TERRACOTTA CERAMICS’ REPRESENTATION OF THE DEFORMATION OF EATING HABITS OF TODAY’S SOCIETY

• Main Author: Rosdiyanti, Fauzy
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/71207
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Eating is a human activity that must be continued in order to survive. This activity evolves over time as human lifestyles change. This is a result of a shift in human perception of the meaning of food. The complexity of food's value can be seen in how humans perceive food as having a certain essence. There is also food that is perceived as only fulfilling biological needs. Furthermore, there is a presentation of traditional foods that are rich in cultural meaning, as well as modern foods that are practical and reflect people's lifestyles. These foods are increasingly blending into the hands of a modern multicultural society. Starting with this, the author intends to represent how modern society's lifestyle overlaps with traditional society's lifestyle. The author wishes to celebrate this fusion through terracotta ceramic works. Furthermore, it is represented through the traditional method of serving food, and by combining it with modern food products. To show the duality of tradition and modernity in food, the author created works using terracotta ceramics and found objects made with wicker. Terracotta ceramics as a manifestation of human life's ever-changing journey. The sincere and honest form of terracotta as a representation of something traditional, but also primordial. Wicker is also present as a traditional language of traditional dining culture as a container for terracotta. The representation of modern food products demonstrates the contrasting side of modern food.