On the 25th of November, the 13 of us and Mr. Kid, our lecturer, headed to Malacca for an event called the Malacca Arts and Performance (MAP) Fest; an independent arts event organized by artists who invite hidden talents of the world to join in the celebration of expressing art in dance, visuals and many others. We were lucky enough to be asked to join this event, and to showcase our work in front of visitors, other artists and also the Chief Minister of Malacca!
So anyway, we arrived at our hostel; Little Nyonya Youth Hostel, which was about 15 minutes walk to St. Paul's hill. The hostel was honestly very homey and sweet. Literally, Nyonya style. Haha! It was a nice place to stay in for the night.
We then headed to the church, with our big bag mesh and equipment. It was already like 9-10pm that time? Yeah, we started late at night man! We met a few of the crew members, the producer and artists for the event, said our hellos and then began the installation!
The site was a heritage building so we had to analyze the walls for points of support for the installation.
Tying loops onto existing nails! Yuan Li, our professional knot tier!
We were seriously improvising with the thread. Find anything that can be of any use as support, ANYTHING! Peace. ^^v
Aden, dancing and sewing?
Fooling around. Looks like mushrooms from "Avatar" don't you think?
Almost done! Mending some jelly fish.
This was taken at 3:16am! When we were done hanging the installation. Those smiles are masking some seriously cranky and sleepy expressions. The photo kind of reminds you of an ice cave doesn't it?
We then left the church, had some roti canai then headed back to the hotel for some shut eye before another day's worth of work.
After a few hours of rest and a good and refreshing shower, we headed back to the church; with eye bags on each face, mind you. Work commenced once again! We touched up the installation, made modulars for the teaser and also adjusted the lighting provided by the organizers.
March of the zombie. Twas a good morning! :D
Making modulars!
This ladder was a real life hazard! Yuan Li injured her leg and it swelled up like mad after the ladder suddenly fell over because of it's broken locks. We were lucky she only had a swollen foot! It could've been worse.
And then, an opportunity to play with colour, light and shadow was given to us and tis one that should NOT be missed. Being able to manipulate light just by how it is directed, casting shadows, making silhouttes, makes a HUGE difference!
Let your imagination run free!
Clouds, hovering above us.
Our beloved lecturer, taking as many photos as I was I bet.
Hehe having some fun. :D
We were then officially done with everything! It was about 3pm when everything was done, and we then realized that we hadn't eaten so we paid a visit to Jonker Street for some Peranakan food, Baba Nyonya laksa and cendol! We also visited another exhibition room behind Jonker Street which displayed works from NUS, UM and many others.
After some loitering, we headed back to the church for the grand opening and the final reveal of our installation. The jellyfish look best at night because the colours and shadows are much clearer!
Under the sea?
Barnacles!
The hardworkers! ((:
Here's a video I made to show the changing of colours and the over all atmosphere of the whole thing; along with the soundtrack that was chosen to compliment our work and which was composed by a Spanish artist names Frank Gonzales. This is dedicated to all the members of the team and our lecturer, Mr. Kid!
Hope you enjoyed reading our updates and thanks for supporting us throughout the journey!
