Journal of Urban Society´s Arts
Vol 13, No 1 (2026): April 2026

Intermediality as an Extension of The Postdramatic: Dramaturgical Trajectories in Pilihan Pembayun and Dialog Antigone

Yudiaryani Yudiaryani (Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)
Hirwan Kuardhani (Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)
Silvia Anggreni Purba (Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)
Wahid Nurcahyono (Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)
Pius Rino Pungkiawan (Program Studi Film dan Televisi Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta)
Antonius Janu Haryono (Faculty of Recorded Media Arts, Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)
Fitria Rahmah (Faculty of Recorded Media Arts, Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2026

Abstract

This article examines how intermedial theatre operates as an extension of postdramatic conditions through contemporary Indonesian performance practices. Focusing on two practice-based works, Pilihan Pembayun and Dialog Antigone, the study analyses how dramaturgical configurations shift from body–tradition relations toward increasingly intermedial body–media formations. Rather than positioning intermediality as a separate aesthetic category, the article argues that intermedial theatre develops from the relational logic of postdramatic performance, in which meaning emerges through interactions among bodies, media, sound, space, and technological systems. Using a practice-as-research framework, the study examines dramaturgical structures, directing strategies, and intermedial compositions to explore how theatrical agency is redistributed across human and nonhuman elements. In Pilihan Pembayun, performative relations remain strongly connected to ritual memory, collective affect, and embodied tradition, while Dialog Antigone intensifies fragmentation through digital media, visual projections, and dispersed performative agencies. Through this comparative dramaturgical trajectory, the article demonstrates that intermediality transforms not only theatrical form but also the relational operation of power, embodiment, and spectatorship in contemporary performance. Furthermore, the article positions Indonesian theatre practice not merely as a local application of Western theory, but as a site of conceptual production contributing to global debates on postdramatic theatre, intermedial dramaturgy, and performance epistemology.

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JOUSA

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Arts Humanities Social Sciences

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Journal of Urban Society's Art ( Junal Seni masyarakat Urban) memuat hasil-hasil penelitian dan penciptaan seni yang tumbuh dan berkembang di masyarakat perkotaan yang memiliki struktur dan kultur yang berbeda dengan masyarakat pedesaan. Seni masyarakat urban merupakan manifestasi seni yang ...