Abstract

This research was designed as an experimental study of intermedia art creation based research by interpreting Loro Blonyo statue as a source of ideas for creating works. Loro Blonyo is a pair of wooden sculptures consisting of statues of woman and man, using the traditional Javanese style of basahan wedding dresses in a sitting position. Broadly, the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue for Javanese people is the unity of the couple as a reflection of Javanese’ mind that is harmony and oneness. The meaning of Loro Blonyo statue is then analyzed, elaborated, and reinterpreted as the basis for the creation of intermedia artworks of national identity. The results of the research were concluded and formed as the basis for the concept of intermedia artworks.To create visual language based on local culture, use the concept of art of reinterpretation. The concept of art reinterpretation is to find various alternatives of visual forms from the results of reinterpreting traditional visual arts. This means that the artwork created is the result of the artist's processing in reinterpreting the form or meaning and philosophy of the traditional visual arts and then transferring it into personal style artworks.This study used artistic research methods with the aim of creating space-based intermedia artworks that use visual, motion and sound elements, namely multi-media installation art with a visual form of local culture as a reinforcement of national identity. Keywords: intermedia art, interdiscipline, experimentation, Loro Blonyo, national identity. DOI : 10.7176/ADS/78-05 Publication date: November 30th 2019

Highlights

  • The development of fine arts in Indonesia today has historically been inseparable from various global influences that lead to trends in adopting, appreciating, and synthesizing new thoughts conveyed through education, literature, mass media, technology, international relations which all lead to discourse, ideology, markets and visual art practices

  • One of them is the study of the creation of intermedia artworks inspired by the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue

  • In reinterpreting the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue, we must elaborate all the information and abstract it to find the essence of its visual meaning and form

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The development of fine arts in Indonesia today has historically been inseparable from various global influences that lead to trends in adopting, appreciating, and synthesizing new thoughts conveyed through education, literature, mass media, technology, international relations which all lead to discourse, ideology, markets and visual art practices. It is possible to discover new things in art practice by exploring local values such as the study of the creation of intermedia art works aimed at creating national personality works with the basic idea of reading the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue. One of them is the study of the creation of intermedia artworks inspired by the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue.

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