Visual Process Study of the BI-Wayang Creation Applied into Art and Design Installation

Abstract

The creation of BI-Wayang came from personal concern into the lack of a sense of belonging from Indonesian youth to batik and wayang. Both are known as the Indonesian heritage, assumed as traditional culture, ancient and so backward. Some opinions said that technology is an achievement, but it is also important to remember that every nation has its unique culture. Technology should facilitate every unique culture to improve in its creative development. This sense of belonging lack is a problem caused batik and wayang endangered, as our youth replace those Indonesia heritages with popular icon such retro pattern and Korean or Hollywood actress. The method of BI-Wayang creation is an inserting batik pattern into wayang shape. Transformation process combined both batik and wayang into BI-Wayang, Batik Inside Wayang, without ignoring both philosophy values. BI-Wayang application into Art and Design Installation considers design principles. The summary of this creation is the urgency to apply technology for cultural creative development.