SATU TINJAUAN SENI PERSEMBAHAN DARI PANDEMIK KE PASCA COVID-19: MAYA ATAU KONVENSIONAL?

A SURVEY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS FROM THE PANDEMIC TO POST COVID-19: VIRTUAL OR CONVENTIONAL?

Abstract

ABSTRAK Pada 11 Mac 2020, Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) telah mengisytiharkan bahawa penyakit Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) sebagai pandemik. Malaysia telah mengeluarkan arahan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dilaksanakan secara berperingkat bermula 18 Mac 2020, diikuti dengan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB), Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan (PKPP), dan Perintah Kawalan Diperketatkan (PKPD) di seluruh negara. Berikutan dengan arahan kawalan pergerakan ini, segala aktiviti sosial dan budaya termasuk industri kreatif secara konvensional dibatalkan serta-merta. Sepanjang tempoh pandemik ini, penggiat muzik
di Sabah telah membuat inisiatif untuk berkarya secara maya atas talian. Persoalannya, apakah jenis persembahan muzik yang sesuai diinisiatifkan secara maya? Setelah dua tahun, pada 1 April 2022, kerajaan telah mengambil langkah untuk masuk ke Fasa Peralihan Endemik COVID-19. Ini bermaksud industri kreatif dibenarkan berkarya secara konvensional semula. Melihat kepada perubahan mekanisma ini, adakah persembahan muzik di Sabah masih relevan untuk dijalankan secara maya atau konvensional? Hasil pemerhatian menunjukkan bahawa ada aktiviti persembahan muzik yang masih relevan di pasca COVID-19, namun yang lainnya sudah kembali kepada konvensional.

ABSTRACT At the end of 2019, the world was shocked by the emergence of a dangerous viral disease, called the 2019. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease as a pandemic. Malaysia has issued instructions for the Movement Control Order (MCO) to be implemented in stages starting March 18, 2020, followed by the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), and the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) all over the country. Following this movement control order, all social and cultural activities including conventional creative industries are cancelled immediately. Throughout this pandemic period, music art players in Sabah have taken the initiative to work virtually online. The question is, what kind of music performance art is suitable to be initiated virtually? After two years, on April 1, 2022, the government has taken steps to enter the Endemic Transition Phase of COVID-19. This means the creative industry is allowed to work conventionally again. Looking at this change in mechanism, is the music performance in Sabah still relevant to be carried out virtually or conventionally? The observation results show that musical performance art activities are still relevant post Covid-19, but others have returned to conventional.