Tomo Land 2025: One-Stop-Shop for All Things Art

Tomo, Rona, Moltke, and Ditsy, original characters from Tomo Lab, filled the courtyard of Gedung Ali Sadikin and Kineforum at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, wearing astronaut helmets. Their presence made the Tomo Land Art & Illustration Festival even more lively during its two-day run on February 1 and 2, 2025. This festival provided a space for creatives such as illustrators, comic artists, painters, and indie filmmakers to showcase their best work. The event featured a variety of exciting activities, including an Art Market, workshops, art exhibitions, F&B stalls, and film screenings at Cinema Tomo.

Tomo Land Art & Illustration Festival carried the theme Intergalactic Playground, with the event carefully designed with various installations of the original characters Tomo, Rona, Moltke, and Ditsy, all wearing astronaut helmets, scattered throughout Taman Ismail Marzuki. The event organizers also paid close attention to details like the background music and exclusive room fragrances from Mulia Aroma Indonesia, ensuring visitors could experience a truly immersive intergalactic atmosphere. The festival also collaborated with Gud RND, known for its "Operasi Plastik" project—focused on recycling plastic waste—to create installations made from discarded perfume cardboard.

More than 120 illustrators and over 100 tenants participated in the Art Market at Tomo Land Art & Illustration Festival. Visitors could also enjoy other exciting activities, including exploring artworks and installations from 10 Indonesian painters and artists at Tomoseum Gallery, which also featured the top 10 works from UNJ art students, joining 10 different workshops, shopping for F&B options, and watching indie films by local directors and creators—a highlight not to be missed.

Akmal Putranasri, Project Lead of Tomo Land Art & Illustration Festival, said that this festival was a way to support Indonesian artists, encouraging them to continue creating, especially as public awareness of appreciating local artists' work and the creative economy has been growing, particularly after the pandemic.

"Our support for Indonesian illustrators and artists won’t stop here. The growth of the creative economy also plays a significant role in strengthening Indonesia’s economy," he said. Akmal also emphasized that this event served as both education and a direct effort to raise public awareness of valuing local illustrators’ work.

"There should be more events like this in Indonesia," he concluded.