#SaveTIM Unfinished Struggle Action, Rejecting Commercialization of Expression Spaces at TIM from Jakpro to JXB
JAKARTA-JAYA NEWS.COM – Artists, cultural figures, writers, poets, and other arts communities in Jakarta and the surrounding areas are invited to attend the #SaveTIM
UNFINISHED STRUGGLE Action,
a three-part series of Cikini 73 songs on Saturday, January 17, 2026, from 4:00 PM WIB until finished, at the Jakarta Arts Center (PKJ) Plaza, Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), Jakarta.
This is the written invitation to journalists delivered in Jakarta on Thursday morning (January 15, 2026).
“This action is a moral movement by artists and artists across genres to continue rejecting the commercialization of expression spaces in the Taman Ismail Marzuki area by JAKPRO, which will now be transferred to JXB,” he said.
If artists don’t speak out in opposition, it’s possible that one day, entry to the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) area will be subject to an entrance fee.
The Jakarta Arts Center (PKJ) Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) is a laboratory for arts and culture, a birthplace of ideas, concepts, major cultural narratives, and the nation’s leading figures in the arts and culture.
“What would happen if its dignity were to be destroyed by commercialization by developers and managers who don’t understand the spirit of art? It would only exacerbate this nation’s multidimensional crisis,” he stressed.
This action is indeed like a lifeboat confronting a capitalist mothership, but that lifeboat carries the dynamite of awareness of art and culture as the most important thing to maintain as part of the nation’s identity.
Come, join, and enjoy this action, bringing your pure intentions, your intellect, and aesthetics, and the joy of expression, without expectation of personal gain, and without prejudice.
Greetings from a culture of one heart and one soul.
#SaveTIM
#RejectcommercializationTIM
#ClearAreaTIMdariJakPro
#RejectJXB.
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Contributor: Lasman Simanjuntak
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