Carren Hong Kim Lan, Nur Hilyati Ramli, Mumtaz Begum Aboo Backer, Muhizam Mustafa, Mohd Najib Abdullah Sani
{"title":"Mengimaginasi Reka Bentuk Kostum dan Perhiasan Badan untuk Persembahan \"Bermulanya Di Sini…Kedah Tua\"!","authors":"Carren Hong Kim Lan, Nur Hilyati Ramli, Mumtaz Begum Aboo Backer, Muhizam Mustafa, Mohd Najib Abdullah Sani","doi":"10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constructing Gender in the Performance of \"Bermulanya Di Sini…Kedah Tua\"","authors":"J. Othman, Pravina Manoharan","doi":"10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the theoretical basis for the music composition that accompanies the theatre play \"Bermulanya di Sini...Kedah Tua\". One of the main approaches of the music composition is the symbolic associations of gendering that can be derived from the narrative text of the play. Through referencing various arguments regarding the idea of gender, particularly the concept of gender as discursive and as the somatic, the music composition approach addresses the meaning of gendering and signification symbolically. In general, the formulation for the referencing of gender in the music does not privilege either one of the two categories of argument regarding gender as either textual or a corporeal factor. These structuring of the somatic are taken into consideration with the artistic license taken advantage in the composition process. Essentially, the music reflects the richness of gender associations that can be derived from the narrative text to illustrate that gendering is a malleable signifier.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67732918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Negotiating Visuals: Roles of Images in a Site-specific Performance","authors":"M. Mustafa, R. Chin","doi":"10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Wilkie (2004) in her research \"Out of Place\" discussed that theatre has a long history of experimenting with a variety of spatial configurations and visual relationships. However, it is only in the last two decades that the label \"site-specific\" has been applied to theatrical performance, indicating a new mode of place-bound practice. This paper looks at the association between a performative engagement with place and space and the role of visuals and scenography; an enhancement of a site-specific spatial formatted performance. The study also looks at the function of images as one area of the theatrical's \"visual systems\" that affects the creation and reception of a play. \"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\" is a contemporary theatrical research project based upon the archaeological findings in Lembah Bujang. The performance combines three different fields of study: performance, archaeology, and history. This research combines the idea of theory and practice to decode literary and historical sources by triangulating the relationship between archaeological artefacts, architectural space and time.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Soundscape of \"Bermulanya Di Sini…Kedah Tua\"!","authors":"Pravina Manoharan, J. Othman","doi":"10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67732957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Making of the Artefacts and Architectural Remains as Props for the Performance of \"Bermulanya Di Sini…Kedah Tua\"","authors":"M. Sani, M. Mustafa","doi":"10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"\"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\" demonstrates a historical data interpretation of the Kedah Tua early society at Sungai Batu within the artistic context of stage performance demonstrating series of dance and stage act. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the props making process for the stage performance from a designer-maker point of view, by demonstrating the philosophy of body movements and the connection to object designs in space. Furthermore, the props making encompasses the imitation and construction of two scaled building artefacts which are the ancient iron smelting furnace and the circular ritual monument that significantly embodies the early civilisation of Kedah Tua society between the 2nd and 6th CE. The research-design team has successfully constructed the ancient buildings' props using wire structured paper maché technique and Styrofoam sheets assembling in various scaled sizes. In order to accommodate the performance need on the stage, the modular concept have been introduced in the design of the props by embedding the elements of object's practicality, portability and, easy assembling and disassembling.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Process of Creating the Script for the Performance of, \"Bermulanya Di Sini…Kedah Tua\"","authors":"M. Backer, Halimi Mohd Noh, Husaini Yaacob","doi":"10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/WS2019.18.SUPP.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"\"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\" is an artistic theatrical production, the outcome of a collaborative effort between performers and archeologists at the Lembah Bujang, Kedah. The creation of the script for the production goes with the same title of \"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\" is inspired by historical narratives and literary sources derived from the ancient civilisation at Lembah Bujang also known as Kedah Tua. \"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\" translated as Kedah Tua...where it all began, marks the beginning of a new historical discovery, especially at Sungai Batu, an area in Lembah Bujang to be recognised as the oldest ancient civilisation in Southeast Asia. The key steps involved in creating the script for the theatrical production were (1) translating archaeological artefacts and architectural remains at Kedah Tua and (2) interpreting existing literary works, historical narratives, and artists impression about Kedah Tua. The methodology applied in creating the script is a combination of practice led research and textual analysis methods; a systematic method for describing, interpreting, analysing, and evaluating performative interpretations of the available field texts which provided a framework for a re-imagined scenario and also the artistic license to stretch the boundaries of the historical discourse. This method allowed the script to picture the setting of Kedah Tua between 2nd CE and 6th CE, which further establishes a premise upon the varying performance elements such as the plot, diction, and characterisation.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Monuments to Movements: Curating an Artistic Re-imagination of Kedah Tua","authors":"Nurazleena Ramli, M. Backer, Pravina Manoharan","doi":"10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a performative reflection of the archaeological discoveries from Kedah Tua's early civilisation envisioned through the site-specific theatrical project entitled \"Bermulanya Di Sini...Kedah Tua\". Different elements from archaeological excavations were selected and adapted into a performance project by way of the curation of theatrical movements. The interpretation of the archaeological findings is translated using specific elements from the study of performing arts such as movement, space, and time to help simplify the dissemination of an otherwise complex knowledge of historical data. The movements choreographed for the different dance scenes and overall performance are based on the archaeological findings of metal, monuments, and an industrialised civilisation. Recent interest in performing arts as a reflection of the archaeological discoveries can be seen as an attempt to broaden the scope of archaeology as a discipline to encompass the totality of the human experience. This collaborative work between the field of archaeology and performance presents choreographers with interesting approaches in exploring notions concerning the performing arts.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging Archaeology through Performing Arts: Prospect and Challenges in Malaysia","authors":"M. Saidin, Shaiful Shahidan","doi":"10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/ws2019.18.supp.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper dwells on the issues and prospects of performing arts and its context in Malaysian archaeology. The amalgamation of performing arts and scientific archaeological data and interpretation could be further translated into different ideas and products. The approach of performing arts taking place as a tool to relay archaeological information is new and still scarcely used in Malaysia. The recent discovery of the Sungai Batu site at Merbok, Kedah opened up many new platforms for collaborative research especially between the fields of archaeology and performing arts. The amalgamation between the science and arts added to the wealth of knowledge about the civilisations that once flourished in the area that represented Kedah Tua (Ancient Kedah). Evidently, philosophy and culture are reflected in arts and design of each and every single artefact, structure, and feature. The methodology used in this research to interpret scientific data to the masses in an artistic manner was through theatre. Findings showed that theatre (and artistic license attached to it) as a tool of performing arts was able to informally present the interpretation of archaeological discoveries at Kedah Tua to the audience in a non-academic setting yet engaging and at the same time communicating the re-imagined stories based on the archaeological findings in a much entertaining manner.","PeriodicalId":40376,"journal":{"name":"Wacana Seni-Journal of Art Discourse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67733236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}