Good afternoon, I'm a graphic designer.
I've been in this business, with my beloved wife for about 11 years.
But something hasn't changed while this is running
The fact that I often face dual interests
which is function, which is aesthetic. which is business, which is expression
.. which is idealism, which is work requisition
Two things that i have to deal with constantly and rigorously.
Just as hard as when I have to choose, between these two.
(laugh)
Finally i made a decision, that I'll choose both.
But of course, must be started with one way.
That is, I had to get out of my comfort zone as a graphic designer
I left the desk, i left my chair.
And what I found instead, was exceptional
I went to the market and met Mr. Udin a cigarette seller with a very global knowledge.
Didn't finish elementary school but knows so much about soccer.
And not to Kawi mountain, i also went to the cemetery
Here, at Taman Makam Pahlawan (Hero Cemetery) I saw that actually..
.. what's the concept of 'hero' in Indonesia?
Can we be a hero? Am i a hero or a loser?
What's more interesting is my return trip browsing through Jakarta
That's.. Wow.. Jakarta. Everybody knows Jakarta's problems.
Tangled, dirty and so on.
We need to save not only the people
But also Jakarta itself.
This was one thing that left mark, because i came to Jakarta
.. with a dream.
And if Jakarta won't change I'll never realize
.. my dream here.
I tried to see what I have to start?
I'm not a researcher. I don't have a very strong
.. research academic background
But i can see inside myself.
What I truly want.
It creates a remarkable contemplation
.. about the dual interests.
That I must be able to feel what
.. runs in my blood.
And I knew, that what I want is one word.
Change. "Change yourself."
I have to change, I can't do the same patterns every year.
I can't work with the same pattern every year.
What is "Change yourself" project?, it was first launched from 2004 to 2007.
The victim was myself. I wanted to be like Ade Rai.
But we can see later what fate has to say in the future.
(laugh)
In this "Change yourself" project,
I tried to stimulate people about 'change' issue.
This project was spread to three spots in Jakarta.
I tried to minimize teenage ego, offering one simple change.
And then, 'change' concept must be supported with an
.. accurate transformation mechanism about behavior alteration.
This is, a pattern that I try to create.
It can stimulate people to think, about the concept of 'change'.
Surprise, all these amazing projects with their independent strength, were able to
.. perform in three cities.
Also, a lot of friends involved as a part of this project said,
"I did!" but evidently.. boom.
Failed to be like Ade Rai, I collapsed and was hospitalized.
So, I attained the 'change'.
The society has also changed, but there's something I've yet to find.
Next, I need to find one thing.
Apparently what i didn't seek, while 'changing', is the happiness itself.
I felt that, "pursuit of happiness" or finding
.. contentment was, a keyword that I lost sight of when
.. making the "Change yourself" project.
Surprise, seemingly the "Happiness" project formed a big question mark for me.
I recalled what was the most satisfying moment in my life.
It turned out, 'eating' with 'play', 'online'... i was surprised.
that the way to acquire happiness that I did was
.. "play", it was 'playing'.
Bigger than 'driving', when i saw the latest album..
Clearly, playing can't be separated from my life.
My childhood.
Playing can be a.. we can forget, that we can create anything..
.. that we can imagine anything.
The keyword is "playing", to achieve one key about happiness
Is playing.
The concept of playing is not easy.
Because when I look at what playing is nowadays
It's different when I was a child.
Human is a playing creature, thus playing is a form of evolution
.. with human which is never removed from evolution process.
It's always there. Era changes, period changes. But playing's always there. It always appears.
And not just human. Even animal needs to play.
For some species, playing is a form of self-actualization in socializing.
(laugh)
"Playing".
Yet, offering the issue of playing was difficult.
So many obstacles that I have to overcome.
There are clients, insurance to be paid, taxes,
.. phones, text messages, facebook, and so on.
So evidently, playing as I mentioned prior
researches to attain a good time quality
.. are immense in current period.
It hit me when I watched the Joker he said, "why so serious?"
Why we are too serious, why I'm too serious seeing life.
a psychopat can offer a concept
.. about serious and playing, to us, normal people.
I think this is an interesting concept.
There are a million reasons to play. People longing to be free from tension.
Looking for bet, looking for luck, in fact for some people, it is gambling.
But I was amazed. When I saw.. "OK, I want to play"
Playing is now very different than what it used to be.
Doing whatever it takes to reach a victory.
Playing is back to be something that's too serious.
At one point, a puzzled society is being played by an animal.
(laugh)
Who is actually playing?
Furthermore, I was shocked.
When I want to play a game, there are tools, created so..
we are patterned, into a very rigid form.
We are trapped with tools, trapped with media and other things.
What kind of game? It seems that we need a new game to play.
A game that's responding my current concept.
This is also a game created by Marti Guixe
He's a designer from Catalan He scratched the lamp, so he
.. can offer a game concept from a product
as an output when auctioned.
moreover, who doesn't know iPhone? Its technology
.. supported with games, applications and other things.
You can't deny the success of this century's revolutionary gadget.
Because of what? "play"
I need some tools, because I love Jakarta, I have a dream in Jakarta
I made Jakarta, a media for my games
The problem is, it's not that simple
In the process of making games with Jakarta
I created 9 games, maybe more. In the future I'll create new ones.
But maybe not in Jakarta Other places, other cities.
What I can share, while forming this "play" project
Is what i'm sharing right now.
First, "Playing can reveal happy memories from the past"
Then what I've obtained from the second game.
"Playing is the only way that's able to change any object."
So not just nanotechnology, a game can also change any object.
The idea was from public furniture.
Our bus stops are highly damaged, there are motorcycle taxis, stalls, and everything else.
There are 10 functions served by Jakarta's bus stops.
I tried to construct a new bus stop, by using found objects
.. on Pasar Minggu street.
Here's the carpenter, then I worked together with the guy.
And, we created an interesting cave.
(laugh and applause)
We even invited people to go 'online' here.
The internet service was free from the nearest workshop
The power of free.
The third game. "Playing forgets life's pressures."
I played with the most depressed people in Jakarta.
The street vendors, who are often evacuated by local authority.
That's it.
Then also. "Playing becomes a form of healthy critic."
As the only founder of "Monorail Monument" in the world.
(audience laugh and cheer)
This is an extraordinary game.
"Playing helps us see the details of life."
the idea is "look, who can't see that Jakarta is now severely destroyed, abandoned by the society."
semakin hancur tidak dirawat oleh masyarakat.
This is a new game we created.
Where the 'super human' can demolish
[penonton tertawa]
Or this. Jet Li's trick.
"Playing stimulates reality consciousness"
This, you can see by my sweat while walking around Jakarta
It looks like this. The sweat.
This is my souvenir, Jakarta map.
So next is "hidden messages."
"Playing doesn't mean we always come out as a winner."
Asking Jakarta people to play is a very hard thing to do.
we hid 9 capsules around Jakarta.
each capsule must be found by someone equipped
with clues about the capsule.
In the end, the capsules form a series of words.
"It's hard to live in Jakarta. But, it's harder to leave it."
Let's see, this is a street vendor in Mampang. This is the transformation.
Permainan nomer 8, "Bermain ada aturan, namun kita bisa keluar aturan dengan Bermain"
So it looks like this. Very "street fashion".
"Playing can be done anywhere, with anything."
If all these times I thought of doing a concept about Jakarta,
Apparently, it can be done in Kashmir also.
This is, one of the highest lake in Asia.
Where i felt really cold, I also wanted to play.
But i didn't have the money, no one was there and no tools were around.
This is a game i made, with the only things attached to my body.
So, it went like this, "KEEP PLAYING" wherever, we must be able to play.
these are 9 games that I will not stop to make. .. and maybe someday I have to develop new games, the more challenging ones.
But I only want to provoke
By those 9 games, playing can be
.. a device to reach a level of happiness. That, I guarantee.
and probably we've forgotten how to play.
.. how we have so many pleasing memories from the past.