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This writing, essay, document, is originally made with the goal to tell the story of  the Nobuparty and the Indonesian TPOT scene we've built over the past ~2 years, lessons we've learned in the process, and the visions for the future. But, as I would rather not have perfect be the enemy of good and also because certain processes happened internally around my relationship with the Nobuparty, this is me trying to crystallize as much as I can to send to a future me. <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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That’s not at all true, but I like that meme so we’re running with it. For the last 13 months I’ve been running a series of increasingly expanding informal events akin to NYC’s house parties that has grown into it’s own scene in a way. It is a hodgepodge collection of Weird And Interesting people who are around in the meta-scene that exist around Jakarta, Indonesia, and we call it the Nobuparty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks in a Nobuparty ranged from Superconductor breakdowns, latest Turnip memes, the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN<\/em>), mad political gossips, and the ever infamous dongdoy<\/em>, while the people told their stories during presentation nights, shared their self-written poetry, learned how to do lockpicking, played some DDR, got themselves a tarot reading, all while music is playing in the background and the alcohol flows throughout the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After consistently running these house parties every month for more than a year, I have decided to end it here, or at least take an extended break from this all. Why? I’ll talk about it while I take you on a tour across time about the Nobuparty, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is the Nobuparty?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using my online moniker as the name of the gathering, the story I’ve told myself multiple times now that it becomes history is that this meeting happens from two very simple desires colliding. Amir (@amirism_) wanting to hangout with old and new friends around our local scene in an informal manner, and me, Nobu of the Nobuparty, returning back to his family’s house and wanting to do<\/em> something here like he used to. Together with our Local Scene Person, Jati (@jaticarta), we ran the first event on the 23rd of August. The event itself starts from a congregation of ten filled with uni friends and a few local rationalist friends that grew to the eighty something participants event from all assortment of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defining what the Nobuparty is<\/strong> seems more doable now than it was back then as we have a clear definition of what each subsequent Nobuparty ended up being, but I find that reifying what it was defeats the purpose of the running of the Nobuparty and contributes to why I want this all to end. The premise is simple. I am going to invite a bunch of weird and interesting people from my many parts of life, get them all together in one room, and let them do their thing. When people come together to a social event, they come with a certain purpose, and that purpose is to make friends and have a good time, and we banked on the trust that people have agency and will do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first ever Nobuparty was a success! There was a total of 16 people who ended up coming, with a few of them arriving later at night, but it was super duper fun!! https:\/\/t.co\/uuFAODTLTd<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zTLWQtogfU<\/a><\/p>— nh (@nobu_hibiki) August 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>