New Meaning Investigation in Original Material

Abstract

This article is a part of research titled “New meaning investigation in original material,” which aimed to 1) Integrate the two materials into creative mixed media art, 2) Investigate new meaning from the overlapping area and packaged materials in the northeast. The research was conducted by adopting a qualitative research methodology.

The integration of two materials as creative mixed-arts have been conducted by the field study to exchange material in four overlapping communities. The study results indicated that most of the villagers had related to agriculture occupation resulted in obtained materials were knife, hoe, and shovel. In addition, cooking materials, i.e., earthen steamer and pot, were also found during the study.  In the part of new materials, the materials obtained from Ban Chiang village, Udon Thani province, consisted of tire rubber, fan, and electric chain saw. On the other hand, the ancient materials were obtained from Ban Prasat, Nakhon Ratchasima province.  After that, the researcher sought to the packaged materials once again in the malls around Khon Kaen province and got instant noodles combined with waste material by adopting the concept from Wabi-Sabi for 17 creative mixed-arts.

In the meaning investigation, the new meaning investigation from the overlapping materials and packaged materials in the northeast was employed Semiology theory to find the meaning of 17 creative mixed-arts. The analysis of 17 creative mixed-arts shown that the meaning can form in various aspects with Open-ended characteristics in meaning which would be affected by society, culture, or audiences’ experiences with individual thoughts and interpretation based on each person.