Jejak : G2G make easy

JEJAK / TRAIL

Cultural Exchange Programme Through Visual Art

National Art Gallery Malaysia – Galeri Nasional Indonesia

11 September – 20 September 2007

Background

Concept of Implementation

Government to government – The exhibition is conducting through smart partnership under the Programme of

Cultural Exchange through visual art between the NAG and National Art Gallery

Indonesia.

Curatorial Concept

I.case study - how the young artists

response / reflect towards the national vision and mission (Vision 2020 and multimedia super corridor)

critism – polution and charity

rebuke – consumerism

support – batik and media art

reality – stress

II. open ended – Open aprreciation- the visitors are free to give their own appreciation (enrich the contents and meaning)

III. open discussion (visitors / audience / artlover can give thier opinion directly to theartists and discuss it- via email, web and blog.

Case Study

The contribution of the established veteran and senior Malaysian artist do help a lot in the development of national visual arts and it is definitely something that cannot be deniable. Yet, what’s next? Is nearly to the age of national independence, it is the right time for NAG to explore the differences by exposing the work of the young artists. Malaysia has proved their emergence as a `trail’ layer in continuing the struggles to put Malaysia visual art scene into the high position.

CHANGES

Since early 90’s, the government started to

launch the campaign towards the development

country through several policies and program

such as Vision 2020 and putting an efforts for

becoming Malaysia as the MSC hub ( Multi

media Super Corridor). Both of the mega

campaign has developed various perception in

the society that comprises from every level

whether through its geographical, educational,

economy, social and religious

background and cultures. This mega campaign, more or less has an impact to the society lifestyles such as the globalization and the changing of agriculture to the industrialisation, in purpose to generate the national economy and also to ensure that the technology is the thing that everybody in the society must know and care about.

Suggestion to the Trailers

The audience as the trailer were invited to

come along and participate in giving their

interpretation towards the exhibited artworks. The audience also supposed to do a research and trailed the situation that changing the form of mind by understanding the event and what influenced the artworks. TRAIL is representing the continuity of Malaysian art development and also their contribution to the development and the successfulness of the mission and the whole Malaysian people visions.

Prepared by,

MOHAMAD MAJIDI AMIR

Curator

Exhibition Services Division

National Art Gallery of Malaysia

March 2008

More Information :

http://mediartpassion.blogspot.com