Tiga kata, yang ternyata berhubungan , Bagaimana bisa ? yaa… bisa saja, coba simak cerita dibawah ini.
Selasa, 19 Januari, hari yang dinanti tiba untuk kembali menggelar
’Main Golf Bareng’ antar alumni AR ITB. Kali ini mengambil tempat di Lapangan Golf Riverside, di desa Cikeas , 20 km sebelah Selatan Jakarta.
Ketika aku bangun pagi, kudengar suara hujan cukup lebat dan dari kaca jendela, terlihat pantulan semburan berkali-kali cahaya terang akibat kilat. “ Wah, hujan kali ini cukup keras, lebih keras dari Selasa lalu, kemungkinan tidak jadi main nih !”, dalam hatiku, kupikir, “Sayang sekali,….. karena Gadjah telah berhasil ‘meracuni’ cukup banyak alumni AR ITB, baik yang ‘newbees’ atau yang ‘die-hard’ , untuk bergabung dengan ‘kumpulan orang-orang setengah gila’ untuk main golf – yang tidak peduli hujan atau tidak hujan !”
Berbeda dengan Selasa lalu, kali ini, ketika aku start dari rumah, aku tidak lagi menilpon Gadjah atau Amrie, untuk menanyakan : “Hujan nih, Jadi main enggak?”, karena jawabannya aku sudah tahu …….. Actually ,
‘I don’t like the color and the shape of the clouds’ . Seperti gambar komiknya Amrie di bawah …
Sepanjang jalan toll menuju Riverside, hujan makin deras, dan aku mulai ragu, karena terlihat langit di sebelah Selatan terlihat agak gelap, aku tidak suka warna dan bentuknya…. , tapi rupanya aku sudah ketularan optimisme Gadjah dan Amrie, sehingga kupacu mobilku lebih kencang menuju Riverside, saking kencang…, aku missed the exit di Cimanggis – untung hanya 40 meteran….. Segera kuhentikan mobil dengan dengan gaya ‘nyetir-rally’, ku buka dengan cepat seat-belt ku dan masukkan gigi-mundur, langsung injak gas, sambil badanku meliuk melihat ke belakang lewat tengah mobil, bukan melalui kaca spion (ini sebabnya seat-belt perlu dilepas !)
Kalau di rally, biasanya kalau salah jalan begini, kita gunakan yang disebut ‘hand-brake turn’, supaya mobil berbalik 180 derajat dengan cepat dan hanya memakai lebar jalan yang sempit . Tapi kali ini di jalan umum, tentu tidak bisa dilakukan dan mobilku juga tidak dilengkapi dengan ‘LSD’ ( jangan berpikir macam-macam dulu… ini bukan sejenis drugs.., tapi singkatan dari ‘Limited Slip Differential’).
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The Third Arte-Polis International Conference on
CREATIVE COLLABORATION AND THE MAKING OF PLACE
Learning from Shared Creative Experiences
Bandung - Indonesia, 22-24 July 2010
Building on the successes of the first two Arte-Polis international conferences in 2006 and 2008, Institute of Technology Bandung is pleased to present Arte-Polis 3, an international conference with the theme "Creative Collaboration and the Making of Place: Learning from Shared Creative Experiences". This biennial event is an initiative of the Architecture Program at ITB’s School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development in collaboration with other creative institutions, to be held on 22-24 July 2010 in Bandung, Indonesia's city with a long heritage of creative culture, communities and collaborations.
The aim of Arte-Polis 3 is to bring together practitioners, academics, community leaders, local government officials, policy-makers and other professionals from diverse disciplines and regions around the world concerned with the quality of life and collaborative nature of creative communities in urban, rural and pastoral places. Its objective is to share and learn from international and local experiences regarding current issues, best practices and policy implications of creative collaborations on place-making.
International Conference
The peer-reviewed Arte-Polis 3 international conference will critically address the theme "Creative Collaboration and the Making of Place" through a number of diverse Tracks, such as:
A. Architecture and Environmental Design through Creative Collaboration
B. Business, Management and Entrepreneurship for Creative Collaboration
C. Culture, Arts and Design showcasing Creative Collaboration
D. Digital Media and Information Technology harnessing Creative Collaboration
E. Education and Theoretical Discourses on Creative Collaboration
F. Planning and Policy Development informed by Creative Collaboration
Keynote addresses by prominent creative champions from Indonesia and overseas, along with international and local featured speakers will provide a platform for critical discussion and collaborative learning of creative experiences within the parallel sessions of the Conference Tracks. Speakers at past Arte-Polis conferences have included Mr. Charles Landry, Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, Prof. Alexander Cuthbert, Prof. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Prof. Mohammad Danisworo, Prof. Lily Kong, Prof. Masayuki Sasaki, Dr. Armein Langi, Dr. Himasari Hanan, Mr. I Gede Ardika, Mr. Cor Dijkgraaf, Mr. John Newbigin and others.
Read more: CfP arte-polis3 IntlConf Bandung - Abstracts due 22 FEB 2010