“This activity is intended to provide a space of reasoning for the students of the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD) of the ISI Denpasar. This mural art action first highlights the story of traditional puppet,” said Assistant Dean III of FSRD ISI Denpasar, DA Tirta Rai.
Object of their mural painting action was the wall in the open stage of the ISI Denpasar. The theme of Ramayana puppet was an epic commonly featured in the art of shadow puppet performance and ballet. The figure Sita in exile in the forest was the idea of the painting. “This story has relevancy to the educational process where we adopt the formidability of the figure Sita so that the students can follow the model in their learning,” said Tirta Rai on the sidelines of the wall painting.
The action of the 30 third semester students and supervised by 15 lecturers was intended to introduce the puppets to foreign students. It was very possible because the ISI Denpasar had a relationship to some universities overseas. “The mural puppet also poses a medium for the students here to directly understand about the characters of puppet, such as the sweet, hard, and giant puppets,” he concluded. (BTN/015)
