Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2018, October 24-26, 2018, Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

The Digitalization of Street Art and Graffiti: Analysis on Ladies On Wall’s Social Media Account

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289674,
        author={R. Handaru Pratama and Lita Sari Barus and Renny  Nurhasana},
        title={The Digitalization of Street Art and Graffiti: Analysis on Ladies On Wall’s Social Media Account},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2018, October 24-26, 2018, Central Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICSGS},
        year={2019},
        month={11},
        keywords={street art graffiti ladies on wall instagram},
        doi={10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289674}
    }
    
  • R. Handaru Pratama
    Lita Sari Barus
    Renny Nurhasana
    Year: 2019
    The Digitalization of Street Art and Graffiti: Analysis on Ladies On Wall’s Social Media Account
    ICSGS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289674
R. Handaru Pratama1,*, Lita Sari Barus1, Renny Nurhasana1
  • 1: School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
*Contact email: radenhandaru18@gmail.com

Abstract

Female street artist and graffiti writers in Indonesia are incorporated in the Ladies on Wall, which was formed as a room for the female street artist and graffiti writer in producing works. Formerly, street art and graffiti were considered as male activities due to the construction of male’s masculinity. In addition, street art and graffiti are categorized as a temporary art works due to the weather, overwritten works, as well as the government policies that prohibit the existence of the art works. The aim of this article is to analyze the use of media by the Ladies on Wall community as a form of digitizing works to show their existence. The netnography method is used in this article, by making the Instagram account of the Ladies on Wall Community as the subject of the research. The results of this research indicate the ability of Ladies on Wall Instagram account as a room to appreciate, preserve, develop a discussion spaces, legitimize and bring up the women’s perspective in street art and graffiti world.