(Again) new idea

Topic:

Preservation of a dying language - Kadazandusun language

Background:

The Kadazandusun language is a native language to one of the three territories on the island of Borneo – Sabah. Its origin comes from the people whose races are Kadazan and Dusun. It is the mother toungue of the Kadazandusun people. The Kadazandusun group of people make up the largest indigenous group of race in Sabah besides the Bajaus, the Muruts, etc. The language speakers are mainly found along West Coast of Sabah and in some interior places such as Tambunan, Telupid, Ranau and along the Kinabatangan river. Also, in most wet markets, that’s where the language are also spoken to communicate amongst themselves – the consumers and the sellers. Although the language is widely known by the older generation of the Kadazandusun community, different areas of Sabah have different dialects of the language and it may be difficult for the one end of the chain to communicate to the other.

Aim:

• To preserve the Kadazandusun language
• To expose the language to people who never heard of it. 
• To make people appreciate the importance of not forgetting their roots or mother tongue

Issue:

In this modern day, the language is slowly forgotten especially by the younger generations. In Malaysia, the official international language is English and its national language is Bahasa Melayu which has been since 1963. There are negligent attitudes or the ‘tidak apa’ attitude towards the cultural and traditional heritage conservation among the Kadazandusun communities.



Ideation:
Perhaps, some interactive that enables users to interact to know some words?

Reference:

• www.flyingdusun.com/004_Features/024_KDlanguage.htm
• http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kadazandusun.htm
•  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadazan_language
•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GbtNGzE0LE

New idea

Preservation of Serenity
The term 'serene' comes from 'serenity' and it is a feeling about being calm, peaceful, and untroubled; it is a sense of tranquility.


Issue & Motivation:

As the world is moving up on its advancement of its daily lifestyles, people still stress in their daily routine. It's important that to keep up with daily routines, being calm is essential for good health especially the mind and connections.

Aim:
To preserve the serene feeling

Objective:
To have people relieved from stress
To have people feel good and relaxed

Ideation:
I would like to create an installation where installation art, sound and images would be used.

Reference:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txTc3jmM5ZM
• http://www.lifestyletherapy.net/the-importance-of-staying-calm-in-tense-situations/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation

Proposals

Proposal 1

Ideation: Space

When I think of space, I think it as a spacious room that is clutter less. Nowadays, people are buying things more than they need, which leads them to just dumping the stuffs in their room whilst collecting dust. Besides that having many things in the room can lead to laziness and stress. For this idea, I would like to make 2 sculptures, each, in two separate rooms which I will build. Both rooms are connected. In the space of the rooms, the sculpture will be put in the middle of each rooms, one in a room full of clutter and another one in a clutter less space.  

Proposal 2

Ideation: Papers

People use paper every day and when they had use of it they just throw it away. Normally they write stuffs and draw stuffs on papers. Some people collect papers and use them in their room, until it piles up in the room making the room full of papers. People can always make miniature sculptures out of papers like a paper plane or something. By doing it they can increase their creativity. For this idea, I would like make miniatures sculptures of objects made by papers. It will be big and small. Some, I will hang and; some I will put a big one in the middle of a space. I will make research on the paper objects and study how to make them and showcase them.