PHOTO ART EXHIBITION : ARTWORKS QR CODE #28
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CURATOR NOTES: In Proclaim series, photographic elements had become key subject matter alongside textual archive. The manipulation and combination of its arrays of forms through persistent alignment of thoughts and narratives with an artisanal mastery of the elements and principles of art which creates an aesthetically pleasant documentation effort through art. An interview with the artist was made of recent to help connotes and corroborate further detail on its inception. According to the Artist Hasnul Jamal Saidon (2022): The artwork was made in 1991, in the United States while he was doing his Masters program. At the time, Associate Professor Hasnul Jamal Saidon was taking a course on video art. Within the course, he was involved in a community-based video project under the supervision of his lecturer, Professor Veranda Miller. Among her projects involves a group of whistle blower whom expose issues of oppression and victimization towards a community by certain parties. Among her project was an expose of pollution activities by factories on native American lands, which had caused permanent genetical disorder to the community. Professor Veranda Miller had informed professor Hasnul at the time that Malaysia is also among the countries where chemical waste from high-scale industries in America was exported. Through the enlightenment, he was stunned, wondered if it was true, mulling over what did the leaders of the country were thinking at the time to allow such thing to happen in his country? However, he did not pursue the evidence of the matter. In thinking about the flaws of such reality, he recalled his father who was deeply concerned of his situation in the United States, at the time, he had just got married and had his first child, his daughter, Adeela. Hasnul saw that his father was a highly responsible person as a head of the family. When he was in the United States, his father did not stop sending him letters even though it took 4 to 5 days for the letters to reach him. His father’s letters offer advice and guidance to professor Hasnul on living a family life. The purpose of professor Hasnul production of the work was primarily to preserve the letters by his father. Hasnul thought that if it was enshrined in a work of art it would be well preserved and it would be brilliant for the purpose of reflection. He is of the opinion that if the works are taken care of by the institution, with the permission of Allah it will be maintained. According to Professor Hasnul, the title of the Proclaim series was inspired by the believed first revelation of Rasulluah S.A.W. which is surah Al-Alaq where the Angel Jibrail conveys the kalimah of Allah SWT which was proclaimed by the Angel Jibrail A.S to Rasulluah S.A.W to recite. From the technical point of view, the artwork was produced through a digital collage technique. According to professor Hasnul, the digital process was carried out in America. The physical collage process was only made on these works after he had returned to Malaysia. Professor Hasnul stated that he took inspiration through the upbringing of his teacher, Ismail Zain who is a digital art figure. This work was produced using a computer and software named amiga which was a well-known brand at the time before the computer market was dominated by the macintosh company, it was the same computer system used by Ismail Zain before moving to the macintosh system as well as Kamarudzaman Md. Isa. For more contextual info, please see/ Untuk maklumat lanjut berkenaan PM Hasnul, sila layar: |
