EXPRESSION OF SELF-IDENTITY THROUGH DRAWING:

• Main Author: Naufal, Dirfas
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/68070
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Identity: Me! is a work of self-expression with media drawings to represent the feelings of alienation and discomfort experienced by homosexual individuals. The public's view of homosexuals as an object (disgrace) makes them close themselves to their surroundings. Discrimination against homosexuals does not only stop at moral issues but also falls on legal matters. This phenomenon makes the writer question the issue of intimate which can become a public problem. Through the work of Identity: Only Me? The author tries to express the experience of being a homosexual individual. Appreciators themselves become important in the work of Identity: Only Me? in re- experiencing the author's original expression or experience. This is studied through Croce-Collingwood's theory of self-expression, which makes the appreciator's re- experience important in the success of the work. The study of Cass's theory of identity development also shows that environmental links are important in homosexual individuals accepting their sexual identity. Through drawing media as a mark-making process as well as a found object collage technique, the author tries to create a visual that is familiar and close to the appreciator. These two things will later be processed and combined with a distorted visual figure. In the end, this work is an answer to the writer's anxiety about the role of gender in a social environment, and not the problem of homosexual orientation. This can be seen in the visuals that appear in the work associated with the response to the stain. Works with strong masculine tendencies, have a dirty and closed quality. In contrast to works with strong feminism tendencies, which feel brighter and cleaner.