Arts and Design Studies www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6061 (Paper) ISSN 2225-059X (Online) Vol.78, 2019 27 Interpreting the Meaning of Loro Blonyo as A Basis for Creation of Intermedia Art Works Satriana Didiek Isnanta The Fine Art Departement, The Indonesian Institute of Arts in Surakarta, Jl. K.H. Dewantara 19 Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Much. Sofwan Zarkasi The Fine Art Departement, The Indonesian Institute of Arts in Surakarta, Jl. K.H. Dewantara 19 Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Asmoro Nurhadi Panindias The Fine Art Departement, The Indonesian Institute of Arts in Surakarta, Jl. K.H. Dewantara 19 Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia Abstract This research was designed as an experimental study of intermedia art creation based research by interpreting Loro Blonyo statue as a source of ideas for creating works. Loro Blonyo is a pair of wooden sculptures consisting of statues of woman and man, using the traditional Javanese style of basahan wedding dresses in a sitting position. Broadly, the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue for Javanese people is the unity of the couple as a reflection of Javanese’ mind that is harmony and oneness. The meaning of Loro Blonyo statue is then analyzed, elaborated, and reinterpreted as the basis for the creation of intermedia artworks of national identity. The results of the research were concluded and formed as the basis for the concept of intermedia artworks.To create visual language based on local culture, use the concept of art of reinterpretation. The concept of art reinterpretation is to find various alternatives of visual forms from the results of reinterpreting traditional visual arts. This means that the artwork created is the result of the artist's processing in reinterpreting the form or meaning and philosophy of the traditional visual arts and then transferring it into personal style artworks.This study used artistic research methods with the aim of creating space-based intermedia artworks that use visual, motion and sound elements, namely multi-media installation art with a visual form of local culture as a reinforcement of national identity. Keywords: intermedia art, interdiscipline, experimentation, Loro Blonyo, national identity. DOI: 10.7176/ADS/78-05 Publication date: November 30th 2019 1. Introduction The development of fine arts in Indonesia today has historically been inseparable from various global influences that lead to trends in adopting, appreciating, and synthesizing new thoughts conveyed through education, literature, mass media, technology, international relations which all lead to discourse, ideology, markets and visual art practices. This raises the paradox of Indonesian art identity in international art configurations. To address the conception of art that has roots in Indonesia, alternative concepts for the development of art need to be found. A cultural idiom rooted in ethnic traditions that have become the nation's wealth must be utilized. Art traditions are able to give joy to artistic creativity; as a source of ideas and expression media. Progressive attitudes that require creativity produce cultural products that stand in the present that produce experimental alternative forms. To realize an alternative of cultural product form that is experimental in nature, creative strength is certainly needed. It can be said that creativity is a keyword in the process of experimentation of works in particular and the development of art in general. With creative thinking, it is possible to discover new things in art practice by exploring local values such as the study of the creation of intermedia art works aimed at creating national personality works with the basic idea of reading the meaning of Loro Blonyo statue.