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Thursday, 06 August 2009 01:18

Year 1981, Asrul Sani never asserted a phenomenon that was new at the time, namely video. He said, "Right now we are dealing with a phenomenon that the source and the entrance is no longer caught, but it went straight into the middle of families and households." Hafiz examine this phenomenon in the development of the social aspects of contemporary Indonesian art. In December 1981, the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Indonesia and the National Film Board held a seminar "Management of Video Technology for Development". Seminars involving practitioners of the arts (literature, film, theater, and art), technocrats, military, and bureaucrats is the only seminar on the use of the video medium has ever held. One of the speakers in the event it is Asrul Sani, which gives an idea of how phenomenon of the video medium has become a latent danger in our society. In his paper, Asrul writes:

"Is the entry is valid or invalid, but in essence it was already there in our midst and that he was among us, he can be reproduced by legitimate or illegitimate. In this case, the video is a tool of cultural penetration that can not be dealt only with regulations but should be dealt with endurance the video user. "

From several papers which I had read of the seminar, can be seen that the medium of video has given its own tensions at that time. One of them is a concern that the film industry thinks the video is a systematic treats to the death of the film industry in Indonesia. But the interesting is the New Order government's response to the development of this medium. At that time, the government felt the need to create a governance on the use of video in society, because of concerns about the possibility of this media subversivitas.

Medium Video in Indonesia

Reading media development in Indonesia, should be recognized that the role of government is very important in bringing this technology into the archipelago. Role of the President can not ignore us, despite the decision to establish a television station in Indonesia is part of the project suarnya summit. Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) present on the desire to deal with ASEAN Sukarno Games in 1962. He did not want the nation Indonesia is seen as outdated. In research conducted Lenteng Forum, Jakarta, about the phenomenon of video on the history of Indonesia (VIDEOBASE), illustrated that the actual presence of the video medium through the medium of television, namely TVRI, the 1962 is not far behind from what happened in the Western world. Indonesia should be proud because this country is one of the first to use the medium of television in Asia.

The presence of the video medium is a necessity of technology, economics, and politics that can not be denied this nation. The findings obtained Forum Lenteng shows, video capture tool technology are sold freely in 1971, followed by sales of video player in 1974 (see ad Akai video player in the newspaper Sinar Harapan, January 5, 1974). Since then, the video started to go into the houses a certain class. TVRI domination as the only spectator in the house began eroded. In various comments in the media, matters more videos about moral, social norms such as the video that will destroy public morals. More videos debated in the context of the ban and fears.

However, how to read the development of world art (fine art) with the presence of television (video) this? For more than 25 five years of video present in Indonesia, I almost never find an artist who uses the country as a medium of art media said. In contrast to the West, the presence of a television with video technology to trigger new developments in art there. Pop art movement, fluxus, performance art, and video art developed rapidly along with the start dominating the mass media at that time (1950-1960s) and one television.

Ruangrupa found two artists of the 1990s period that began making video work, namely the work of Heri Dono Hoping to Hear from You Soon (1992), who used the medium as part of a video art installation. Then Krisna Murti with work 12 Hours in the Life of Dancer Agung Rai (1993), who also made a video as part of his installations. Krisna Murti buried several monitors that includes video recordings of traditional dancers, Agung Rai. Besides these two, very difficult to find artists who use the medium of video, either as part of the installation and complete the work of video art (video art)

Video Art and New Media Art in Indonesia

In 2006, the Directorate of Art Culture and Tourism Ministry to publish the book New Media Art Appreciation involving several authors and an active worker of media arts (media art) and art of new media (new media art) in Indonesia. In the preface of the book, Solar Yoga (Art Director) said that the media arts and new media art is different from the kind of art in general that combines the creative power with aesthetics, art is more creativity and ability to process logic. It is commonly found in the work of young artists at that time. Books published by this government is the only book that summarizes mind some writers, critics, curators, and artists about how the development of media art and new media art in Indonesia.

1990s was a pivotal period in the development of video art, media art, and new media art in Indonesia. Regional forums and involving international artists such as Heri Dono and Krisna Murti, in exchange for providing fresh art in the discourse of contemporary art in Indonesia. The use of media technology by Indonesian artists can be seen with the start of the use of the video medium. But only a few artists who actually cultivate this media technology in the works of art, like Krisna Murti.

After the 1998 reform was an important moment in the development of media technology use in the community. The opening of the tap democracy provides opportunities for communities to produce their own information using video, Internet, short message service on mobile phone (SMS), video streaming, and others. Openness also raises the initiative groups of creative young people in celebrating this media phenomenon, such as the movement in the independent film community berbagia big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Bali. Independent film community to be a very significant driver for the development of video technology use by the younger generation. This community network becomes an important part in the development of short films, video art and new media art at the moment.

Some of the new generation in the development of video art and new media art in Indonesia include Jompet, Venza, Prila Tania, Tintin Wulia, Ade Darmawan, Hafiz, Reza Afisina, Indra Ameng, Irwan Ahmett, Wimo Bayang, Ariani Darmawan, Anggun Priambodo, Henry Foundation, Beni Wicaksono, Otty Widasari, Mahardika Yudha, Wok the Rock, Ari Dina Krestiawan, and Bagasworo Aryaningtyas. There is also Ari Satria Darma, Mohammad Akbar, and Maulana Adel Pasha who got the grand prize in the competition ASEAN New Media Art Competition 2007. Maulana Adel Pasha with video works Jalan Tak Ada Ujung get the grand prize at the Indonesian Art Award 2008, held Indonesian Fine Arts Foundation (YSRI) at the National Gallery of Indonesia. YSRI Award, which is usually given to the arts of painting and mixed media, for the first time given to a video work in 2008.

In addition, the emergence of groups of artists (artist initiative) is also one of the growth drivers of new media art and video art in the country. Interdisciplinary meeting in these groups to build fresh reading of discourse in contemporary issues in art in Indonesia. Groups like Ruangrupa, Mess 56, Bandung Center for New Media Art and Commonroom, VideoLab, Rotten Apple, and Forum Lenteng possibilities opened up opportunities for new media use in art projects they do.

With a variety of methods, the groups and programs to build networks based art projects that not only produce "good" art, but also produce discourse in the presentations they do. This can be seen clearly in the group as Ruangrupa, Commonroom, and Forum Lenteng who do cultural research with the art methods and devices other social sciences ....( read more reflection VA # 31)