Assignment 3 artist statement

Name : Muhammad Asha Gayuza

Id : 1071112068

Topic : Clean Environment, Clean Heart

Artist Statement

My artwork is about cleanliness. When I have trip to penang with my class. I took some photos that i think i can use for my artwork. In my opinion, penang so clean, that so few rubbish at the street and public place. I can say that there, in penang more clean than KL. in KL i still can see some rubbish at the sidewalk. but in penang its clean. and i find that one place that i see it is some awkward things. the place in little india, i dont really know the exact name of the street. in that place i find a sign with "fine for littering RM500".but right under the sign there are so many garbage.so i took a picture and make it as one of my artwork.another artwork is showing the clean street in little india. this one picture showing and representing how the environment there looks like.it is so clean.

Artwork Treatment

I do my artwork digitally,i use photoshop to get a nice color for my photograph. and i arrange some word for the typo. in photoshop i use curve,brightness control and high pass filter to get the color and looks that i want. i also use overlay for the second layer. i used a lot free transform and skew transform tool to arrange the typo. before using skew i merge all layer that contain word and letter,then i convert it to shapes so i can use skew them to get perspective i want.for one of my artwork im using blending option for the word to get burnt-in effect.in blending option i use inner shadow, outer glow and gradient overlay options to get the effects. for another artwork i used outer shadow to get some kind of floating effect.

Final Artwork:

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Assignment 3

Mind map and some sketches

Assignment 3

Research

Penang Cleanliness a Major Mar in Recent Berlin Tourism Fair

GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s level of cleanliness has earned the wrath of key tourism players from Germany.

The Berlin-based tourism players voiced their displeasure about the state’s filthiness, particularly along the famous Batu Ferringhi beachfront, during the recently completed 2007 edition of the International Tourism Bourse (ITB), the world’s largest travel fair, held from March 5 to 11.

This is not the first time Penang received such negative remarks and there is fear among the travel trade industry here that the state would risk losing visitors from Germany if authorities do not take the comments seriously.

During the 2006 edition of the ITB, the state’s level of cleanliness was also challenged by the same group.

"There should be a change of mindset among Penangites.

"If they think tourism is the second major revenue earner after manufacturing, they should seriously pull their act together to change the state’s image," state Tourism Development and Environment Committee chairman Teng Chang Yeow told the New Straits Times.

Teng said it was pointless for the state to continue to promote itself as a tourist destination when visitors have very negative perceptions about it.

"The onus is not only on the government to keep the state clean. Each and every citizen has an equally important role to play.

"It is sad that after all we have done, people still perceive us in such a negative manner," he added.

Teng also said that a project to ensure the attractiveness of Batu Ferringhi would be launched soon under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

To ensure the success of its implementation, he said there should be no political interference.

"Otherwise, it is pointless for us to carry on with anything," he stressed.

http://malaysiahotelnews.blogspot.com/2007/03/penang-cleanliness-major-mar-in-recent.html

The Star, 05 Apr 2010

Big cleanup of Penang’s beaches on April 18

THE public are invited to help clean up Penang’s beaches on April 18.

State Health, Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Com-mittee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the ‘Earth Day 2010 — Coastal Cleanup: Say Yes to Cleanliness’ campaign would be held from 6.30am to 11am.

The areas involved are Batu Ferringhi, Tanjung Bungah and Gurney Drive.

“The objective is not just to clean up the beaches but also to increase public awareness on caring for the environ- ment.

“We are targeting a total of 2,000 participants.

“We hope to turn the cleanup into an annual affair involving an even larger crowd in the future,” he told a press conference recently.

Among the participants of the state-organised programme are the Lions Club, JCI Bayan, va-rious ADUN service centres and Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Hotels, learning institutions, associations and factories have also been invited to participate.

Participants are to gather at Paradise Sandy Beach Hotel (Tanjung Bungah), Restaurant Oriental (Gurney Drive) and Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa (Batu Ferringhi) for the clean- up.

http://iccpenang.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/earth-day-2010-%E2%80%94-coastal-cleanup-penang-say-yes-to-cleanliness/