Oct 14, 2005
Digital Wayang
Now everyone can be a digital dalang at home and direct a digital wayang kulit show. A researcher from the Korea National University of Arts created a digital version of the wayang kulit show by allowing the dalang (the puppeteer) to easily control silhouette characters on the screen using their hands without the actual wayang kulit itself. The dalang wears prepared color chips and move their hands inside a small box with curtains just like the stage.
It’s an interesting achievement, but watching a digital show is probably not as good as watching the real thing, in my opinion. I remember having had to wait until way past midnight to watch a wayang show on TV when I was a kid. I may not be the biggest fan of wayang, but I think wayang shows should be shown on TV more often and in better timeslots, replacing all the reality TV shows and all those other crap on Indonesian TV these days.
(via we make money not art)
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nonton wayang kulit asli emang sense-nya beda…
lebih ‘syahdu’ hehehe…
tapi kemajuan teknologi bisa juga di manfaatkan buat ngenalin budaya asli kita pada anak cucu kita yang mungkin bakal jauh technology minded dibanding kita…
suatu saat mungkin saya bakal nonton wayang techno dengan holographic sinden dan grup gamelan tersaji pada ruang keluarga yang kecil
…ah ngimpi…. hehehehe
wah.. wah..
abe pribadi sih gag pernah nonton wayang langsung!
seringnyah dulu nemenin kakek (RIP) nonton di INDOSIAR! eh, tapi sekarang udah gag ada lagi yah?
badewe Om Ron, itu gerak ngikuti finger kita yah? kalau di taruh di kaki bisa gak yah?
*kaburrr..*
[...] Dapat link dari Ronny tentang digitalisasi pertunjukan wayang. [...]
weh diLN ada wayang jugah?
woey.. update bos :P
** ngacir **