International Journal of Cultural Studies Indonesia

Ritual Music Concept of Silungkang Tuo Lament in The Ceremony of Tiger’s Death in Silungkang Village, Sawah Lunto

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:58:21 -0400

Silungkang Tuo lament is a kind of lament culture born in Silungkang village, Sawah Lunto city, West Sumatera. The objective of this traditional art is to mourn over a dead tiger. This lament does not have an obvious text and it is performed by chanting its lyrics without a clear articulation. Silungkang people call it marunguih. Marunguih is performed at night nearby the tiger tomb by someone who wears sarong functioning as a sheath. All things related to the dead tiger are performed through marunguih; and each of its musical things has a different rhythm. The purpose of this research was to learn about the value, aesthetics, and philosophy of Silungkang Tuo lament background. Hence it led on a music composition reconstructed from this Silungkang tuo lament that was able to fulfill the aesthetic standard of an art performance without dispelling the value of its own traditional society. The method used in this research was a qualitative method using anthropology, aesthetics, sociology, and musicology approaches. Methods used in collecting data of this research were observation, interview, and documentation. The result of this research was a music composition in a theatrical form. This research can also be used in tourism area particularly to boost tourism interest for Silungkang village.

Postmodern Aesthetic Idioms in Bali Tourism Performance

A.A. Gde Putera Semadi — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Bali tourism performance art is a form of an art which is purposely processed to be served to tourists. This art has theatrical and spectacular characteristics which accentuate the visual attractiveness more than sacred, magical, and symbolic values. Some kinds of art such as Legong Dance, Ramayana Ballet, Barong and Keris Dance, Monkey Dance, Face Mask Dance, and Shadow Puppet Dance have been being main menu of art spectacle in Bali. Bali tourism performance art has appeared in a new package since 1980. This concept was dominantly affected by postmodern aesthetic characteristics such as : Pastiche, Parody, Kitsch, Camp, and Skizofrenia. Its purpose was to make performance art became more exotic which was related to economic interest. Therefore, many Bali cultural art activities included its sacred value have been eroded by a fast and fantastic secularization process in both quality and quantity.

Estetika Paradok Arts Painting Wayang Kamasan in The Global Era

I Wayan Mudana, Pande Ketut Ribek, Yenny Verawati — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:47:57 -0400

The struggle of the world of ideas cannot be separated from the development of technology and science as a medium that offers new production processes that are effective, efficient, and economical. To respond to the idea of creating new products that are creative and innovative the aesthetic enlightenment of Kamasan puppet painting is duplicated, obscured into mass production. Paradox aesthetics are a characteristic of global art in the postmodern era that is capable of producing imaging works. To show the novelty of the imaging work is done by giving additional, and insertions. Paradox aesthetic production and reproductive techniques that are done in imitation can produce mass products. Products produced from emulating work are distributed to global markets to meet consumer needs. Artificial works can blindly fade the idealism of art. Art values and norms are obscured by economic values so as to encourage the emergence of new market-oriented art capitalism. Capital and networks owned by capitalists are able to turn art works into tourism and chaotic works, namely works that are not clear (gray), made to order, duplication and imaging. To analyze this research, qualitative methods that are emancipatory with a postmodern aesthetic theory are supported by an eclectic culture industry theory. Discussion: The implications of global art are positive and negative. Positively, global art has the meaning of increasing prosperity, expanding distribution and consumption and developing creative industries and small and medium businesses. Negatively, orders, targets and products of global art mass can block freedom of creativity. In conclusion, global art presents a chaotic and toristic aesthetic paradox to meet consumer needs.

Tourists Satisfaction towards Museum in Tourism Industry: A Perspective in Postmodernism

Ni Desak made Santi Diwyarthi — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:42:09 -0400

Bali, including museums, is involved in the millennial era tourism industry. Museum management can no longer be inclusive without borderless and out of the box analysis and application. The museum is one of the means of communication in the middle of millennial society today that must be examined its benefits in the tourism industry. The research method is qualitative, using research instruments in the form of questionnaires, interviews, documentation studies, with a population of museum visitors in Bali. The results showed that most of the visitors who visited the museum were people who had studied museum related information first, namely 52 percent, 52 percent would write the story of their trip to visit the museum, 80 percent would promote the existence of the museum through the internet, 92 percent knew the museum's history that would visited and its founder, 60 percent will promote back to others. 40 percent will return to visit the same museum.

Body’s Economy and Politics in Paintings With A Dress Theme by Balinese Contemporary Painters

Hardiman Hardiman — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

This article contains an analysis of paintings with a dress theme by Balinese contemporary painters. Using sociological and cultural studies approach, the article discusses the relation between paintings as art artefact and cultural issues, especially in relation to economy and politics of signs. Since these paintings were made in the contemporary era, then this study of paintings is also related to the body’s current cultural phenomena and economy and politics. This article reveals and describes the meaning of paintings with a dress theme by painters: Made Alit Suaja, Polenk Rediasa, Tatang BSP, Wayan Pastika, and Agus Cahaya. This Article concludes that from the perspectives of the Balinese contemporary painters, Balinese women’s dresses are body’s economy and politics and at the same time the economy and politics of signs that do not separate between beauty and erotism. This discussion is expected to provide an expansive and deep understanding of the meaning of paintings with a dress theme by Balinese contemporary painters.