DON’T forget to close the door/Someone might find out/Slit it slowly/It’s good, Brother, please slit it open…. The beat of percussion and Julia Perez’s murmuring voice singing a dangdut song Belah Duren (Slit the Durian) filled the Salihara Gallery at Pasar Minggu, Jakarta, last week.

However, the video clip projected on the wall did not show Jupe—Julia’s nickname—swaying her body. Instead it was Madonna, passionately dancing on stage