Tangible and Intangible Cultural Transformation in Creative Representations of Indonesian Contemporary Arts

Abstract

Indonesia is a pluralistic nation that has a wealth of culture, language, and customs preserved by the diversity of intangible and tangible cultural arts as social and cultural capitals in the processes of creating arts. Both tangible and intangible cultural signs of wealth are a powerful source of inspiration for the creative processes of creating multicultural-based distinctive modern arts. Efforts have been made to build creative activities through sources of inspiration for tangible and intangible cultures. The processes of creating arts happen in the modern contemporary era. They have recently transformed into a creative atmosphere based on multicultural local geniuses. The research method is a descriptive, qualitative and historical approach. Researchers explain all visual data or data from interviews with social media users and community culture qualitatively related to all aspects of research coverage. A method is a phenomenological approach using content analysis, descriptive technique, and qualitative reflection. The findings of the research confirm that the noble heritage of tangible and intangible cultures provides strength, spirit, and creative inspiration for artists. They can translate current world phenomena into the context of locality, the perspective of universality, and the global arts. Furthermore, Indonesian artists gain insights into the transformation of intangible culture and plural tangible forms based on local geniuses replete with dimensions of multiculturalism. This research can be used as a reference for the creation of plural modern and contemporary arts.