After rounds of battle within, I have finalise my research direction. I finally came to the conclusion that in order to continue my journey as an artist, the foremost important agenda is to know my identity.
Historically, Malaysia is a new country and “Malaysia” was a new invented word. A common question being asked among Malaysian is that how “Malaysia” we are? Or what is “Malaysia-ness”? Art has been regarded as being able to become a channel of reality representation, and even an instrument of identity construction. Of course, when speaking about representation, we cannot deny the rise of another question, which or whose Malaysia that the artist represent?
The rapid growth of globalisation has shape the look of Malaysian artist. What can we use to represent Malaysia? Is there anything we can regard as “Malaysia Style”? In the field of commercial illustration, is there a need to create a style? I am excited to dig it out!
originally posted in http://sioyean.wordpress.com/ by sioyean on January 30th, 2008
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2 comments:
hehe…thank God you finally has decided which topic to dig. see u so fan this few day.
your topic reminds me of Marion’s Culture study class. She throw us that question-Why are you a Malaysian? Because of your identity card? etc…
chi kek o! excited to see what u going to dig out. haha…
Wa lang xi ma lai xi ya lang
jean lau tan
jean lau tan said, on January 30th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
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