Bhinneka Tunggal Ika – The importance of art in the sense of belonging.

Abstract

Can the sense of belonging to a culture be strengthened with composing music as a method? Everything we experience are being kept somewhere in our minds. Consciously or subconsciously I believe that life experiences have to be processed in some way. If you're not doing any kind of artistic expression, it might come out as speech. With close ones, words in a diary or maybe not outed at all, but kept as thoughts and processed as dreams. But if you are an artist, the experiences might show themselves in your art, consciously or without actively thinking about where the ideas are coming from. This project investigates if coming from a mixed background are affecting ones artistic expression. It reflects on the relation between understanding yourself, your life situation and how this affects your artistic identity.