Third World Idols

This is a series of kinetic works that I do, with the background idea of how the background of a tradition where I live (Bali) never loose with the name of religious ritual procession of Hindu Bali, almost every moment I can see and engage with people to make offerings, tools -tools and equipment from the sacred ceremony to profane sold for purposes of tourism business.
Barong is one of the creatures from the mythology that the concept of Balinese culture as an imbalance between good and evil (good and evil Barong Rangda) until there is a very famous dance of Barong and Keris Dance.
As a Balinese cultural heritage is priceless I have great respect for all the roots of our culture especially those in Bali are still running well until recently. Cultural or other beliefs may be called gods or pagan but that's just an opinion from someone who does not appreciate a difference there.





But as a generation who see and feel themselves part of the implementation of these concepts have started to limp and to shift from the concept in the daily life of Balinese in everyday life, the concept just as lips service only at the level of discourse, I finished "question" again regarding the concepts of cultural grandeur. Implementation was only at the level of the concept of ritual, the implementation in daily life have been very far away, the example is the concept of Tri Hita Karana who does not know the concept, even one world institutions as a concept of genius, where tri = 3 Hita = prosperous, Karana = cause, Tri Hita Karana implies three causes of welfare, it is based on harmonious relations between:
1. Man with his Lord.
2. Man with one another.
3. Man with the natural environment.





but it is happening right now of the implementation is very much different, the relationship with god only limited to mere rituals and processions, human relationships to human beings we can see the various conflicts that occur because of problems indigenous territories and the economic value per se, let alone the human relationship with nature, so the number of exploitable nature on behalf of tourism in Bali from the problem of carelessly discarded trash, demolition / dredging of limestone hill in Jimbaran area for the construction of villas and hotels which is a natural protection system of the island of Bali from the brunt of the Indian Ocean waves. Other example is the essence of the barong dance itself which is a picture of human life itself which has a high philosophy of the most difficult where the enemy is defeated ourselves, do right now many people are greedy Accordingly, the wish to win their own and happy feet above others suffering, sold land / nation itself to mere economic interests. Small picture of the irony of the problems faced by developing countries that do not want to call it a backward country or third world countries.






So I make this work is to represent a philosophical shift in the value of its application in daily life of Balinese people are generally where the tourism business which became the main motor, which also has affected the mind set of society from the agrarian South Bali form the seller of services for tourism, although only a gardener at a hotel or villa. These values should have "updated" in accordance with the conditions of today, such as rules (awig-awig) made so that people who throw litter or to trigger a conflict and do not respect that difference in fines and perform community service (ngayah) in a temple or nursing home for example.




I make this work with the materials of the material that has been unused / wasted, wood I got from the cutting of trees in a shop house development project, plywood I got from the rest of the construction of the housing area, child's toy car wheels, a former pig Barong masks toys, dynamo and other former fan. With the sacred icon of the Barong that making techniques and materials are usually from the first choice of material and there are certain rituals, I reversed this view using materials findings and "trash" and material "profane" other.