DJ Peter Keppy only plays 78 record discs. Music from the early years of the new Indonesia: from classical krontjong and gambang kromong to kecapi suling and tango. This music can't do without images. Alex Supartono made a selection from the photo collection of the Indonesian Press Photo Service. We saw the work of early Indonesian photo journalists, who previously worked for the Dutch and Japanese. They recorded important historical events. The Mendur brothers for instance were the only ones present when Sukarno declared independence on 17 August 1945. But they also had an eye for ordinary life. Slides from the Royal Tropical Institute, shot between 1960 and 1970 by among others B. Lawson, served as counter-images.

At the end of the evening the Jakarta Street Band played a swinging mix of krontjong and dangdut.

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