MEDIA ARTS DESIGN PROJECT
Monday, September 9, 2013
Output Ideas
Below are two sketches for my ideas for the output of the project:
My first idea is to make an interactive picture gallery.
My second idea is a flash game.
My first idea is to make an interactive picture gallery.
My second idea is a flash game.
(New) Chosen Issue, Research Justification, Ideation
Chosen Issue
The culture and lifestyle of the kampong life that are currently diminishing against the developing world.
Research Justification
Preserving to save the local culture and identity of the country.
Target Audience
My target audience for this project are both for young and old people. While I mostly catered to local (Malaysian) populace, I would also welcome foreigners to participate to let them experience and learn about our local culture.
Ideation
I want to create an artwork that covers the universal theme of childhood (for the younger audience) and experiences (for the older audience) in order to invoke the audiences’ emotions.
The Aesthetic Values Behind Kampung Boy - The Universal Themes
While
catered primarily to Malaysian audience, Kampung Boy managed to reach far and wide,
across the country and the whole globe. There are many factors that can
consider, such as the vivid art style and the clever and humorous writing. But
that was only scratching the surface. The value of the story – the aesthetic
value – is laid behind them: the beauty of the kampong life. At first I asked
myself, how something that is set in a kampong can attract even foreign
readers, which of course are unfamiliar with it?
The kampong is merely the setting of the story; the culture and lifestyle within it are the substance. What made the book engaging however was the emphasis of the universal theme and experiences behind Lat’s childhood:
The kampong is merely the setting of the story; the culture and lifestyle within it are the substance. What made the book engaging however was the emphasis of the universal theme and experiences behind Lat’s childhood:
playing games
hanging out with friends
getting scolded by
parents for getting into trouble
Situations that are relatable for most people, and things that readers can connect to when they read the book. On top of that, the story is an honest reflection of the author’s experience, which managed to draw the readers in and bring them into what we can call this ‘other world’ and won their hearts.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Further Studies on Aesthetic Values
By definition, ‘aesthetic’ is a set of rules and
a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty or the appreciation of
beauty. The word was first coined by the German philosopher, Alexander
Gottlieb Baumgartner in 1753, who helped established the study of
aesthetics as a different philosophical field of study (although, the study of
the nature of beauty has been pursued for years).
Aesthetics also deal with how we see things, how we evaluate them – our perception towards something and whether it was has special qualities – aesthetic qualities.
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgartner
Aesthetics also deal with how we see things, how we evaluate them – our perception towards something and whether it was has special qualities – aesthetic qualities.
When it comes to an
artwork, there are factors that drive us to evaluate it, mostly base on our
taste and sense of judgment. So, when we say an artwork has aesthetic values,
what does our praise consist in? In some
philosophical issues, there can’t be any objective standard when it comes to
artistic goodness, other than the extent to which large number of people like
it (the art). Hugo A. Meynell however, argued that there is objective standard (Meynell, 1986). When it comes to art, the
aesthetic value does not lie within the art’s use, but rather on the impact it
gives to the individual. The aesthetic value of an artwork is not an objective concept
in a sense, but it can be determine (objectively) based on the impact it gives
to an individual.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Aesthetic Values - A mindmap of my understanding
Above is a mindmap of my understanding regarding 'aesthetic values' based on Hugo A. Meynell (The Nature of Aesthetic Value - Macmillan 1986).
Monday, July 8, 2013
Proposal and Mindmap
Proposal
Topic Background:
Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, is a
Malaysian cartoonist who has produced cartoons over a span of years. His honest
humor, witty portrayals of the Malaysian life and cleverly written political
satire has appealed to many people regardless of races and culture. Lat is also
very passionate about Malaysian cartoons having their own identity and style;
keeping and preserving the touch of the local culture.
Nowadays, such works of high
caliber is hard to come by. For example, we often come across works that
attempted to emulate the kampong setting, but were superficial when it comes to
the local content. In addition, today’s young cartoonists are more into foreign
works such as from Japan (manga) and western style comic books (like Marvel and
DC).
Objective:
Presenting ways to preserve the works of Datuk Lat for
future generations as well as to encourage young cartoonists to emulate the
works of Lat in preserving the local culture.
Suggested Output:
- · Digital Preservation
- · Documentation
Mindmap
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