“The Future of Arts” as the theme of this year’s PSPSR anniversary highlights the future of art, both in terms of form and position, in the context of contemporary society. That future is not merely a continuation of the present or a projection of the present, but rather an imagined hope or condition that has yet to take shape. Furthermore, art actually contributes to shaping the future because art is part of social practice, especially in its role in creating a symbolic world. Art, as we know, carries aesthetic values that not only inspire but also make life more intense. read more

The cultural mission in the Indonesian homeland had been implemented after Indonesia’s independence in 1945. For Sukarno, it was through culture that Indonesia could demonstrate independence, as well as its cultural diversity. On that basis, Sukarno had carried out a cultural mission by sending various artists abroad. In short, the cultural mission kept Sukarno’s foreign policy agenda. Also an Indonesianist, Jennifer Lindsay also wrote that: Many cultural missions were sent abroad by President Soekarno in the 1950s and 1960s. The mission, which usually consists of dancers and musicians, is intended as an expression of ‘national confidence and pride’ (Lindsay, 2012: 195). While agreeing with this, in her writing Barbara Hatley stated that in that era there was indeed an agenda of creating an advanced national culture for the Indonesian nation (2014: 4). read more

Play and Display: Dua Moda Pergelaran Reyog Ponorogo di Jawa Timur are an analysis of the Javanese folk dance performance, namely Reyog Ponorogo. The basic premise of this study is the view that the meaning of Reyog Ponorogo is necessarily intertwined in the events of its performance, and collaboratively that is constructed and reconstructed the meaning by the participants as the events are intertwined and the performance is carried out. This view then led ua to examine the formal elements, namely: how are the elements arranged into performances in various space-time and opportunity settings? How do participants interact in different settings? Through this search, this study affirms two modes of Reyog Ponorogo performance, namely: the presentational mode and the participatory mode. This book reveals that both modes of performance are public events with temporal, spatial, ideational framing so that Ponorogo people as actors and spectators alike experience (visually, aural, physically and mentally) a number of important aspects of their personal existence. Ponorogo community members, as well as nationals. The strength of the Reyog Ponorogo performance lies in the fact that it is a moment for Ponorogo people to experience and express these basic matters in an entertaining way, namely: play and display. read more

Art shows the complexity of reality by presenting opportunities to penetrate the boundaries of ‘commonness’. Art is creative work where the ‘impossible’ becomes ‘possible,’ the ‘hidden’ becomes ‘visible,’ the ‘bad’ becomes ‘good,’ which ‘cannot’ become ‘may be,’ and so on. However, art never simply follows interpretation or common sense of reality, but creates alternative interpretations of reality. read more

The Performing Arts and Visual Arts Study Program, Interdisciplinary Postgraduate School, UGM welcomes the publication of this New Edition of Kritik Seni Pertunjukan dan Pengalaman Keindahan The book written by Sal Murgiyanto – a performing arts practitioner as well as an academic who has crossed the arena of performing arts and education – contains a number of criticisms of performing arts, particularly dance. In this book, Sal’s expertise in raging inner experiences when experiencing performing arts – both as an audience and as an actor, relates it to heaps of other performing arts experiences, rearranges it as a sequence of thoughts, dialogues it. about academic discourse, and put it into pious writing. Thanks to the discussion process that involved such intense physical and mental activity, the feelings that raged during the show were no longer wrapped in personal experience, nor did they evaporate in the conversation after the show. Through this critical writing, the process of thinking and feeling takes a new form in the form of reflective writing that is ready to meet its readers. read more

Coinciding with the silver party of the UGM Performing Arts and Visual Arts Study Program, the committee organized a number of activities with the theme “Daya Seni” or “The Power of Arts“. A series of activities will be held from May to December 2016, in the form of scientific speeches, receptions, discussions, seminars, to exhibitions and festivals. Whether we realize it or not, hidden or expressed, acknowledged or denied, art is present in almost all areas of human life; past, present, and future, and in any corner of the world. The presence of art in many aspects of life shows that art has an irreplaceable role in human life as a person, society, nation and state. Realizing this, the 25th anniversary of the PSPSR Study Program has the theme “Art Power” or “The Power of Arts” as the umbrella theme for the entire series of activities. read more

Art practice in Indonesia is growing rapidly in recent times. Art studies content is no longer limited to the field of arts, but reaches non-art areas. Various non-artistic aspects and perspectives are also the main considerations in artistic practice. Awareness of various factors, such as: economy, religion, technology, law, gender, education, politics, health, etc., becomes a contextual stimulation in a work (textual). Openness of views on art is not only seen in the condition that it changes from supporting aspects to become the main perspective. read more

The raised topic was “Political Arts and Political Arts“. It is a discussion of the relationship between texts and contextuals that correlates with art in politics and vice versa. The phenomena that culminate in the General Election become big questions regarding the position of art itself. Art in politics is sometimes used as media and tools in politics itself. It is interesting to see the extent of the position of art.

The hope is that the material and information presented can provide insight to all lines. Both in the form of general and specific discussions related to this matter and can be useful for all groups. Revealing the relationship with the sciences in art. This seminar can be a reflection material for every activist, observer, and lover of art to art phenomena that occur. read more