Pada tanggal 19 Januari 2022 UKM Unit Seni Rupa atau yang kerap disebut dengan USER melakukan mural di Fakultas Teknik UGM. Rencana mural ini sudah ada sejak akhir kepengurusan 2021, namun karena pandemi Covid-19, mural ini baru dapat terealisasi di awal tahun 2022. Penggagasnya adalah Dekan Fakultas Teknik UGM karena melihat bentangan tembok yang luas di area gerbang masuk/keluar bundaran teknik. Seperti gayung bersambut, hal tersebut direspon baik oleh pembina USER yaitu Bapak Syaify yang juga mengharapkan wadah atau tempat untuk teman-teman USER UGM berkreasi dan membuat karya. Gagasan ini kemudian disampaikan melalui undangan yang dikirimkan ke email USER. Setelah koordinasi berlangsung, dimulailah pengecatan tembok seluas 35 meter di Fakultas Teknik. Pengerjaan mural ini dikerjakan oleh para anggota USER angkatan 2019, 2020, dan 2021. Ada sekitar 30 orang muralis yang mengerjakan mural, dan kurang lebih 10 orang yang datang setiap harinya karena sistem shift. Meskipun tidak semua anggota USER dapat turut berpartisipasi, karena terkendala pembatasan sosial akibat pandemi dan banyak anggota yang masih di luar Jogja, tetapi hal tersebut tidak menyurutkan semangat teman-teman USER mengerjakan mural pertama di tahun 2022 sejak hampir 1 tahun vakum bermural.
Mural dilakukan secara bertahap, dilaksanakan kurang lebih selama 4 minggu dengan menyesuaikan waktu luang teman-teman USER, sehingga dipilih-lah hari jumat, sabtu dan minggu setiap pukul 10.00 – 16.00 WIB di setiap minggunya. Proses mural ini memiliki tahapan yang sama seperti menggambar pada umumnya, hanya saja media tembok lebih besar dan luas, proses dimulai dari membagi tembok menjadi beberapa bagian untuk digambar, lalu sketching, coloring, outlining, dan terakhir finishing. Cat yang digunakan adalah cat tembok mowilex weatherproof agar warna tidak pudar saat terkena terik matahari dan hujan, mengingat lokasi tembok berada di outdoor pinggir jalan.
Menurut pernyataan Mirantika Kamalintan (USER angkatan 8) yang merupakan Mahasiswi Antropologi Budaya 2019, dirinya memutuskan untuk mengikuti mural USER ini karena untuk mengisi waktu luang dan dari dulu sudah ingin mencoba melukis di tembok. “Asyik banget walaupun kepanasan, tapi yang terpenting kebersamaan di USER tetap terjalin walau pandemi. Semoga lukisan yang kita kerjakan bersama maknanya membekas di hati ‘kita dan pesan yang terkandung bisa tersampaikan pada orang-orang yang melihat mural tersebut.” Tuturnya.
Begitupun dengan Larasati Hayu Regita (USER angkatan 9) juga mengungkapkan hal yang serupa dengan Mirantika bahwa dirinya join mural USER pertamanya karena ingin tau bagaimana rasanya mural bersama organisasi seni karena sebelumnya dia pernah ikut tetapi sistemnya bebas. jadi tidak ada aturan atau rules menggambar apa. Terlebih disaat pandemi bahwa dia bosan di rumah, yang seharusnya bisa melakukan banyak hal seru di luar.
“Tapi ya udah aku putusin ikut biar tau rasanya gimana, eh ternyata seru dapat teman-teman baru dan belajar teknik nyeni lah karena sebelumnya belum pernah di media tembok. Seneng juga ternyata hasilnya pun bagus gitu menurutku. kerjasamanya sama orang Fakultas Teknik waktu itu juga lancar dan baik-baik saja jadi kedua belah pihak sama-sama senang” Ungkapnya.
Dari terlaksananya mural ini, bukan hanya menjadi formalitas project kolaborasi antara USER dan pihak fakultas tetapi juga menjadi pintu awal terjalinnya kebersamaan anggota USER yang sebelumnya vakum, serta menjadi angin segar kepada para anggota yang rindu untuk berkreasi dan melukis lagi karena kegiatan-kegiatan offline yang sebelumnya terhenti karena pandemi. Harapannya semoga kedepan bisa terlaksana kegiatan serupa dengan komunitas lain dengan komunikasi yang baik, dan terbuka bukan hanya untuk anggota USER tetap juga dapat memfasilitasi mahasiswa UGM lainnya yang penasaran dan ingin merasakan sensasi mural di media tembok yang besar.
On January 19, 2022, the Arts Unit UGM or often referred to as USER carried out a mural at the UGM Faculty of Engineering. This mural plan has been around since the end of the 2021, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this mural can only be realized in early 2022. The initiator is the Dean of the UGM Faculty of Engineering because he saw the wide stretch of wall in the entrance/exit gate area of the engineering roundabout. This was responded well by the USER coach, Mr. Syaify, who also hoped for a place for UGM USER friends to be creative and create works. This idea is then conveyed through an invitation sent to the USER email. After the coordination took place, the painting of the 35-meter-wide wall at the Faculty of Engineering began. The murals were done by members of USER class 2019, 2020, and 2021. There are about 30 muralists working on murals, and approximately 10 people who come every day because of the shift system. Although not all USER members were able to participate, due to social restrictions because of pandemic and many members still outside Jogja, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of USER’s friends to work on the first mural in 2022 since almost 1 year of mural vacuum.
The mural is carried out in stages, carried out for approximately 4 weeks by adjusting the free time of USER friends, so that Friday, Saturday and Sunday are chosen from 10.00 – 16.00 WIB every week. The mural process has the same stages as drawing in general, except that the wall media is bigger and wider, the process starts from dividing the wall into several parts to be drawn, then sketching, coloring, outlining, and finally finishing. The paint used is Mowilex weatherproof wall paint so that the color does not fade when exposed to the hot sun and rain, considering the location of the wall is outside the roadside.
According to the statement of Mirantika Kamalintan (USER batch 8) who is a 2019 Cultural Anthropology Student, she decided to join this USER mural because it was to fill her spare time and had always wanted to try painting on walls. “It’s really fun even though it’s hot, but the most important thing is that togetherness at USER is still maintained despite the pandemic. Hopefully the painting that we are working on together has stayed on our hearts and the message it contains can be conveyed to people who see the mural.” she said.
Likewise, Larasati Hayu Regita (USER batch 9) also expressed the same thing as Mirantika that she joined the first USER mural because she wanted to know what it was like to be a mural with art organizations because she had previously participated but the system was free. so there are no rules for what to draw. Especially during the pandemic that she is bored at home, which should be able to do a lot of fun things outside.
“But I’ve decided to join so I know how it feels, eh, it’s fun to make new friends and learn art techniques because I’ve never been on the wall before. I’m glad that the results were good too. The collaboration with the people from the Faculty of Engineering at that time was also smooth and fine, so both parties were equally happy,” she said.
The implementation of this mural is not only a formality of the collaboration project between USER and the faculty, but also the starting point for the establishment of togetherness among USER members who previously had a vacuum, as well its good for members who yearn to be creative and paint again due to offline activities that were previously done. stopped due to the pandemic. It is hoped that in the future similar activities can be carried out with other communities with good communication, and open not only to USER members but also to facilitate other UGM students who are curious and want to feel the sensation of murals on large wall media.
Penulis: Anindya Putri F. S.