Virtual Art Exhibition Amidst of a Covid-19 Pandemic
The Students of the Department of Communication of UII held a Virtual Exhibition to fulfill their assignments from the Creative Media Production course.. They are all students of the International Program Class of the Department of Communication Science. The output of this course assignment is in the form of a digital exhibition consisting of four projects from four groups by the batch 2018.
The Four groups consist of online magazines, comics, photo stories, and videos. Each of them performs the task of defining, conceptualizing, and working on projects while consulting with a lecturer in the Creative Media Production course.
Ida Nuraini Dewi KN, as a lecturer in the Creative Media Production course, explained that this exhibition was held so that students of the International Program of Communication Department could pour their ideas and creativity into the creative media projects that they designed. In addition, students are finally able to implement the theories that have been obtained in the Creative Media Production course with their own creativity. Everything they learn about creative media production, photography, creative writing and videography can be turned into an art creation.
This project can also be enjoyed by everyone because it can be opened anywhere and anytime on the link provided. This exhibition was held virtually for the sake of mitigating Covid-19. UII’s Department of Communication also fully supports projects made by students of this International Program. You can also see their description of the project on the UII Communications Program International social media, on their Instagram Live at ip.communication.uii, and on this link.
What Creation Did They Make?
The first group carried a zine with the theme Zine: A Female Quandary. Its contents about their anxiety about issues concerning women. This work also looks at how women are in society. How are women experienced marginalization, to what kind of fears women experience in their social life. The output of this group is an online magazine that can be read virtually at this link.
The second group chose comic as the medium. The title is Diary of 2020. This group tells about the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comic tells the story of how the two characters in the comic tell during the six to seven months at the start of the pandemic. The story in it is also made unique and fresh because it shows how a student or teen sees the corona virus. They address social phenomena such as watching news, to their concern for the use of non-medical masks and cloth masks. You can also read this comic on the Line Webtoon application with the title Diary of 2020, which can also be seen at This Line Webtoon Link.
The Four groups consist of online magazines, comics, photo stories, and videos. Each of them performs the task of defining, conceptualizing, and working on projects while consulting with a lecturer in the Creative Media Production course.
The third group carries the theme Pandemic Story: Public Spaces. This group created a Photo Story project that tells about a pandemic in places visited by the community or in public spaces. The group also took photos from 3 different cities in their respective regions. Each of them hunted photos in different public spaces, the first in shopping centers such as markets and malls, the second in the Bandung city square on Jalan Braga, where this street was always busy before the pandemic, the third was the airport and the mosque. The photos they took tell how things have changed in public after the Covid-19 pandemic. You can also view his work at this link.
The fourth group carries the theme of the Promotional Video Project entitled The Hidden Treasure of Gunung Kidul. This project describes the condition of the tourist sites of Wonosari Beach and other beaches around Gunung Kidul. They explain the beauty and potential of the three beaches in the videos they make. These three beaches were chosen because they were not well known to the public, and the Covid-19 pandemic has weakened the economy around the coast. Their work can be seen on Youtube with the title “gunungkidul treasure”, which can also be seen at this Channel.
Author and Reporter: Sera Zahria, Internship Student of Communication Department of UII, at International Program of Communication Department, Student Batch 2016
Editor: A. Pambudi W.
