Banda Aceh Fine Artist Perform Street Art Wall (Indonesia and English)

INDONESIA
Belasan seniman rupa yang bergabung dalam 3 komunitas melakukan street art mural grafiti dan jamming di tembok dinding dekat stadion H. Dimurtala, Banda Aceh selama dua hari, 24-25 Mei 2017. Tiga komunitas seniman rupa itu adalah Akar Imaji, Apotek Wareuna, dan Skateboard Banda.

Mural dinding sepanjang 40 meter dengan tinggi 2 meter mereka lukis secara bersama-sama untuk memperindah pemandangan lalulintas di kawasan tersebut.

Arnis Muhammad, seniman muda dari Akar Imaji mengatakan kegiatan itu dilakukan dalam rangka silaturahmi di hari meugang antar sesama seniman rupa di Banda Aceh.

"Meugang identik dengan silaturahmi, kami anggap ini momen penting kami berkumpul di sini, untuk menggambar bersama-sama kawan-kawan yang lain," ujar Arnis saat ditemui di lokasi tersebut.

Qurbani Akbar yang sering disapa Ruben, yang juga seniman muda yang bergabung dalam Akar Imaji menyebutkan, kebutuhan bahan-bahan material untuk melukis mural di tembok itu seperti cat, kuas, dan alat pendukung lainya mereka bawa dari masing masing seniman rupa.

Ia menambahkan, senirupa jalanan ini penting dilakukan untuk memancing pelaku seni yang lain untuk bisa berkarya juga. "Ada kawan kawan yang datang, kemudian mereka ikut bergabung. masyarakat juga mengapreasi kegiatan ini, " sebutnya.

Kegiatan senirupa itu mendapat perhatian dari pengguna lalulintas yang melewati jalan ini. Mereka berhenti dan memfoto kegiatan senirupa jalanan dari belasan perupa Banda Aceh itu.

Iswadi Basri, seniman rupa Aceh yang terlibat dalam jamming grafiti itu melihat semangat yang besar tumbuh dari seniman muda Aceh untuk terus berinovasi.

"Semangat bersenirupa tidak pernah berhenti, ini semakin maju, baik sisi dari inovasi, dekorasi baru era sekarang ini, kalau mereka tidak berinovasi maka akan tumbang di tengah jalan," Ujar Iswadi yang pernah diundang ke Jakarta Beinnale 2015 untuk memamerkan 3 lukisannya yang bertema air dan lingkungan

ENGHLISH
A visual artist who joined three communities doing street art mural graffiti and jamming on a wall wall near H. Dimurtala stadium, Banda Aceh for two days, 24-25 May 2017. The three artist communities are Akar Imaji, Apotek Wareuna, and Banda Banda .

The wall mural along the 40 meters with a height of 2 meters they are painted together to beautify the traffic scenery in the area. Arnis Muhammad, a young artist from Akar Imaji, said that the event was held in a meeting between artists in Banda Aceh.

"Meugang is synonymous with the relationship, we consider this important moment we gather here, to draw together the other friends," said Arnis when met at the location.

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Banda Aceh Fine Artist Perform Street Art Wall

Qurbani Akbar who is often called Reuben, who is also a young artist who joined the Roots of Imaji mentions, the need for material materials to paint the mural on the wall like paint, brush, and other supporting tools they bring from each artist.

He added, street art is important to do to lure other artists to work as well. "There are comrades who come, then they join, the community also mengapreasi this activity," he said.

The artwork gets the attention of traffic users who pass this way. They stopped and photographed street art activities from dozens of Banda Aceh artists.

Iswadi Basri, an Acehnese artist who was involved in jamming graffiti saw a great spirit growing from young Acehnese artists to continue to innovate.

"The spirit of art never stops, this is progressing, both sides of innovation, the new decoration of the current era, if they do not innovate it will fall in the middle of the road," said Iswadi who had been invited to Jakarta Beinnale 2015 to showcase 3 paintings themed water And the environment. $