Indonesian Artists Research Articles

INSIDEN PENURUNAN BANNER PEOPLE’S JUSTICE DI DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN DAN PERINTANG KOMUNIKASI ANTARBUDAYA

On 20 June 2022, Indonesian artists and art observers were shocked by the news that Taring Padi’s banner artwork entitled People’s Justice exhibited at Documenta Fifteen was interpreted by protesters as containing anti-Semitic elements. Taring Padi explained that his work was based on Indonesia’s political landscape during the New Order regime and had nothing to do with anti-Semitism. However, the banner was eventually dismantled on 21 June 2022. This brought up several interesting research questions pertaining to the chronological account of the incident, the causes of the incident, and actions that should have been taken by Taring Padi as a cultural agent. This research applied the qualitative method with critical discourse analysis approach. Results found that the incident occurred because of two main reasons. Firstly, the protesters were unwilling to ask the artist for any clarification and explanation. Secondly, Taring Padi was ignorant about elements which could be considered anti-Semitic because the concept is not particularly well-known in Indonesia. People’s Justice could actually serve as a medium for initiating dialogues between fellow artists and their audience. However, this work has potential drawbacks because it contains potentially misunderstood antagonism that narrows the interpretive space. This incident could have been prevented if the artist had provided sufficient room for dialogic interpretation and if the audience had been more open-minded, through which discursive encounters can be held to understand each other’s cultural and societal problems.

Use of Drone in Indonesian Sound Art within the context of ‘Lawing’ put forward by Anugerah

Nursalim Yadi Anugerah is an Indonesian modern contemporary artist who use drones of Kledik- an instrument from Kalimantan. Nursalim has engaged in addressing socio-environmental concerns through an interdisciplinary approach. His unique approach towards Drone and sound art makes him an appropriate choice for this research. The research gives us an insight into the thinking process of Nursalim Yadi Anugerah and understand his unique approach towards creativity in sound art. The primary objective of this research is to inquire into the intersectionality between sound art and drone sounds. The research delves into the Aesthetic and Expressive Quality of drone through Lawing, Cultural context of drone sounds of kledik, Innovation with the drone through Lawing, Intersectionality of Sound Art and Technology and Community Engagement and collaboration by Anugerah. The research methodology adopted for this study is Descriptive Qualitative Analysis, with a focus on investigating how the auditory elements of lawing can influence perspectives and experiences, employing a qualitative research approach. The result of this research is a descriptive analysis of the interviews and observation of the performance by Nursalim Yadi Anugerah. The interviews were conducted in two phases. During the first phase, questions were asked based on the observations made during the performance. During the second phase, more general questions were asked while discussing the main objectives of this research. The study of lawing serves as an example showcasing the pertinence and innovation of sound art in addressing the social and environmental issues specific to Kalimantan. The incorporation of technology in these artworks emerges as a central driver of creativity and novelty. Ambisonic sound systems and specialized microphones have been purpose-designed to craft such artworks, creating a distinctive experiential dimension for the audience. Nursalim used an air compressor for his performance, which is a¬n innovative way of approaching wind instrument like Kledik, which is an ethnic instrument from Kalimantan. Indonesian artists have been actively establishing themselves in the realm of sound art, fusing their philosophical and cultural underpinnings with contemporary technology.

Arts Education and Visual Communication in Character Design of the Nusa Five Serial Comic Character by Sweta Kartika

Comics have become one of the most influential media in popular culture in Indonesia. The comic Nusa Five by Sweta Kartika is a prominent example of this, incorporating elements of Indonesian culture into its character designs. This research aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the design of the main characters in the comic Nusa Five to understand how arts education and visual communication play a role in creating characters that reflect the diversity of Indonesian culture. Character design analysis was carried out using a qualitative approach which involved observing the shapes, colors, textures and expressions of the characters in the comic Nusa Five. Data were analyzed to identify ways in which arts education and visual communication influence character formation. The results of the analysis show that art education provides a strong understanding of the use of visual elements to create unique and interesting characters. Meanwhile, visual communication strengthens visual narratives and conveys deep messages to readers. Even though there are some weaknesses in character design, arts education and visual communication remain an important foundation in creating strong and cohesive characters that reflect Indonesian culture. With a better understanding of the principles of visual art and design, Indonesian artists and designers can continue to produce work that respects and well represents the archipelago's cultural diversity.

Navigating and Exhibiting Ambivalence: Yin Hua Artist Organization and Sino-Indonesian Relations in the 1950s to 1960s

Abstract: This paper interrogates the logic of inclusion and exclusion that foregrounds the ethnocentrism and spatial boundedness of the state project’s national identity construction and proposes critical terms of discussion that challenge the limiting nation-centric framework prevalent in the dominant modern art historiography discourse. Drawing on primary archival research, it describes accounts of Lembaga Seniman Yin Hua (Yin Hua Meishu Xiehui, 印華美術協會, Yin Hua Artist Organization), an art organization established in 1955 in Jakarta and analyzes it against the backdrop of the Sino-Indonesian diplomatic relationship during the Cold War era. By engaging with the ambivalent aesthetic and politic of Chinese Indonesian artists, this paper recognizes the active and strategic agency of Chinese Indonesians as both insiders and outsiders in China and Indonesia under the uncertain circumstances of their dual nationality status. It argues that Yin Hua ambivalently navigated between the political patronage of Indonesia and China, performed dual loyalty to Indonesian and Sino-centric art history, and exhibited multiple artistic lineages that disrupted the stabilized territory of postcolonial nation-state geographical and cultural border. Weaving exhibition history, diplomatic history, and critical ethnic studies through a thread of transnational perspective, this paper provides historical narratives that unsettle the roots of racializing logic in the political articulation of nationalism and pushes toward an epistemic shift in rethinking categories of national identity, ethnicity, and citizenship.

Detection of Indonesian Hate Speech in the Comments Column of Indone-sian Artists' Instagram Using the RoBERTa Method

This study detects hate speech comments from Instagram post comments where the method used is RoBERTa. Roberta's model was chosen based on the consideration that this model has a high level of accuracy in classifying text in English compared to other models, and possibly has good potential in detecting Indonesian as used in this research. There are two test scenarios namely full-preprocessing and non full-preprocessing where the experimental results show that non full-preprocessing has an average value of accuracy higher than full-preprocessing, and the average value of non full-preprocessing accuracy is 85.09%. Full-preprocessing includes several preprocessing stages, namely cleansing, case folding, normalization, tokenization, and stemming. While non full-preprocessing includes all processes in preprocessing except the stemming process. This shows that RoBERTa predicts comments well when not using full-preprocessing.

Critical Discourse Analysis In The Lyrics of A Song Entitled”Polisi Dan Bajingan By Iwan Fals.

In analyzing a song lyrics means aiming to understand and express the overall meaning of the lyrics of a song as a whole, because a song is not only for entertainment, but also expressing feeling, message, and character building. this study using qualitative methods about the object of research .The researcher emloys the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as the framework of the research. The type of CDA that has been used is based on the Van Dijk theory. The theory is formulated in three stages, which were text , socio cognition and context. The stage of text itself is divided into three, namely macrostructure,superstructure, and macrostructure. The step of research is begun by collecting all song lyrics by Iwan Fals from his song entitled “ Polisi dan Bajingan”. Further, the next step is choosing the song lyrics needed for research.but, in this research the writer find one level to be analyzed, that is macrostructure. One of figures song writer and singer who has composed and published some inspirited songs is Iwan Fals. He is a singer, musician, songwriter, and critic. His musical style is pop, rock, country, and folk pop and the lyrics he creates tell a lot about the dark times in the era of 1970 to 1980 in the political field. In his career he has created approximately 31 albums. Iwan Fals is included in the list of the immortals: 25 greatest Indonesian artists of all time by Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine. In his song, he photographed the social atmosphere of Indonesian life in the late 1970s until now the life of the world in general and life itself. For example the song "Letter To The People's Representatives, aunt Lisa, noon opposite the palace and many more.

Reconnecting with the Urban Vernacular through Post-New Order Visual Art

Abstract Indonesia’s urbanization and economic development projects during the New Order established regimes of visuality that ignored aspects of everyday urban life. Contemporary Indonesian artists attempt to share untold histories and stories of everyday life from the urban past or give expression to the social and creative challenges and opportunities of the urban present. This article focuses on multimedia artist Maryanto and new media art collective Ruang MES 56. Maryanto’s use of allegory and his notion of art as a ‘space of exception’ constitute thoughtful ways of engaging with the transformations of people’s urban environments and identities. MES 56’s work utilizes the critical and humorous potential of the ludic to deal with the new urban realities and possibilities under democratic reform. I argue that artistic exception does not exclude but in some ways strengthens, and in other ways contradicts, reconnection with the everyday realities of Indonesian urban life.

Pengaturan Pertanggungjawaban Pelaku Penyalahgunaan Deepfakes Dalam Teknologi Kecerdasan Buatan Pada Konten Pornografi Berdasarkan Hukum Positif Indonesia

Deepfakes as a derivative subset of the use of artificial intelligence technology have the ability to manipulate images or videos that overlay faces on other people's bodies with the intention of creating new videos with false representations. Initially this deepfakes ability was used in filmmaking and has now been applied to the features of mobile applications, but in reality there is an abuse of its ability to make a video with pornographic content. In Indonesia, there have also been several cases of similar pornographic videos featuring Indonesian artists in their videos and have been spread on the internet. Indonesia itself does not have special regulations regarding artificial intelligence technology, only explicitly stated in Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (UU ITE). This study was structured using normative juridical methods, using library data collection procedures, and document study data collection techniques. The study was conducted to discuss the legal basis for violations that occur when someone (the perpetrator) abuses the ability of deepfakes to make a video with pornographic content according to Article 29 jo. Article 4 paragraph (1) and Article 35 jo. Article 9 of Law Number 44 of 2008 concerning Pornography is an act that is prohibited and accompanied by criminal sanctions as a form of criminal responsibility for the perpetrators.

The aesthetics of intercultural method: from process to procession in new Indonesian and Indo-Australian dance

ABSTRACT This article examines how three dances featuring Indonesian artists and commissioned for Melbourne's 2020 Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts staged their method of creation in ways that make explicit core features of cultural production in inter-Asia contexts. In The Seen and Unseen, by Kamila Andini and Ida Ayu Wayan Satyani, a self-contained world is best understood as participating in a much longer process of creation. Lucy Guerin Inc and Ensemble Tikoro's Metal is distinctive for staging the processual, integrating the common intercultural trope of narrating the encounter between its collaborators inventively into its structure. Garin Nugroho's The Planet—A Lament is best understood processionally: an event that began before its participants enter the stage, and carries on after the curtain comes down. As such, the “method” of these dances sets local embodied knowledges to work on international stages, expresses the negotiation of domestic and international hierarchies, and gives new forms to trans-regional relations.

SERUPA TAPI TAK PERNAH SAMA: GENEOLOGI IDENTITAS HIBRID ARTIS BLESTERAN INDO-EROPA DI INDUSTRI PENYIARAN (SEBUAH TINJAUAN POSKOLONIAL)

This article explains how the origin (genealogy) of the hybrid identity of Indo-European artists has a special place on the stage of the Indonesian broadcasting industry beyond the existing Indonesian artists and actually has traces of the history of the Dutch colonial occupation era. The purpose of the article to analyze the traces of Dutch colonial memory is related to the strengthening of the existence of Indo-European Artists. Through the theory of postcolonial theory, the author uses it to examine colonialism discourses that can still be traced in the broadcasting industry in Indonesia post-New Order period. This article explains that the interest of some people in the appearance of Indo artists, can be traced in trace from the history of colonialism occupation in the Dutch East Indies, that the existence of Indo-European people is a bad history of mountainous practices in former colonies. So the status as "nyai" is the ancestor of the Indo-European people who were criminalized. Ironically, currently, Indo descendants as celebrities influence the perspective of the concept of Indonesian beauty following their ideal standards, including the impersonation of beautiful meanings by the Indonesian cosmetic industry referring to the typical European / Western charm.

The Chronicle of Digital (Media) Arts in Contemporary Indonesia: The Shifting of Focus Toward Society 5.0

This article describes the advances in the genealogy of digital media art in Indonesia. The evolution of digital art or works of digital art is inseparable from the growth of the art itself. This article chronologically describes the development of art in Indonesia, from the starting point of the advancement of art in the Dutch colonial era to digital art. The method used in this study is a digital meta-analysis with an exploratory qualitative approach-data collection technology by observing digital metadata to develop media and participatory art in the Indonesian art community. The result is technology-based art (digital art). This article is the essential concept and idea of today's digital artists, with works of art not just produced in the platform or digital format. Creating a work of art using the concept of digital thinking as a form of artistic appreciation is the basis for making a digital work of art. Digital media art is the foundation of thinking, thinking, and interaction. This modern society is shifting toward society 5.0. In conclusion, the development of the Indonesian digital art community resulted in an extraordinary digital revolution in Indonesia. By placing 'digital' and 'revolution' into a critical perspective. The digital artist community continues to produce technology-based artworks to communicate their work to the public by holding art exhibitions for Indonesian artists as a collective social movement with digital platforms.

Konfigurasi Ekspresi Keagamaan Artis Di Media Sosial

The religious expressions of the artist in the social media space have the potential to give an ambiguous impression to the public in responding to them. On the one hand, artists as religious people have the right to carry out their religious teachings in the public sphere. But on the other hand, the artist is also a public figure whose popularity is widely used by the industrial world. This study intends to identify the meaning of various religious expressions of some Indonesian artists in various accounts or social media channels. Through a phenomenological approach, the dramaturgical theory that was initiated by Erving Goffman is used as an analytical theory. This research data collection using observation and documentation techniques. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique is through data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study conclude that religious expressions by some Indonesian artists in the social media space can be explained through three patterns. First, religious expression as religiosity. This pattern can be seen from the backstage which is shown as a religious person who carries out his religious teachings. Second, religious expression as a commodification of religion. This pattern can be seen from the appearance of the artists as brand ambassadors for certain business products. Third, religious expression as media capitalization. This pattern can be seen from the artist's religious expression following the media arrangement that emphasizes the elements of business and profit. The theoretical implication of this research shows that understanding and expression of religion can experience developments and changes in form in the dynamics of the construction of socio-cultural life.

Application of Homeschooling in the Formation of Islamic Character an Indonesian Celebrity Children

This research aims to reveal that some Indonesian artists believe homeschooling education is better than formal education, as is common in regular schools. Also, homeschooling is an alternative for not dropping out of school or education amid artists' busy schedules, especially Islamic education. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of literature study. The primary data source is the document of the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 129 of 2014 concerning homeschooling. Secondary data is from journals, books, articles and other people's writings and statements about homeschooling. Data collection techniques used are documentation and observation. The triangulation technique does credibility. Data analysis was performed through data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. This research results that homeschooling education is in line with the Islamic perspective, namely honing children's talents as beings whose nature is accompanied by the nature of their respective talents and interests, and is appropriate among Indonesian celebrities in the formation of the Islamic character of children whose parents are more selective and on target in providing education with a harmonious example and habituation between children, tutors and parents.

Mengupas Hubungan Sublim Manusia dengan Alam Melalui Karya Mariam Sofrina

Protecting and ensuring nature is a choice and also a necessity for many people to protect their lives. Everyone is competing and fighting for a beautiful and well-maintained environment. However, the activities that are deployed with all their strength and determination by humans actually lead them to fall into the effort to improve nature and forget a root relationship between nature and humans themselves, namely sublimity. Through the reflection of works in the form of landscapes presented by one of the Indonesian artists, humans are able to be reintroduced to this sublime state to rebuild a full relationship with nature.

SISTEM REKOMENDASI MUSIK BERDASARKAN DATA KONTEKS PADA LISTENING HISTORY MUSIK DAN KETERKAITAN ARTIS INDONESIA

A large number of digital music circulates online today. It makes music listeners confused to choose which music is suitable to listen to in certain circumstances or contexts, for example certain time, weather, activity, and desired mood. Playlist creation can make it easy for music listeners to collect their favorite music for a particular context, but creating playlists is time consuming and of course a lot of playlists will have to be created to accommodate all combinations of contexts. In this study, an automated music recommendation system was built using context data consisting of time, weather, activities, and desired mood which were also adjusted for the listener's age, gender, and favorite artist. The method used is Case-Based Reasoning (CBR), using listeners' listening history data as a knowledge base and the artist relatedness of Indonesian artists to improve solutions at the revision stage. Output of this system is in the form of music playlist presented in a website. The overall precision average for music recommendations is 0.78.

Fragments of Memory

AbstractDrawing on notes and images from fieldwork conducted more than two decades earlier, the imagetexts in this constellation of “memory fragments” were first produced as part of a social media‐based project, Living1965setiaphari (Living1965everyday). This project, led by a collective of Indonesian artists and activists, seeks to mobilize new media forms to create a “living memorial” and collaborative archive of stories about the mass killings of 1965–1966 in Indonesia. I re‐present and reconceive those imagetexts here and reflect on possibilities for ethnographic “ways of telling” that are faithful to the fragmented forms and disruptive force of traumatic memories of unresolved violence.

Modification Weight Criteria With Webbed Model For Selection Artist Music Festival Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

The process of selecting from many alternatives to the criteria is a decision that is often determined in decision making. The criteria for which criteria can consist of many attributes are used by decision-makers in making the selection or are called multi-criteria decision making (MADM ). Determining the Artist Music Festival at an event has quite a complicated difficulty, because the assessment of the criteria is heterogeneous. The spider web's approach to integrating criteria results in the selection of the artist form that attracts the most attention, and public interest. Model AHP use of multi-attributes is used in selecting artists to perform at music festivals, selecting artists using criteria, namely Number of Followers (C1), stamp C2, Average Popular Tracks (C3), Average Youtube Viewers (C4), and the price of the artist (C5). Data on the number of followers, popularity, average popular tracks, and average YouTube viewers were obtained using the Spotify and Youtube APIs. The settlement method applied is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Rating Scale algorithm, with an alternative using five samples of Indonesian artists. The research results are expected to provide recommendations for artists as performers in the music festival.

Urban transition through Indonesian art: from the Generation of ‘66 to the Millennials

This article discusses the representation of Jakarta and other cities in the work of Indonesian visual artists. These artists document not only urban landscapes as such, but also the ideas, lifestyles and creative forms of expression of different generations of Indonesians, including artists themselves. I argue that the urban visualisations demonstrate the opportunities for and limits to social engagement in Indonesian art at different points in time. They also provide insight into the relevance of the very idea of a ‘generation’ in Indonesian social and intellectual history. I examine in detail how S. Sudjojono’s urban paintings have visualised Jakarta’s changing material infrastructure in the 1960s, the emergence of visual artists and literary authors who would become known as the ‘Generation of ‘66,’ as well as the artist’s doubts about his own artistic and ideological development. I compare his work with the representation of Jakarta’s intensified urbanisation in the 1970s and 1980s in the paintings of Srihadi Soedarsono and Dede Eri Supria. I also examine how other artists and art collectives from the same period expressed social commitment through spatial interventions and creative collaborations with local communities, NGOs and governments. Finally, I examine artists and art collectives since the 1990s, who have emerged as both members and critics of the Millennial generation. I specifically focus on the work of Adi Yuswantoro and Agan Harahap, who critically evaluate and visually refer to the art and ideals of Sudjojono.

Semantic Meanings in “Demi Raga Yang Lain” “Semua Kan Berlalu” Songs

Semantics is a branch of linguistics related to the study of language in its function with regard to organizing and expressing meaning. The discussion is related to the lexical meanings in a song. By listening to songs, we can gain knowledge about literary appreciation and song background. Therefore, the researchers were interested in analyzing the types of meanings in songs that are currently popularly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers analyzed two songs: “Demi Raga yang Lain”, created by Eka Gustiwana, and “Semua kan Berlalu”, by 50 Indonesian artists and created by Maria Shandi. This research used descriptive qualitative methods. The data were obtained by gathering them from the internet, then reading and listening to the lyrics to understand the contents of the songs, and analyzing the data collected and making conclusions. Lexical and contextual meaning were found in the songs.
 Keywords: song, lexical meaning, contextual meaning

HIJRAHTAINMENT: COMPOSING PIETY AND PROFANE AS COMMODIFICATION OF RELIGION BY MEDIA

According to the constructionism paradigm in communication and media theory, social reality is constructed by the media based on its ideology. The media construct various realities in the real world into a second reality. One of them is the rise of artists who explore Islam and decide to "emigrate" or “hijrah.” Using the Murray Edelman framing method, this study explores how online media okezone.com, detik.com, and tribunnews.com frame the hijrah phenomenon of Indonesian artists in entertainment packages and bring up the term hijrahtainment. The results of this study show that the media construct two frames, namely the ideal millennial frame and the piety and profane frame. The categorisation from the three online media offers religion commodification in the frame of piety, mixing with profanity like entertainment.