In this research, Annisa conducted an examination of intermedia art as the manifestation of the reintegration between the cultures of art, science and technology in two formal institutions of visual arts. This research was a combination of Annisa’s thesis for her Master’s Degree at Bandung Institute of Technology and a Research Fellowship (granted by MEXT Japan) at Tokyo University of the Arts.
The research was a comparative study on intermedia art education for the Bachelor’s Degree at Bandung Institute of Technology and Tokyo University of the Arts. Both institutions are recognized in their respective countries and internationally, but the primary affinity between them is that both are visionaries. Tokyo University of the Arts is the first institution in Asia with an intermedia art department (established in 1999). Bandung Institute of Technology is the first institution in Southeast Asia with an intermedia art as one of its majors (established in 2007).
Intomedia is a collective initiative in 2017, in Bandung, Indonesia. It is a platform for two artists, one curator and one researcher to discuss, speculate and explore in the realm of media arts.
Intomedia consists of an exhibition, workshop and artist talk (held at Galeri Soemardja). Annisa, as the researcher, observed the works of two artists (Aditya and Riar) and curator (Bob)
The term media arts and/or new media arts is often problematically equivocal because of the multifarious disciplines and genres it represents, and the nature of its discourse that is usually manifested differently in each institution, society, or culture. Annisa, as the researcher, observed the works of two artists (Aditya and Riar) and a curator (Bob) in relation to the comprehension of the meaning of ‘media’ itself in Indonesian society, its association with the emerging intermedia art in Indonesia, and further in relation to the country’s technoculture. Access Annisa’s piece on Intomedia (in Bahasa Indonesia) here.
In the span of her two-year Master’s Program, apart from her thesis research; Integration of Art, Science and Technology in Intermedia Art Education, Annisa also wrote & archived short research reports and essays (in Bahasa Indonesia) on various subject matter analogous to her interest in technology, literature, film, and women’s studies in relation to her major, Art History & Theory. You can access them here.