Maya Talpur and her Mystique design evolution magazine.
A Mystique 3D installation made of cigarette butts and newspapers.
Mystique rebranded laundry symbols.
Luscinix R.A.R.E. displays the Hidden Talent set.
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya Campus – Graduating students from the Faculty of Design Innovation (FDI) and Faculty of Communication, Media, and Broadcasting (FCMB) showcased their best work through two exhibits and a special evening screening on 9 December 2013.
Graduating students from the Faculty of Design Innovation (FDI) and Faculty of Communication, Media, and Broadcasting (FCMB) showcased their best work through two exhibits and a special evening screening on 9 December 2013.
Mystique
Forty-seven students completing their Bachelor of Arts in Professional Design (BPD) collaborated for the one-day Mystique Exhibition at Courtyard 2. Student designers wore Mystique shirts, and gave away Mystique button pins and designers’ profile catalogue. By the exhibit entrance is a mini-wall with 47 individually-designed masks. Guests can sit-down and make their own mask using an array of available materials.
“Mystique comes from this whole concept of the man behind the mask. Every mask here represents a different designer, a different style, a different identity,” shares Pakistani student Maya Talpur.
The exhibit featured individual and group design projects in print, 3D installations, and multimedia. Themes ranged from promoting the use of recycled materials, to teaching about laundry symbols, to repackaging Arabic sweets.
For Malaysian Ikhwan Izaidi and his Switch-it Project, carrots are the healthier alternative to cigarettes. “We have many health campaigns in the country yet things are the same. My aim is to make people rethink their current lifestyle like switching from smoking cigarettes to (snacking on) carrot sticks. I also think we need more magazines that discuss health topics in interesting, more creative ways.”
Other projects on display included a general etiquette book on How to Become a Better Malaysian; a sculpture of a tightened-fist that guests can paint with their fingers using colours of the Syrian flag as a sign of solidarity; a (near-) dead man made of newspaper and cigarette butts meant to discourage smoking; a postcard-sized book featuring typographies based on different cultures and comes with an internet barcode for additional typography information; and a stop-motion animation discussing the political situation in Syria.
“These are the best of our best works,” adds Maya Talpur. “They are the most polished and we’re very proud of our hard work and collaboration.”
Luscinix R.A.R.E.
Meanwhile, Diploma in Broadcasting, Radio, and Television (DBRTV) students held the Luscinix R.A.R.E. exhibit at the Hall of Fame. This featured all of their top works from six semesters of university.
Documentaries, music videos, corporate advertisements, and public service ads were shown in show reel on LED monitors. The complete set for Hidden Talents, one of the two production sets used during their 5th semester, was put on display. The far right of the exhibit had Mac computers designated as training areas for guests interested in learning how to edit videos using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.
Select character shots from the students’ 2nd semester were also displayed, including a pirate promoting batik-prints, the anime character Naruto promoting local food nasi lemak, and a lady wearing tiger prints to promote Malaysian identity.
Individual photos of the students from 1st and 6th semester were put-up to juxtapose their creative growth.
“DBRTV is a programme exclusively for descendants of FELDA settlers and those with parents working at Pos Malaysia. You cannot be under this programme if you’re not either one,” says FCMB lecturer and exhibit organizer Redzuan Hakim.
“For me, these 23 guys are a very unique bunch. They have their own strengths and weaknesses but they also complement each other pretty well. You can see here how they’ve changed through the years.”
Originally intended as a one-day activity, the exhibit was extended by FCMB until the next day.
Captured Moments
Also set at the Hall of Fame is the special screening for Captured Moments, a concept tribute film by nine Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting and Journalism (BABJ) students. The video is intended to show the students’ gratitude to the university and bid farewell to their faculty. Friends and families of the graduating students were present for the one-time screening.
The video consisted of role play, drama, a song and dance number, talk show, testimonials, and highlights of their previous projects. “We are dedicating this tribute in particular to our lecturers Husni Hassim and Dewigah Natarajah who were with us from semesters 4 to 6,” says Palestinian Nora Ebaid. “They moulded us and helped us become stars. That’s why we use the star as our symbol.”
The tribute film is the first to be produced by any BABJ batch. As they leave the university, they will also be leaving behind Fly Times for younger students to continue.
Indonesian Anggraha Putra explains, “Fly Times is pretty much the first student-produced publication here at Limkokwing. Hopefully, our efforts won’t go to waste and (the semesters below us) will continue our legacy. We are turning-over the guidelines, the layout, everything. They’ll just have to follow the steps.”
Mystique, Luscinix, and Captured Moments were activities held separately by different faculties but all three shared the same theme: the students’ pride for their work and a desire to leave their mark in the university.