Group Members:

Egbert Chin + Eunice Chan Yu Ming + Kaizer Ooi + Wendy Liew +How Lee Jing + Amanda Ng Wei Xuan

Since its inscription has a World Heritage Site, George Town, Penang, has developed itself as a vibrant showcase for street art. This began with Marking George Town in 2009, which brought the telling of street and social history through the use of caricatures, which are images that are exaggerated to portraydifferent ideas and subjects.

The project has helped generate awareness of the rich history of the streets of Penang.

INTRODUCTION OF STREET ART IN PENANG

Mirrors George Town is a series of murals painted on various street walls of Penang by a talented Lithuanian artist,

Ernest Zacharevic. Ernest was commissioned

by the Penang Island Municipal Council

to create the Mirrors George Town series in

conjunction with the

2012 George Town Festival Celebration.

This project drew much attention from the locals of the town, and helped to enhance the interest in the culture and history of the streets.

Sculpture at Work, the company involved in the creation of the steel-rod sculptures, was also involved in creating the fabulous dioramas depicting scenes of life in Penang as well

INTRODUCTION OF STREET ART IN PENANG (PART II)

Ernest Zacharevic works: after his commissioned work ‘Mirrors George Town’ for the George Town Festival back in 2012 became a big hit. His works are by far the most popular out of all the street .

Marking George Town: These 52 iron structures can be found in abundance throughout George Town, and were actually commissioned by the Penang tourism board to provide a fun pictorial anecdote about the history of the street it is located on.

101 Lost Kittens: This collection of 12 cat-related street artworks aimed at creating awareness towards stray animals and their plight.

Others: There are many different street artworks besides those listed, some by random artists and others commissioned by the local tenants.

The street art you can expect to see in Georgetown can be categorized into several

types:

LOCATION OF STREET ART

Little Children on a Bicycle

• Armenian Street, George Town.

• London-trained artist Ernest Zacharevic

• early May of 2012

• Tan Yi and her brother, Tan Kern• Out with their parents• Members of the Urban Sketchers Penang during a sketching

walkabout• Goddess of Mercy Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling.

• Ernest approached the siblings

• Started taking their photograph

• He captured that particular scene which has now become the famous mural

• Drawn visitors • Increasing numbers • Stop over and take

shots with them.• People are coming up

with creative poses• Exemplified by the

artist himself.

• combines mural painting with real props• an old bicycle• to create a three-dimensional rendition.

ConceptsProxemics

Non-verbal cue

Boy on a Bike

• Ah Quee Street in George Town, Penang. • Ernest Zacharevic• 20th June 2012• Commission by the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) in

conjunction with the 2012 George Town Festival.

• sidedoor of a shophouse.• a boy hanging out on his motorcycle as he watches the pedestrian

traffic passing by along the street.

• The mural is right of another Zacharevic piece, Little Boy with pet Dinasour

• The dinasour is add in with joke.

• Which is however sadly fading away

• popular stopover point for visitors

• Expected to become even more popular

• The preparation of the painting involves sourcing for a disused motorcycle.

ConceptFirst-impression: Something caught his

attention.

Accommodation:

Collaboration:

Body movement:

Artifact:

101 Lost Kittens is a project by a group of artists working to install

a dozen street arts at various points within the

George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It appeared in the form of murals, wires, or 3D artworks.

The group comprises: Tang Yeok Khang of Bukit Mertajam, Natthaton Muangkliang of Thailand and Louise Low of Kuala Lumpur.

The idea behind 101 Lost Kittens is to create more awareness over the issues of helping find homes for stray animals.

Under the name ASA, or Artists for Stray Animals, the project has since come under the auspices of the George Town Festival 2013.

INTRODUCTION

These thirteen designs

were separated into

three different alleys,

them being :

Gat Lebuh Armenian, Lebuh Armenian and Lebuh Victoria.

LOCATION

101 Lost Kittens

Skippy Comes to Penang

It is Located at Armenian Street

Often called simply as the Giant Cat Mural

This project aims to create awareness of helping find home

for stray animals.

Giant Rat Mural

Additional

information This mural art is

painted by other

people around

It just accompany

Skippy

THE STORY OF SKIPPY

9 years ago, the co-founder of Langkawi LASSie (Langkawi Animal Shelter & Sanctuary) met Skippy when having chicken rice at Kuah, Langkawi.

Out of sympathy, she decided to order a plate of chicken for the skinny kitten with a deformed leg.

Unexpectedly, the shop owner yelled: "If you're buying for the cat, I'm not selling!"

Knowing Skippy wouldn't receive much care there, the idea of bringing her to Langkawi LASSie emerged.

With all the love she needs from Langkawi LASSie she's now residing happily at Bon Ton Resort, Langkawi, welcoming guests every day.

The mural is painted using environmentally friendly paint that will eventually wash off in two years.

5 CONCEPT OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

Prejudice Non- Verbal Self- Perception Physical Appearance Visual Preference

PREJUDICE

The shop owner doesn’t want to sell the chicken to the co-founder of Skippy because he know that she’s buying for the kitten

This giant cat mural is painted to create awareness of the need to protect animals and get people to foster a love for pets.

Is to tell the people/visitor around to love and protect animals

NON- VERBAL (CONVEY MASSAGES)

SELF PERCEPTION

Every culture can accept cat and visual language is very important.

They have chosen the cat for this project because everyone can accept cat.

It is easier to understand about cat.

PHYSICAL APPREARANCE

Based on the background of the pictures, the cat has injured leg.

That became the inspiration for the artist to paint the mural.

VISUAL PREFERENCE

People see and can make the world by construction or remembering mental images

This mural art is also to attract visitors and bring the relationship more closer to cat

Due to create awareness of the need to protect animals and get people to foster a love for pets.

Wo Ai Nee Chinese Malay Indian

• Location: at the corner of Lebuh Armenian and Lorong Soo Hong.

• The mural is drawn on the purple-coloured side wall of a pre-war shophouse , the I-Box Museum of Glass along Armenian Street.

• Artists: Jim Oo Chun Hee,26, and John Cheng, 21

• Time: completed around September, 2013.

It depicts three girls,

a Chinese,

Malay and

an Indian,

dressed in

exquisite finery.

The title of the

mural means

"I love you, Chinese,

Malay and Indian".

Dress code: They have their own traditional dress.

Gesture and Expression: Their gesture are very happy. It represent that 1 Malaysia.

Intercultural communication: There are Chinese, Malay and Indian in this mural art. They have their own languages but they still communicate with each other.

Distance Zone: They are close to each other.

First impression / Self- perception: Colorful, attracted and shows the 3 different culture

EPC CONCEPT OF THE MURAL