The 35th Jazz Goes to Campus: Freedom of Jazzpression

Tanggal 25 November 2012 menjadi puncak acara the 35th Jazz Goes to Campus (JGTC) yang ¾seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, digelar di pelataran parkir FE UI. Karena ini pertama kalinya nonton *ngaku, jadinya saya nggak begitu tahu perbedaannya kalau dibandingkan dengan pagelaran JGTC di tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Katanya sih, dari segi kelangsungan festival mulai dari segi line-up artist hingga jumlah show area yang didirikan udah beda. Stage-nya sendiri mengambil empat lokasi: Vitacimin stage, Mandiri stage, Jazzpression stage, dan terakhir Propaganda stage. Nah loh, saya sendiri sampai bengong ngapalinnya, belum lagi ngapalin denahnya yang berputar-putar gitu. Kudu pegangan tangan temen deh, daripada nantinya nyasar-nyasar nggak jelas. Eh, tangan siapa juga, hho...

Pastinya, sesuai dengan tema yang diusung yakni Freedom of Jazzpression pengunjung sangat mungkin untuk menikmati keseluruhan nuansa dan ambience dari berbagai ekspresi musik jazz. Selain sederet artis lokal, pagelaran ini juga dimeriahkan oleh artis-artis internasional seperti Orange Pekoe (Jepang), Martin Danev (Bulgaria), dan Toninho Horta (Brazil). Wohhooo..

Bubugiri

Vitacimin stage letaknya persis di sebelah kiri begitu pengunjung memasuki area venue. Musik jazz yang diusung pun lebih crispy dan easy listening, mengajak pengunjung untuk menggoyangkan kepala mengikuti alunan jazz. Di sini, stage diisi oleh legenda-legenda musik jazz Indonesia semacam Idang Rasyidi dan Fariz RM. Ada juga permainan electro jazz dari Martin Danev Jazza Wacka, yaitu kolaborasi antara Martin Danev dengan musisi lokal Matthew Sayerz, Bertha, dan Demas Narawangsa. Sayangnya, saya nggak sempet menikmatinya karena jadi labil sendiri jalan kesana kemari. Maunya sih semuanya ditonton *LOL. Di stage ini saya cuma sempet menikmati penampilannya Bubugiri yang membawakan lagu-lagu yang ringan di kuping :))

Dira Sugandi's Tribute to Lady Jazz

Dira, taking the time to chat with the audience

Quote of the day

“When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn't a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that it will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanence for granted, which might be the very thing so dear about it.” 

~ Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed (2011)

The Whistleblower: Seriously, the U.N.?

Title :  The WHISTLEBLOWER
Directors :  Larysa Kodracky
Screenwriter :  Larysa Kodracky
Cast :  Rachel Weizs, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Radgrave, David Strathairn
Running Time :  112 minutes
Release :  August 2011 (INDONESIA)   

Rachel Weisz plays the role of Kathy Bolkovac

Synopsise:

Kathryn Bolkovac is a Nebraska cop who is thrust into the gravelly snake pit of United Nations regulated Bosnia. She works as part of a private corporate army, training Bosnian police to restore order to the war-torn country. As she begins to get the lay of the land in her new environment, she starts to see signs of a terrible underground industry whose patrons are not only from within the corporation but from within the United Nations as well. After finding a woman who has escaped from a human trafficker selling sex slaves to hidden brothels in the area, Kathryn begins to see how expansive an industry it has become in the years following the war. As she gathers more and more evidence to bring to light she discovers the last thing she ever expected, that there is no way for the corporate army and  United Nations officers to be held accountable for their actions. Based on the harrowing true story of a single womans quest for justice in the face of a truth no one wanted to expose and organizations facilitating the very crimes they were created to stop. But is one woman enough to go up against the United Nations and its corporate conspirators.

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