CAIS Project: Stella Maris

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Promotional Items Ready!

After much grueling hard work, the CAIS Project banners, buntings, posters and invitation cards are now ready! On Friday (15 August 2008), we decided to personally take the posters and invitation cards to the school and do a class by class distribution. It was the last day of the high school term before the students leave for their 1 week break, thus we thought that it would be a good time to remind them that when they return, their school would be transformed into an alternative art exhibition space for CAIS where contemporary art pieces of work will spring into live in various corners! Yes, it was an exciting morning waking up at 6am once again (nostalgic of our school days) and find ourselves entering Stella Maris High School in time for the first bell to distribute these items to each student. We would also really like to thank Marge, who is the principal of Stella Maris High School for her permission to do so in short notice.

Following that, we took some time to conduct a survey with the students to gauge their perception and understanding of art before the exhibition in order to conduct a follow up session then after. This was purposed that we may obtain a better understanding on the effectiveness of CAIS when the project is completed. It was really a good time having the opportunity to have a much closer interaction with all of the students at the school and yes, we certainly look forward for more of these when the exhibition starts this 25 August 2008 till the 6 September 2008, 11am - 5pm. The number of response was beyond our expectations and worthwhile indeed.

Shoutout to Stella Maris High School students: Do remember to invite all your friends, family and loved ones to come over to your school during the public viewing days (see invitation card) to witness this project yea!

The Poster:

Monday, July 7, 2008

Second Phase of the Project : WORKSHOP RECRUITMENT DAY

It was Workshop Recruitment Day on Friday 27th June 2008! Knowing that the students at Stella Maris High School had finished their school exams on the 25th June, we figured it would be the right time to promote the artist workshops to the students by inviting the artists in-charged to do a short presentation about their workshops during the recess time in the morning and in the afternoon. We believed that the students would be able to interact with the artists and have the opportunity to find out more about the details of the workshops through this brief yet meaningful activity. Our very dedicated team members, Tay Sy and Chang Hwang were at the school to assist the workshop artists in setting up the presentation, and to ensure things were running smoothly in the process of recruiting students to sign up for the workshops.

Overall the response was good. There were more students who have signed up for the workshops than we could accommodate. Our main concern now is to make sure the students who have signed up will commit themselves in attending the workshops eventually. In order to make this happen, we're truly grateful that the principal of Stella Maris is providing us as much help as possible in realizing this project by convincing the parents of the students in allowing their children to participate in this enriching experience. Hopefully everything will turn out the way that we have planned!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Second Phase of the Project : POSTING ARTIST WORKSHOPS INFO AT STELLA MARIS

Finally! We are ready to promote the Artist Workshops to the students of Stella Maris High School! There are a total of 4 Artist Workshops to be conducted from July to September in conjunction with this project. All the basic information about the workshops were gathered from the artists (Chuah Chong Yong, Amanda Heng, Au Sow Yee, Chan Yoong Chia & Teoh Ming Wah) and transfered to A3 size posters. Tay Sy and Chang Hwang brought all the posters and posted them on the notice boards at the atrium right next to the school canteen last Friday (20th of June 2008). The chosen location of the atrium is very strategic as it is where students often gather and hang out outside of their classrooms. We hope the colourful design of the posters will attract students' attention and create interest for them to sign up for the workshops, where they will get a rare opportunity to interact closely with practicing contemporary artists.

| ARTIST WORKSHOP 1 - Chuah Chong Yong |

| ARTIST WORKSHOP 2 - Amanda Heng |

| ARTIST WORKSHOP 3 - Au Sow Yee |

| ARTIST WORKSHOP 4 - Chan Yoong Chia & Teoh Ming Wah |

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

First Phase of the Project : PROJECT TIMELINE

The presentation for the CAIS Project video trailer went really well yesterday at Stella Maris High School. Based on our observation, everyone especially the students enjoyed watching the video very much. It was definitely a good starting point in launching the project, and definitely worth all the efforts that we had put in to make it happen.

Right now, our task is to gradually move towards the second phase of this project, which involves running the workshops, the production and the promotional aspects for the event. In order to better organize our tasks and keep track of the deadlines, a project timeline was drafted and printed out for easy perusal and reference. Somehow, it does look less daunting and more manageable when we put everything down on a piece of paper, albeit rather a huge one with the long list of tasks involved to run this project.

Monday, June 9, 2008

CAIS PROJECT VIDEO TRAILER!

Here's presenting to you, the long awaited official CAIS Project video trailer! To all Stella Maris students and staff involved, we thank you sincerely for your willing participation. We encourage you to leave us a note on your thoughts at the widget on the right of this blog, it would be great to hear from all of you. If you'd like to link us up, do feel free to do so too.

So without further a due, have a nice watch and we look forward with anticipation as the dates grow nearer to the final exhibition.

First Phase of the Project : MAKING CAIS PROJECT VIDEO TRAILER

On May 20th 2008, we made a trip to Stella Maris High School in the early morning. The purpose of this visit was to shoot a short CAIS Project video trailer at the school featuring some students and staffs based on a pre-determined story board. The finished video is to be presented to the students on the 9th of June 2008 during the morning assembly with the intention of promoting CAIS Project and its blog to the students. It will also be posted in this blog and in youtube.

It was a blast making the video with the students and staffs at the school! Questions that are relevant to the content of this art event (mostly related to the art works that will be exhibited in the project) were asked randomly to the interviewees. Some of the responses were funny and unexpected, some serious and conventional. For those who have yet to watch it, please check it out!

Khoo Eng Yow, who was the videographer and producer, did an amazing job with the video. We are very grateful and appreciate his collaborative effort in making the trailer the way that we have envisioned it. Much sincere thanks.

Spoiler Alert: The puppet character, code name "Miss Cun" was a fairly big hit with the interviewees. It's definitely not that common to have an undercover agent to penetrate into the school and investigate a secret project with a scope like this. There were a total of 17 suspects being discovered initially, but ONE person was successfully identified in the end. A Form One student by the name of...hmmm...maybe it's best for you to find out by watching the video.

Side Note: On the same day that we were shooting the video, the students at the school were having a fund raising campaign at the atrium. They were selling candies to raise funds for the victims of the cyclone in Myanmar. Paper cranes were also hung in the atrium as a manifestation of their blessings to the victims.

First Phase of the Project : ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM STELLA MARIS

An endorsement letter from the principal of Stella Maris High School was officially issued on the 25th of February 2008.

First Phase of the Project : FIRST VISIT TO SCHOOL

On a sunny Sunday morning (17th February 2008), we paid our first visit to Stella Maris High School with a few artists. The school is situated at Jalan Robertson, off Jalan Pudu, in the downtown area of Kuala Lumpur. A helpful and friendly school guard very kindly showed us around. We managed to look at the school compound, and located potential sites for artists to display or showcase their work. We also took many pictures and videos for future reference.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

UNIQUE EXHIBITION LOCATION

One of the extensive key developments of contemporary art is the merging of art with the environment such as public art and installation art. The environment, which encompasses a wide variety of spaces and places, both private and public, has become an important element of consideration during the decision making process in creating an artwork.

Careful selection of a specific space for each artwork is needed because the location of choice is crucial in defining the context/meaning that are being projected by a particular artwork. For this exhibition, where the given location is unique due to its nature of being a public area in a private setting, there are many ways in presenting an artwork in the school compound to elicit interaction from the crowd — it can be displayed on the wall, floor, corridor, ceiling, or installed in an open space, etc; it can also be projected (video clips, images), played (sound installation) or performed to a live audience.

In this exhibition, artists are strongly encouraged to exhibit their art works in both interior and exterior space of the school compound. Saying so, primary and secondary locations have been identified for potential art spaces as below :

PRIMARY :

| Canteen |