The Covid-19 pandemic, which took many lives, forced the government to implement various regulations to stop the spread of Covid-19.The government issued policies involving the entire community, one of which was Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) which later changed its name to PPKM (Enactment of Restrictions on Community Activities).This requires people to limit activities outside the home, such as work or school. The problem is also felt by the people of Ledok Kulon Village, Bojonegoro. Limited social activities cause people to spend a lot of time with virtual face to carry out their activities.
Limited community activities have an impact on various aspects of people’s lives, one of which is that entrepreneurs know as the majority profession in Ledok Kulon Village.
“The impact of the pandemic felt by employers knows is extraordinary. Before there was Covid-19, every day could produce tofu up to two quintals. However, it is now down by approximately 25-50%. Marketing is constrained, buyers are also rare.Many traders complained and went out of business. If now it can benefit from sales already alhamdulillah,” said one of the entrepreneurs know Ledok Kulon Village (06/07).
In addition, pandemics also have an impact on people’s mental health, such as the onset of anxiety effects due to uncertainty of situations in pandemic times, even mental stress.Not infrequently also people have to rotate their brains so that life continues to run and needs are still met.In response to these problems, the three students of Universitas Brawijaya (UB) consisting of Elvin Nuril Firdaus (Diksasindo’19), Asri Kamila Ramadhani (Diksasindo’19), and Erriska Nur Aulia (Psychology’20) under the guidance of Dr. Sony Sukmawan, M.Pd. It offers psychological therapy media through traditional arts formed in animated videos.Therapy through art is expected to be a new innovation in addressing the psychological problems of the Ledok Kulon community and the wider community in the face of pandemics.
The results of the pandemic impact study for the People ledok Kulon in May to July 2021 showed a decrease in income and less adaptive work environment that causes mental stress.Therefore, art intervention is offered through sandur kembang desa art innovation packaged in the form of animated videos.
The animated video consists of three parts, (i) an introductory section containing verbal instructions that can direct the actions of the video audience; (ii) the contents section that contains an animated video of Sandur Kembang Desa that tells about the pandemic conditions accompanied by several sandur tembang; and (iii) the closing section contains the closing sentence. Animated videos are expected to be enjoyed by the community and able to contribute as a new innovation of traditional art, so that Sandur as one of the traditional art forms can be maintained its existence. Not only that, the messages contained about the pandemic in the video are expected to be conveyed and interpreted by the community. Thus, the audience can draw conclusions from the storyline happily. Happiness and expression of these emotions are the goals in art therapy.
Art therapy in the form of animated videos is something that is in harmony with the situation in today’s society, limited social activities outside the home. Animated video as a form of audio visual media is also expected to attract the attention of millennials to traditional arts.