Visual Dimension in the Performing of Makyung Raja Besar Ho Gading

Abstract

This research intends to study the exploration of visual dimension in the visual arts and identities performance of Makyung Raja Besar Ho Gading. Visual dimension is a very important process in producing a production that had its own artistic meaning and values. The changing process for visual arts and visual identities could be created in abstracts, realistic and experimental forms, according to the concept and theme of the production that are being projected on the stage. Due to this, the research showcases the roles of the visual arts and visual identity exploration in mutually shaping the performing arts of Makyung Raja Besar Ho Gading with the application of arts and design principles. The exploration of visual arts and visual identity in the performance of Makyung Raja BesarHoGading has the aesthetic values that are consisted of the sociocultural influence from the society and visualises the life of Raja BesarHoGading and his royal siblings. The dramatic imagery of the seven siblings had been the symbolic representation of the society connected with the brotherhood and togetherness, vendetta among each other. The research outcomes will exhibits the importance of identification of visual arts and visual identities that had been used in the performance of Makyung Raja BesarHoGading in order to increase the understanding of the visual arts as inspiration sources for the artistic designer in the context of designing and building the set based on the sociocultural symbolism of the aristocrats.