On 19 November 2025, PORSENIGAMA once again provided a platform for Universitas Gadjah Mada students to showcase their best abilities in sports and the arts. This annual event not only promotes healthy competition but also enhances appreciation for diverse cultural expressions and student creativity.
This year, the Master’s Program in Performing Arts and Visual Arts Studies (PSPSR) achieved another outstanding milestone. Ni Luh Sinta Dewi Sriantini, a PSPSR student from the 2025 Odd Semester cohort, won First Place in the Traditional Painting category. Her artwork, titled “Retakan Itu Aku” (“I Am the Fracture”), was distinguished for its powerful visual presence, technical precision, and profound personal meaning conveyed through a mature artistic approach.
The painting draws inspiration from the artist’s lived experiences as a woman with a physical disability who is navigating a journey of accepting wounds and limitations as integral parts of her wholeness. Responding to the theme “Traces of the Past, Provisions for Moving Forward,” the work depicts a woman’s face marked by fractures—symbolizing past experiences, including failures, unmet expectations, and moments of pain. These fractures are not concealed but are instead filled with gold, drawing on the Japanese philosophy of kintsugi, which symbolises healing and the courage to continue growing.
From these golden cracks, a lotus flower blooms, symbolising rebirth and self-acceptance. The lotus also holds significant meaning in Hindu and Buddhist traditions, where it represents wisdom and enlightenment. At the bottom of the painting, a small boat navigating waves acts as a metaphor for life’s journey—illustrating that while humans cannot control everything around them, they can always choose how to respond to circumstances until they reach a state of reconciliation with destiny. Through this work, the artist conveys that every fracture is not an endpoint but a point of entry for light—a continuous process of moving forward, growing, and finding wholeness within imperfection.
Ni Luh Sinta’s achievement underscores not only her artistic capability but also the role of PSPSR as an academic environment that fosters creativity, preserves traditional arts, and encourages visual innovation grounded in lived experience and contemporary relevance.
This activity supports SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) by developing creative skills and preserving traditional arts within academic spheres.
