With no place to play when the flood comes, a boy rides along the back of a bajaj at Pasar Ikan, Sunda Kelapa, North Jakarta (November 7, 2009). Many other children are also playing at the market, which will be inundated whenever the river overflows. Huyogo Gabriel | November 2009
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November 2009
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BEWARE THE BUMP. Motorists and cyclists—and especially pregnant women—must be more careful when passing Dipati Ukur Street in Bandung, as there are traffic bumps of 2.5 meter wide and 15 cm high installed on the street. The traffic bumps—probably the largest in West Java—were installed right in front of the Padjadjaran University and next to the People’s Struggle Monument, by the Office of Highway, Road Development, and Waterways of the Municipality of Bandung. Argus Firmansah | November 2009 |
A police base on Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio, Kuningan, South Jakarta. “We won’t be fully aware of the fact that we’re being watched, as our sight is diverted toward the ads on the plasma TV above the base.” Dian Bara | November 2009 |
A female monkey and its baby are resting under the Pasupati bridge in Bandung, in between their forced performance to obey their master’s wish. Such a small monkey troupe now no longer performs in housing areas, but rather at almost all crossroads in Bandung. These new urban residents flooded into the city along with the flow of urbanization, in which people in the villages are flocking to the cities. Perhaps these monkeys, reluctant performers in one act plays, should also have temporary residence permits to stay in the city? Agus Bebeng | November 2009 |