Lost in Malls
In Jakarta, there are approximately 100 malls. The number is adding as we speak.

Despite the global economic recession, malls are still packed as ever, especially on weekends. People go not only to shop but also to hang out and spend their time out of routines.

It is in a slow but certain pace that malls is replacing conservative recreational and entertainment places. Now in a mall we can find literally everything.

Either aware or not, malls have become an integral part of living in a big city. We are trying to catch a brief of time to be within, to feel its crowdedness and its shinning glimmer. Only to found ourselves, in the end, looking a way out from it, back to reality when the lights are dimming and shutting off.

First published in Tempo (May 2009)