Visual Culture: A Study on the Presence of Alphabetical Pattern in ‘Senaman Tua’ by using Motion Capture Technology

Abstract

Senaman Tua (Malay’s Ancient Exercise) is a therapeutic exercise from Malay culture. This exercise is blend well aesthetically with Malay culture and Islam which give holistic positive effects on the spiritual side of being able to provide, maintain inner peace, patience in the individual and also able to understand their own inner selves. According to the founder, the essence of the holistic positive effect is from the unseen pattern that embedded in the movement. The aim of this study is to visualize the micro-line the embedded in Senaman Tua (Malay’s Ancient Exercise) movement by using Motion Capture Technology. With the permission of Senaman Tua’s founder, Selangkah Guru (A Guru’s movements) is a dynamic exercise movement of Senaman Tua for beginner will be captured by using Motion Capture Technology. There are 33 markers of human anatomy have been captured by using Motion Capture Technology in 1 minute 08 second. The finding show there are presence of alphabetic pattern that generated from the “Selangkah Guru” (A Guru’s Movements). It can be concluded that visual pattern of “Lam Alif” alphabet clearly shows in the mapping of Motion Capture Technology.