Body painting enlivens the seventeenth NDF
The
prestigious Nusa Dua Fiesta (NDF) was enlivened by various interesting
activities drawing the attention of visitors. For instance, there were
28 local and international artists and models who voluntarily
participated in the body painting event that also jazzed up the
inauguration of the seventeenth annual Nusa Dua Fiesta, Monday (Oct 13).
Body painting has its own charm, which is sometimes underestimated. As a
matter of fact, the art of painting with the medium of human body has
its own difficulties compared to the use of painting media such as
canvas.Chairman of the Nusa Dua Fiesta 2014 Organizing Committee, Ida Bagus Abdhi, explained that the body painting for this year was adjusted to the NDF theme namely Love, Peace and Harmony that would be painted by local artists. “Hopefully, all the artists getting involved could express their artistic capability on the models’ body according to this theme,” he said. Later, he added, that the jury would select three of the models and artists. “Criteria for the assessment related to our theme namely Love, Peace and Harmony, the quality of the art and aesthetic of the painting results that may not contain any elements of pornography at all,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jango Paramartha, a local artist, on that occasion said that the body painting contained a touch of contemporary art. “What we are doing is far from pornography because it is an improvisation originally expressed on canvas as the medium. Then, it is replaced with one’s body,” he said.
According to him, the art of body painting could only be produced in Indonesia if did not go up against the laws on pornography. In Bali, the art of body painting demonstrated that the artists were given the freedom to express their own creativity.
Dewa Jodi who had already participated in the body painting event of the Nusa Dua Fiesta claimed that this art form has its own intrinsic challenges.. Other than the difficulty of making the paint stick to the skin when painting the clothes worn by the model, the paint also quickly gets absorbed so that a lot of paint is required for the colors to remain bright.
“It is also difficult, sir, compared to painting on canvas because the paint cannot have texture onthe skin. Much paint is required especially when painting on T-shirts which absorbes so much moisture” said Jodi.
Meanwhile, Vinka who twice acted as a model, claimed that being a model in the body painting event was quite tiresome. “It’s tiring to stand for so long and sometimes the paintbrush is ticklish.” she said.
