Status#2 An Art Piece that Represents the Cultural Assimiliation between Chinese and Indonesia

Rismantojo, Sandy (2016) Status#2 An Art Piece that Represents the Cultural Assimiliation between Chinese and Indonesia. In: The Third International Conference on Chinese Indonesian Studies (ICCIS 2016), March 16, 17, 2016, Jakarta.

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Abstract

Indonesia is located between two continents, Asia and Australia, and many times ago has become the world's trade lanes because of its strategic geographical location for trading or transit before heading to the final destination. Many of the trader or immigrants eventually settled and married with local residents resulting in the mixing of cultures that has enriched the culture of Indonesia. One of the cultural assimilation that has occurred is between the Chinese and Indonesian culture. Many old Indonesian kingdoms had good political and cultural relations with China, for example the Sultanate of Cirebon. Sunan Gunung Jati or better known as Fatahillah married princess Ong Tien, the daughter of the Emperor of China, triggering the assimilation of local culture and Chinese culture, for example in the form of batik motif and colors of Megamendung Cirebon. The process of cultural assimilation of China and Indonesia has not only occurred in Cirebon but can also be found in Bali. The story of Barong Landung which tells the marriage of a Balinese King with a Chinese princess named Kang Cing Wei proves the assimilation process is already taking place in Bali in a peaceful process. Another similar form of culture that are often found in other parts of the world, especially in Bali and China, is the use of headdress or crown by the women, especially by the nobility. Headdress or crown was usually worn by the women to indicate their social status in society. Besides worn by the nobility in Bali, headdresses are often worn during the traditional dance performance, such as Legong dance. During the Manchu dynasty in China (the last imperial dynasty of China), headdresses were also worn daily by the noble women especially those living in the Forbidden City in Beijing. This assimilation process has inspired the creation of Status#2 as an art piece symbolizes the Chinese and Balinese culture assimilation that represents a person's social status in the society with a modern twist.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Assimilation, China, Culture, Social Status, Artwork
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Depositing User:	Perpustakaan Maranatha
Date Deposited:	09 May 2018 09:37
Last Modified:	09 May 2018 09:37
URI:	http://repository.maranatha.edu/id/eprint/24481

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