but not forgetting the parents, for they had the biggest part on their childrens life. Its about hopes and dreams, and how parents can help their children on achieving it. Parents can keep their hopes high and keep them inspired.
Writed By : Marishka Soekarna
Jakarta Biennale 2017 “JIWA”
Penjaringan dalam lukisan karya Shobirin (Om Bob) untuk Pameran Jakarta Biennale 2017
50 Tahun Jakarta Biennale 2024
Judul Karya : PRAKARSA RUPA JAKARTA
Galeri Emiria Soenassa Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta Pusat
Lukisan Akrilik di atas Kanvas 200×120 cm
Konsep : Jhons Patriatik Kharlah, Rinawati, Piter Kurniawan
Seniman : Shobirin, Chrisna Mardana
Penulis : Ahmad Jalaludin
Jakarta Biennale 2024 menjadi momentum perayaan ke 50 tahun semenjak penyelenggaraan Pameran Besar Seni Lukis Indonesia pada tahun 1974. Pada saat awal mula Jakarta Biennale digagas sampai sekarang, kegiatan ini tak pernah lepas dari ratusan bahkan ribuan para Tokoh yang turut berkontribusi. Mulai dari panitia pelaksana, juri, kurator bahkan seniman yang telah menyumbangkan waktu, tenaga, ide, gagasan, hingga sebuah karya demi terselengganya Jakarta Biennale. “Prakarsa Rupa Jakarta” merupakan sebuah karya yang dibuat oleh Trotoart sebagai bentuk refleksi, historis, merawat ingatan dari kegiatan Jakarta Biennale yang memiliki makna Penggagas, Penggerak, Inisiator, atau Pelopor selama pelaksanaan kegiatan Seni Rupa Kontemporer di Wilayah Jakarta yang biasa kita sebut Jakarta Biennale.
Trotoart mencoba mengajak publik untuk mengenal dan mengetahui beberapa tokoh dalam lukisan “Prakarsa Rupa Jakarta” dengan cara menghadirkan nuansa Pameran Besar Seni Lukis Indonesia tahun 1974. Karena tahun ini bertepatan dengan 50 Tahun penyelenggaraan Jakarta Biennale, Trotoart pun menghadirikan 50 tokoh berdasarkan hasil risetnya memiliki pengaruh besar atas penyelenggaraan Biennale di Jakarta. Hingga saat ini penyelenggaraan Jakarta Biennale menjadi sebuah perhelatan akbar dunia seni rupa kontemporer yang masih konsisten menjaga eksistensinya, Peristiwa ini bisa dinikmati tidak hanya oleh para pelaku seni, melainkan juga kalangan masyarakat luas, baik skala nasional maupun internasional.