Karya ini membahas tema tentang keluarga sebagai titik pijak untuk membicarakan keberagaman dan kesatuan secara bersamaan. Family Service America (1984) mendefiniskan Keluarga adalah dua orang atau lebih yang disatukan oleh ikatan-ikatan kebersamaan dan keintiman, dan mengidentifikasikan diri mereka sebagai bagian dari keluarga. Definisi keluarga tersebut bersifat luas, sehingga dapat mencakup beraneka macam hubungan formal, diluar definisi-definisi tradisional. Saya kemudian teringat dengan salah satu ayat didalam Alkitab: Matius 19:6 “Demikianlah mereka bukan lagi dua, melainkan satu. Karena itu apa yang dipersatukan Allah, tidak boleh diceraikan manusia”. Dengan pengertian tersebut individu telah dipersatukan dengan individu lainnya secara rohani. Dalam karya ini Saya mencoba melakukan pembacaan konsep penyatuan tersebut tidak saja pada tataran rohani, tetapi juga secara fisik, sosial, dan kultural yang melatarbelakangi setiap individu didalamnya. Individu-individu dalam keluarga mengambil perannya masing-masing, berkolaborasi dan bernegosiasi dengan cara menyusun tubuh mereka menjadi satu tubuh yang solid.
This work addresses the issue of family as the starting point in discussing about diversity and unity at the same time. The Family Service America (1984) defined family as two or more people who are bound by togetherness and intimacy bonds, and then define themselves as a part of the family. Such a definition of family is broad, which could be implied to various kinds of formal relationships beside the traditional definitions. It reminded me of one verse from the Bible: Matthew 19:6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” From that definition, an individual is spiritually being united with another individual. And in this work, I am attempting to read the concepts of uniting, not only spiritually, but also physically, socially, and culturally, which are part of the individual’s background. Each individual in a family takes their own roles in collaborating and negotiating by compiling their bodies into one solid body.
This work addresses the issue of family as the starting point in discussing about diversity and unity at the same time. The Family Service America (1984) defined family as two or more people who are bound by togetherness and intimacy bonds, and then define themselves as a part of the family. Such a definition of family is broad, which could be implied to various kinds of formal relationships beside the traditional definitions. It reminded me of one verse from the Bible: Matthew 19:6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” From that definition, an individual is spiritually being united with another individual. And in this work, I am attempting to read the concepts of uniting, not only spiritually, but also physically, socially, and culturally, which are part of the individual’s background. Each individual in a family takes their own roles in collaborating and negotiating by compiling their bodies into one solid body.