Second Phase of the Project : MEETINGS in JULY

The team met up to have a short discussion and updates on the progress of the project on 13 July 2008. On the same day itself, it was also the very 1st session of workshop with the Mural artist Chuah Chong Yong. Consequently after the workshop, we adjourned to the nearest hospital (Tung Shin) for lunch and subsequently had our meeting there too. It was quite a first for a few of us, having lunch at a hospital, but it was nonetheless memorable. We discussed on the possibilities in obtaining several media sponsors from our local papers as well as confirmed the content of the information in our posters. We also spent some time discussing on the need to invite college students who might be interested in projects like these to be gallery sitters for the CAIS exhibition. A budget was briefly allocated for that while we source for the right people.

Having had a journey of 7 months into the project, it was about time that we also thought about ways to possibly plan a feasible system to obtain feedback from students about the project after it is completed. Tentative plans to meet up with local artist Liew Kung Yu was further scheduled in August for an in depth dialogue session to see how we can engage with him to plan just that. Alongside this, we also briefly discussed on the building of a physical feedback system in the school itself to collect the thoughts of students about the project as to whether they like or dislike it.

In addition to this, we are really glad that Stella Maris has approved of our proposal to conduct a film screening session at the roof top of the school in conjunction with the project. Tentative plans are set to screen local made short films at Stella Maris on the 28th and 29th of August 2008.

At the end of July, the CAIS Project team was given a scheduled interview with writer Grace Chin from The Edge Malaysia! We were truly honoured with the opportunity and had a great time giving our thoughts and perspectives on the various questions asked. See below images for the complete write up by Grace Chin - The Edge Malaysia.