Next Week's CNY issues

Ola!

Next week a lot of people are going back for the CNY celebrations. Unfortunately, we can't push back/reschedule what's happening on that day because it would cause a ripple effect to everything else. So... those of you who can't present on that day, please e-mail (or those of you who have huge video files to show, give a CD) whatever should have been presented before you go back. Those of you who are still here on Wednesday, present in class; if presentations end early, we'll start the storyboarding lecture right after it.

Welcome back people - CHAAAARRRGGEEE!!

*p.s. Congrats to the CA bunch for having a great first session full of good ideas - try to keep this up throughout the whole semester. Let's at least TRY to have fun doing our work :p

-J

SCHOOL AGAIN!!

Hey Helloooo everybody!! happy to see so many people are online again!! cyberia is alive again! what did you do in vacation!? did you enjoy? wish you so many exams, and midterm!! :)))))

cheers

iTalk Buddy Rocks YOUTH '08

I'm 2 days late but check this event out. I went yesterday and it was quite a visit. There were battle of the bands, freebies, ipods you can win etc etc. Event started on Friday. Ending today (Sunday at 10pm).

Some creative entrepreneurs are also there. Support them. Just to name a few: Bangkit, Tamaart, Dandadan Productions, Suicidalarts, Pattern, and Dotiro. They're located on the 3rd floor. On the 4th floor is the main sponsors' booth: Youth Malaysia, iTalk, Streamyx, Astro etc etc.

It's the last day. The venue is PWTC. I'll say it again, last day today till 10pm.

More info here http://www.youthmalaysia.com/youth08/

A trip to Assumption University

hey guys, I was in Bangkok in 2 weeks for the World Debating Championship which was held in Assumption University, Thailand. And I gotta tell you, you be surprised how magnificent the university is! Here are some pictures:


The hostel rooms they allocated for us to stay. YES, it is their HOSTEL, complete with a balcony and individual bathrooms.... O_O
The exterior of the King David hostel (others being Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. Well, since it's a Catholic University, most of the buildings are named after biblical characters).
The clock tower that chimes almost every hour. (serves as a pretty good wake up call) There's also a museum beneath the tower that features artworks, chandeliers and a grand piano.

The AU Mall (yea, this university is freakin' big enough for a little mall to fit in) where we had our breakfast.
The courtyard of the AU Mall.
The old-school tram: Something to go around the campus with.
The CathedralCheck out the horse statues on the lake...
Swans! in their lake garden...
One of the many fountains in campus.
So, What do you think?

WATCH MY TELEMOVIE THIS SUNDAY on NTV7!

Dear FA Students,

Greenlight Pictures' new telemovie, CINTA TIGA SEGI, airs this Sunday, Jan 13, at 10.45pm on NTV7!


I hope all of you will set your clocks and timer and catch the movie! It has a little bit of everthing, a great date movie with laughter and tears, and some action thrown in!




Don't miss it!
There will be a quiz on the movie next week!! haha~!

Michael Jackson - Billy Jean (Live)

I don't know about you guys but seriously, if you wanna feel what is AURA, watch this =)




Even tough its just a youtube video, I still can feel the AURA

for those whom have seen this, its good to see it again ;)

Make 3D models from video clips

Would not it be really cool if we cool make 3d models from video on the fly? Some folks at The University of Adelaide's Australian Centre for Visual Technologies is developing VideTrace which will allow us to create ("trace") 3d models off the video.

Check out their great video here - It is totally awesome. And if it can really do what it is showing, it would be a total revolution. So, head now and check out the yet-to-come video trace.

For Your Info and Interest

(Save As for a better view)
You are invited to the launch of

WHAT NOW?

Malaysia After 50

An exhibition by PhotoMalaysia

Launch: Jan 8 (Tue), 8pm
Refreshments are served!

Malaysia's largest online photography community PhotoMalaysia, consisting of individuals from various backgrounds and professions, explores what becomes of Malaysia after her 50th birthday. By looking at our current social, economic and political conditions, these local photographers present their views and depictions of what lies ahead for us.

Date: Jan 8 (Tue) - 27 (Sun), 2007
Time: 11am - 7pm daily (closed on Mondays)
Venue: The Annexe Gallery, 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe, KL
Phone: 03 2070 1137, 03 2274 6542

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SACRED LEGACY

Edward S. Curtis and Native Americans

Sacred Legacy is an exhibition of fine-art photographs capturing the extraordinary diversity among North American Native Americans. A century ago, photographer-ethnographer Edward S. Curtis set out to document the lives and traditions of Native American tribes all over America. At the end of this 30-year expedition, he had documented 80 Native American tribes and culture areas from the American Great Plains, to the Southwest, to the Pacific Northwest. Sacred Legacy highlights the rich culture of Native Americans and demonstrates Curtis' deeply felt sympathy for the people he photographed.

Presented by the US Embassy in Malaysia. Venue sponsored by The Annexe, Central Market.

Date: Jan 4 (Fri) - 17 (Thu), 2007
Time: 11am - 7pm daily (closed on Mondays)
Venue: The Annexe Studio, 1st Floor, Central Market Annexe, KL
Phone: 03 2070 1137, 03 2274 6542

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GRANTS FOR GRABS

The Annexe Community Arts Initiative

The Annexe's Grants For Grabs is made possible by an inaugural donation of RM 50,000.00 by Fashion Inc's Mana Batik exhibition.

The Annexe at Central Market , which came into existence in January 2007, has become a space much loved for its accessibility, artist-audience interactivity and alternative nature. It hosts all manner of art form and expression and has attracted projects that are experimental, multidisciplinary and socially conscious. In an effort to help create an artistically aware and critical public, The Annexe also provides workshops that offer participants an avenue to gain new skills and perspectives, exchange views and express themselves. The Annexe's Grants For Grabs naturally follows this vision.

Funds up to a maximum of RM 15,000.00 per grant for art projects are available for art projects of all disciplines. Preference will be given to those that feature community arts exchange, sharing of knowledge and skills, and promote arts and social awareness.

Projects can take the form of:

1. Community arts projects – exhibitions, performances, workshops with/about communities e.g. Indigenous artisans, persons with HIV, children in squatter areas etc
2. Training and workshops – for the public or targeted groups
3. Research & documentation of the arts
4. New works in music, dance, theatre, writing, visual/performance art, multidisciplinary work
5. Collaborations between artists and/or communities
6. Others

Successful grantees are expected to provide:

1. Interaction between the project and the public. This can be a lecture demo or workshop by the artist or the community with which the artist is working, to take place at The Annexe.
2. Documentation of the project in written reports with accompanying photos, video documentary or publications.
3. Exhibition/Performance is strongly encouraged. The Annexe should have the first right of refusal to host the event.

The Panel for Selection consists of:

1. Datin Marion D'Cruz, arts worker, Five Arts Centre

2. Jerald Joseph, director, Pusat KOMAS

3. Yee I-Lann, artist

4. Nani Kahar, architect, LabDNA

5. Kow Shih-Li, General Manager, Central Market

All arts practitioners based in Malaysia are welcome to apply.

For more details and an application form, please send an email to:

chungwei.centralmarket@gmail.com or razman.centralmarket@gmail.com

Tel: 03 2070 1137, 012 305 1135 (Pang), 012 207 5140 (Chung Wei)

Deadline for submission: Feb 28, 2008.

Projects can be currently active or due to start in the period of May 2008 and May 2009.

The Annexe's Grants for Grabs fund will be managed by The Annexe, Central Market.