This writing discusses the role of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, especially through his poetry anthology O, Amuk, Kapak (OAK), in Indonesian literary. To discuss Sutardji's role, it needs to understand specifically the Sutardji's poetries structure in his OAK. From the reading on OAK, it seems that there is reformation especially on the typography and the concept of word which cannot be separated fr…
onsidering facts, it is found out that the ancestor have inherited Indonesia within various sort of art including kriya. It has been created by the ancestor (armorer). It is not an inheritance provided for fulling to sleep the generation, but it is the spirit of the armorers in cheering up the epoch. In recent era, kriyawan as the passing generation of the armorers are to be responsible in chee…
idea of turning earthenware into musical instruments has not been the result of a chance discovery but, rather, of a creative process of experimentation that started with an inspiration in the 1970s. The idea was then tried out by creating a set of ceramic gamelan or traditional Javanese musical instruments dubbed Swara Gerabah (The Sound of Pottery) in 2002. The experiment was conducted in the…
he human voice is a musical instrument man already has at birth so it is no wonder that singing is an activity starting early in life. It is an activity considered common for even "public figures" to do. The activity of singing will sound unpleasing when there is inaccuracy in responding to music. Singing should be a good way for the singer to communicate with the listener. So attention should …
Indonesian can be regarded as the most complete plural country in the world instead of America. In America, it is known a slogan says et pluribus unum, which is similar with bhineka tunggal ika, meaning many for one essence. The last development shows culture varieties constituting the sources of nation conflict. The multidimensional crisis Indonesian nations face has not been over yet.lt requi…
What is here termed wimba refers to a concrete form of an image-that can be perceived by the sense of sight and the sense of touch. It is hoped that visualization through a picture which can be seen and touched will cause a communication to occur between the creator of art and the connoisseur of art. The topic of art evaluation in this article focuses on visual language which covers three princ…
The atmosphere of community life nowadays is felt by many as something lacking peace and harmony, with the frequent occurrence of extremely brutal behavior committed even by children to parents or vice versa. It is considered, however, that our younger generation is in possession of the greater quantity of such behavior. Now the problem that arises is how to bring forth a morally good younger g…
Nowadays our society are facing a cultural transitional period, that is, a period of transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society. In accordance with the transitional period, the kethoprak art is also being worked on with an orientation to an art industry. However, the effort to make an art industry still needs to be reexamined because the performances that have taken place have…