CAVEMEN'S KNOWLEDGE OF LIGHT RELATIONS THROUGH INSTALLATION VIDEOS

• Main Author: Sagaran, Angling
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/79564
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Cave paintings, as prehistoric art, document the evolution of human art from the Paleolithic era to the 1st century BC. In the Mesolithic period, cave paintings like those in Lascaux and Altamira depicted realistic images of mammoths and bison with impressive technical skill. These artworks spread across continents, enriched with diverse cultural meanings, providing deep insights into prehistoric human life, ranging from religious rituals to daily observations. Changes in prehistoric society, particularly within the Magdalenian group, are reflected in the use of lighting in cave paintings, as seen in Lascaux, illustrating the principle of motion pictures. The phenomenon of pareidolia, emerging around 4 BC, is closely related to the process of translating images into the human brain. Over time, art continued to evolve, giving rise to new media art, notably recognized in art centers in Indonesia, integrating with installation works to explore the relationship between illusion and reality in human visual perception. This relationship reveals an allegory in the light of caveman knowledge. This research methodology uses a qualitative approach, including analysis of every angle of shooting to identify the reality of lighting. The aims of the thesis research to be achieved include: a) explaining the relationship of allegory to the light of knowledge of cavemen; b) using the camera's point of view to reveal the light of human knowledge through installation art media; c) exploring the allegorical visualization of the reality of light caused by differences in camera’s perspective. The results achieved are a visualization that the differences in reality caused by light can be seen from different perspectives through video installation works.