EPC Assignment 2: Mural Art Visit and Presentation

1. Effective Public Communication
MURAL ART PRESENTATION
GROUP MEMBER: - JACK NG (LEADER)
-HOOI ZHAO HONG
-LEE J IAN RU
-TAN ZHAO MING
-YEO DOREEN
-CHAN PEI SHAN
-TAN YINCY
AUGUST 2014 INTAKE

2. What is Mural Art?
Mural art is any piece of artwork painted or applied
directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent.

3. INTERNATIONAL ARTIST: ERNEST ZACHARVIC

4. ERNEST ZACHAREVIC IS A YOUNG LITHUANIA-BORN
ARTIST WHO IS “MAKING A SCENE” ON
THE STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG. THIS
COMES INTO FORM OF BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED
WALL PAINTINGS, OR MURALS, AT THE
SELECTED STREETS IN THE INNER CITY. THE
PROJECT, KNOWN AS MIRRORS GEORGE TOWN,
IS PART OF GEORGE TOWN FESTIVAL 2012.
ERNEST ZACHAREVIC’S WALL PAINTINGS IN
GEORGE TOWN INCLUDE FIGURE
DRAWINGS AND PORTRAITURES THAT
CELEBRATE THE EXUBERANCE OF LIFE IN
THE INNER CITY. IT RANGED FROM THE
PENSIVE “LITTLE CHILDREN ON A BICYCLE”,
“THE AWAITING TRISHAW PEDALLER” AND
“REACHING UP”.

8. REACHING UP SHOWS A LITTLE BOY IN PLAIN SHIRT AND
PANTS, TIPPING HIS TOE ON A CHAIR AS HIGH AS HE CAN
TO REACH FOR THE HOLE. THE WINDOWS OF OLD
CHINESE HOUSES WERE SMALL HIGH UP ON THE WALL.
THE KID IN THE PAINTING SEEM TO BE CURIOUS OF WHAT
WAS HIDING INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, PROBABLY BECAUSE
OF A STRONG SMELL OF FOOD COMING FROM THE HOUSE,
TRIGGERING HIS SENSES. BUT BECAUSE HE WAS TOO TINY
AND SHORT, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO EVEN REACH
HIS HANDS ONTO THE EDGE OF THE HOLE.

9. • NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• PASSIVE PERCEPTION
• INTERPRETIVE PERCEPTION
• VOCAL CUES: NON-WORD SOUNDS
• EMPATHIC LISTENING

12. THIS MURAL DEPICTS A LITTLE GIRL TAKING HER YOUNGER
BROTHER ON A BICYCLE RIDE. THE JOY ON THEIR FACES ECHOES
DOWN THE STREET, PROVIDING A RAY OF CHEER AND ADDING
CHARACTER TO ARMENIAN STREET. AS WITH SOME OF THE
OTHER WORDS BY ZACHAREVIC, LITTLE CHILDREN ON A BICYCLE
COMBINES MURAL PAINTING WITH REAL PROPS, IN THIS CASE, AN
OLD BICYCLE, TO CREATE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDITION.
THE ARTIST WORDS FROM ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS. EVER SINCE
THE MURAL WAS COMPLETED IT HAS DRAWN VISITORS IN
INCREASING NUMBERS TO STOP OVER AND TAKE SHOTS WITH
THEM. PEOPLE ARE COMING UP WITH CREATIVE POSES.

13. • CONNOTATIVE MEANING
• NON-VERBAL MESSAGES
• PASSIVE PERCEPTION
• INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
• SPACE

17. BUMIKU IS A INSTALLATION ARTWORK WITH 100% USE OF
RECYCLE PLASTIC MATERIALS. UNTENSILS SUCH AS FORKS,
SPOONS, CUPS AND OTHERS ARE BEING TRANSFORMED
INTO A FOREST INTO A FOREST OF FLORA AND FAUNA,
THUS DEMATERIALIZING ITS FORMER USE AND MEANING.
FROM WASTE TO BEAUTY, “BUMIKU” HOPE TO INSPIRE
CONSUMERS TO REDUCE.REUSE.RECYCLE

18. • FIRST IMPRESSION
• SPACE
• SOCIAL DISTANCE
• COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS: RESPONSIVENESS
• EMPHASIZING

20. DI PAPAN SEMBILAN art and design studio gallery is
a unique place where children’s and adult’s artwork
are made and displayed under one platform.
Dissolving this boundary between adult and children
is the mantra of this organization. It brings richness
and, spirits and energy from both generation.
CORE VALUES:
Family and people with love and imagination,
collaborate to create and enjoyable, memorable
artworks that lift our spirits and bring confidence to
keep moving forward towards a fully caring society.

22. THIS TREE REPRESENTS LIFE. IT GROWS FROM A SPECTRUM
OF PURE LIGHT INTO 7 RAINBOW COLOUR ROOTS. EACH
COLOUR REPRESENTS OUR LIVES EXPERIENCES, THE HEART
SHAPED ROOTS SYMBOLIZES LIVE’S GOOD AND BAD
EXPERIENCES WHICH ARE GOD’S BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE.
THESE ROOTS OF EXPERIENCES COMBINE TO GROW
BIGGER AND ROOT OUT TO FIND BEAUTY WITHIN THE
UGLY THINGS IN LIFE. AS IT MATURES, THE TREE BEAR
FRUITS OF BRILLIANT IDEAS THAT WILL LIGHT UP THE
DARKNESS IN OUR LIVES.

23. • INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
• NON-VERBAL MESSAGES
• FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION
• FIRST IMPRESSION
• CULTURE

25. 1. WHAT IS IT ABOUT. (2014). [Blog] DI PAPAN SEMBILAN.
Available at:
http://dipapansembilan.blogspot.com/2014/05/laman-seni-
seksyen-7-urban-art.html [Accessed 24 Nov. 2014].