Media Artist: Gabriel Moreno's work
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Traditional Dance: Mak Yong
Video of Makyong Performance :-
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Week 3: Stage 2 Research and Facts Findings
Context-
ii) Space- The woman figure will take most of the space. Other elements will be blended together in the blank spaces. There will be some blank spaces left as well on purpose as not to make the work crowded.
iii) Images- a woman which is the Mak Yong dancer and the elements used in Mak Yong performance. There are also some lines of different tones and colors to enhance the work.
Gabriel
Moreno usually use a main focus and other elements that will be blend together
in the background. The idea for this work will feature a woman, the Mak Yong
dancer and the elements that are also featured in a traditional Mak Yong
dances. We will blend those elements together with the main Mak Yong dancer
figure.
Colors-
Colorful
colors and lines and some monotones as the artist style
Purpose-
To
stir curiosity in the new generation to know more about Mak Yong and to present
this work to them in a creative, modern yet inviting way using Gabriel Moreno’s
style of work so that they would have the curiosity to dig more. We also want
to give some ideas and information to them of what Mak Yong is all about
Audience –
We
aimed this work for the younger generation in primary school aged 6 to 10 years
old.
Not
only aimed for the Malay children’s, we also aimed for different races children’s.
We
especially aimed for those who doesn’t know or have a slight knowledge of Malay
traditional dance and also media artist that we featured in this work.
Strategies-
Organization & Visual
Structure:
i)
Arrangement- we planned to arrange a
woman which is the Mak Yong dancer as the main focus and to balance it; we will
put other subject related to Mak Yong that follows the art style of Gabriel
Moreno.
Readability & Efficiency:
i)
Simplicity- this picture will be more on
simplicity. Not to heavy with many lines and subject. The work will contain
just enough to present Mak Yong and its elements.
Emphasize:
i)
Focal Point- Focal point will be the
woman figure of Mak Yong dancer.
Voice & Credibility:
i)
Color- we plan to use monochrome
and very lively color as to harmonize with the style used by Of Gabriel Moreno.ii) Space- The woman figure will take most of the space. Other elements will be blended together in the blank spaces. There will be some blank spaces left as well on purpose as not to make the work crowded.
iii) Images- a woman which is the Mak Yong dancer and the elements used in Mak Yong performance. There are also some lines of different tones and colors to enhance the work.
About Gabriel Moreno:
Illustrator, engraver and painter based in Madrid. He
graduated of Fine Arts in the University of Sevilla in 1998. Since then he
worked in different design studios and advertisement agencies in Andalusia. In
2004 he moves to Madrid. In June 2007 he begins to show his portfolio and after
being selected amongst the 20 new talents of illustration, by the London based
magazine Computer Arts, he begins his successful career as an illustrator.
At present he has worked with virtually every major national agency, and is starting with his first commissions and international expansion. He has worked with numerous national and international publications, last August by the cover of the North American publishing Los Angeles Times Magazine
At present he has worked with virtually every major national agency, and is starting with his first commissions and international expansion. He has worked with numerous national and international publications, last August by the cover of the North American publishing Los Angeles Times Magazine
He has done many works till today. Advertisements, graphic
drawings, websites and even product campaigns for certain brands. Throughout
all his works, he maintained his styles of art and used it very well in all of
his works.
He has his own studio based on Arenal
21, 3ºD 28013
Madrid Spain.
Madrid Spain.
(Taken from his website gabrielmoreno.com)
About Mak Yong:
What is Makyong?
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Is a traditional dance-drama from Kelantan (to be specific from
Pattani)
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Experts believe Makyong is appeared before Islamization
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Ritual performance for healing purpose
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Was performed as a royal theatre under the direct patronage of the
Kelantan Sultanate until the 1920s
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Combines element of rituals, as well as stylized acting and dancing,
vocal and instrumental music, songs, stories and formal and informal
colloquialism without using text.
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There are several important elements in a Makyong performance
Who are the characters in
Makyong?
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Have 16 characters in the performance.
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Pak Yong Muda (Raja Tangkai Hati) – the male main character
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Mak Yong- The women main character
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Peran- funny character
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Peran Tua – usually as Sultan’s adviser
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Peran Muda- humor characters
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Dayang/Inang
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Played by the girls – accompany the dancers and Makyong
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They also appointed as chorus (jung dondang) when they do not have in
any character in the scene
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Tok Wak – old man character
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Dewa – Protagonist character (solve the problem etc)
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Jin- Antagonist character (cause of conflict in Mak Yong story)
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Binang character – Binatang – be a savior when other character in
difficulties
Where are Makyong
performances?
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Always performed at Palace for the King (a hundred years ago)
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Now, they commercialized the performance
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They change a little bit and put in some modern element
When is the performance
performing?
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If Palace have an special event
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Before this, Makyong are presented after the villagers finish harvest
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Nowadays, Makyong are presented in a taridra( for international level)
Why they are performed?
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As a entertainment and also as a healing purpose
How they
perform?
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Performance opens with an offering
followed by dances, acting and music as well as improvised monologues and
dialogues.
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After Rebab was played, the
introduction section will be performing before they start the story
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The introduction session is to
explain and give the understand to audience and knows about the character for
them to fathom/understand the next scene.
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All the characters and dancers will
come out and sit opposite the ‘rebab’ where the main character will sing ‘Lagu
Mengadap Rebab’ and followed by dancing and singing followed by chorus or ‘jong
dondang’
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After that they will dance Tarian
Sedayong Makyong and whosever participate will leave Pakyong at the main stage.
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Pakyong will sing Sedayong Pakyong
and and called Peran Tua. Peran Tua will appear and Pakyong will ask Peran Tua
to call his friend, Peran Muda.
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Peran Tua will sing ‘Lagu Saudara’ on
his way to call Peran Muda. After they meet each other, they will go to meet
their King; Pakyong and he will tell them the problem and ask Peran Tua and
Peran Muda for the help. Here they will start the conflict/story all they
called it as ‘Pecah Cerita’.
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Here, Makyong story will change based
on what start they will perform. This structure you will find in any Makyong’s
performance.
Week 2: Choosing Media Artist and Malaysian Traditional Dance
Choosing Media Artist and Traditional Dance
--> Media Artist chosen is Gabriel Moreno.
--> Traditional Dance from
Malaysia chosen is Mak Yong.
1-1 Media artist (explain & write)
- Why I choose the artist? Because of the style?
- Why I choose the artist? Because of the style?
I choose Gabriel Moreno because of this three main reason:
i)
his
style of work
ii)
his
theme of work
iii)
and his
way of manipulating space and color
In most of his work, he uses woman as the main theme and he portrayed those
woman in their own persona. He draw the woman in monotone color which he mainly
uses black while her persona or personality are drawn in a cheerful color and
lines. He also uses the space brilliantly as he would position the woman in the
middle and also at the side of the canvas and that image of woman would occupy
most of the space. The colorful lines would fill up other spaces and even on
the inside of the woman as well. There is some empty spaces left in his work
but it enhances the work more rather than making it felt empty.
- What about the artist work that you like most and WHY? Justify.
Justify in many sentences and NOT 1 word.
What I like the most about his work is that he use woman as his
inspiration, he portrayed woman in a very creative way and he nailed it because
most of the personality that he portrayed in his work are what woman is in real
life, some are straightforwardly simple and easy but some are a mystery that
you need to uncover. Secondly, I like the way he use his lines in his work.
Soft, subtle and detailed.
2- 1 Traditional Dance from Malaysia
- Why do you choose that dance
Because
Makyong is unique. The way they move and put some stories in the dance-drama.
Mak yong is considered the most authentic and representative of Malay
performing arts because it is mostly untouched by external sources.
- What elements from the dance that
you like the most? The Music is macho? The Costume? The Motion of the dance?
I like the
movement of the dance. It’s really smooth movement. Besides, they will change
the story in every performance and every storyline is different and has its own
meaning. The story is really interesting because they have like
background music and make us feel so curious what will happen in the next
scene.
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