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?

 

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.