MANAGING DESIGN

TATTOO OF AN IBAN

For Borneo's Dayak peoples, spirit embody everything: animals, plants and humans. Many groups have drawn on this power by using images from nature in their tattoos, creating a composite of floral motifs images. Tattoo are created by artist who consult spirit guides to reveal a design. Among the Iban, the largest and most feared indigenous group in Borneo, men apply tattoo.

These tattoos are blue-black, make of soot or powdered charcoal, substances thought to ward off malevolent spirits. Some groups spike their pigments with charms-a ground-up piece of a meteorite or a shard of animal bone- to make their tattoo even more powerful. For the outline, the artist attaches up to 5 bamboo splinters or European needles to a stick. After dipping them in pigment, he or she taps them into the skin with mallet. Solid area are fined in circular configuration of 15 to 20 needles.

RITUAL TATTOOING

Traditionally, Dayak tattooing was performed in a sacred ritual among gathered tribe members. Among the Ngaju Dayak, Krutak said the tattoo artist began with the a sacrifice to ancestor spirits, killing a chicken or other fowl and spilling it blood. After a period of chanting, the artist started on extremely painful tattooing process that often lasted 6 or 8 hours. Some tattoos were applied over many week. For coming of age tattoo rituals, the village men dressed in bark-cloth. This cloth, made from the paper mulberry tree, also draped corpses and was worn by widows.

Image 1: Coming of Age tattoo also known as Bungai Terung. Image taken from https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b8/f8/bd/b8f8bd8e649586cac6ac9cfc44255669.jpg

HEAD-HUNTING TATTOO

One Dayak group, the Iban, believe that the soul inhabit the head. Therefore, taking the head of one's enemy gives yo their soul. Taking the head also conferred your victim's status, skill and power, which helped ensure farming success and fertility among the tribe. Upon return from a successful head-hunting raid, participants were promptly recognized with tattoo inked on their tattoo.

Image 2: Head-Hunting Tattoo. Image taken from http://www.borneoheadhunter.com/basics/images/img1.jpg

References is taken from https://ibanology.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/tattoo-of-an-iban-from-borneo/

MANAGING DESIGN

RESEARCH OF TATTOO

Tattoo is a form of modification, made by inserting ink, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin change the pigment. The word tattoo or tattow in 18th century, is a loan word from the Polynesian word tatau meaning "correct, workman like".

The first written reference to the word tattoo(or tatau) appears in the journal of Joseph Bank( 24 February 1743- 19 June 1820), the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship the HMS Endeavour. Tattoo enthusiasts may refer to tattoos as "ink", "pieces", "skin art", "tattoo art".


TYPES OF TATTOO

The American Academy of Dermatology distinguished 5 types of tattoo:

1. Traumatic Tattoo(Natural Tattoo)
2. Amateur & Professional Tattoo
3. Identification Tattoo
4. Comestic Tattoo
5. Medical Tattoo

1. Traumatic Tattoo(Natural Tattoo)

According to George Cowell, coal miners could develop characteristics tattoo owing to coal dust getting into wounds. Similarly, a traumatic tattoo occurs when a substance such as asphalt is rubbed into a wound as the result of some kind of accident or trauma. An amalgam tattoo is when amalgam particles are implanted in the soft tissues of the mouth, usually gums, during dental filling placement or removal. Another example of such accidental stabbing with pencil or pen.

Image 1: Traumatic Tattoo taken from http://www.avalonmedispa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TraumaticTattoo.png

2. Amateur and Professional Tattoo

Many tattoos serves as rites of passage, mark of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love and etc. The symbolism and impact of tattoos varies in different places and cultures. Today people choose to be tattooed for artistic, cosmetic, sentimental, religious and etc.

Image 2: Professional and Amateur Tattoo taken from http://www.kissyourinkgoodbye.com/uploads/5/0/1/9/50198399/4868652.jpg?299

3. Identification

People forcibly been tattooed. A well known example is the Nazi practise of forcibly tattooing Nazi concentration camp inmates with numbers during Holocaust as part of Nazi's Identification system in order to identify the bodies registered prisoners in the concentration camp. Tattoo also has been used for identification in other ways for example in early Zhou, Chinese authorities would employs facial tattoo as a punishments for certain crimes or to mark prisoner or slaves. In period of early contact between Maori and Europeans, the Maori people hunted and decapitated each others for their moko tattoos, which they traded for Europeans items.
Tattoo are sometimes used by forensic pathologists to help them identify burned, petrified or mutilated bodies as tattoo pigment lies encapsulated deep in skin, tattoo are not easy to destroy even when the skin is burned.

Image 3: Identification Tattoo of inmate of concentration camp taken from http://inkalab.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/identification.jpg

4. Cosmetic Tattoo(Permanent makeup)

The cosmetic surgery industry continues to see a trend of increased popularity for both surgical and non invasive procedures. When used as a form of cosmetics, tattooing includes permanent makeup and hiding or neutralising skin discolorations. Permanent makeup is use on tattoo is to enhanced eyebrows, lip liner, eyeliner and mole. The colour they usually use is natural colour as it to resemble makeup.

Image 4: Cosmetic Tattoo taken from http://sydneycosmetictattoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cosmetic-tattoo-web1.jpg

5. Medical Tattoo

Medical tattoo is used to re information the wearer about they blood type, medical condition and etc. Some use tattoo as treatment for vitiligo, skin pigmentation disorder. Tattoo also use in Alzheimer's patient where they put they name so that they can be identified if they are missing.

Image 5: Example of medical tattoo taken from http://www.rcinet.ca/english/illustration/chronicle/HsMHPl_ScreenShot122.jpg

TATTOO RISKS

Because tattoo is required by breaking skin it can leads into allergic reaction and infection. Modern tattoos is low the risks of the infection by following universal precautions by using one single items and sterilising their equipment after each use. In amateur tattooing such as practising in the prison, there is an elevated risks for infections that been transmitted by the use of unsterilised tattoo equipment. for example fungal infection, hiv, herpes simplex virus and etc.

Image 6: Example of risks of tattoo taken at http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/tattoos_slideshow/phototake_rm_photo_of_MRSA_infected_tattoo.jpg

REMOVAL OF TATTOO

While tattoo is considered as permanent, they also can be removed fully or partially by laser treatments. Typically, black and some coloured inks can be removed more completely than inks of other colours. The expense and pain associated with removing tattoos are typically greater than the expense and pain associated with applying them. 

Image 7: Laser tattoo removal taken from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Laser_Tattoo_Removal_Alice_Pien_MD_AMAskincare.jpg

MULTIMEDIA DESIGN: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

MULTIMEDIA DESIGN: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

WHAT IS MULTIMEDIA ?

Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animation, videos and interactive content. Multimedia is contrast with media that use only rudimentary computer displays such as text only or traditional forms of printed or hand-produced materials.

Multimedia can be recorded and played, displayed, dynamics, interacted with or accessed by information content processing devices, but also can part of live performance. Multimedia devices are electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art by including audio, for example, it has broader scope. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia.

Multimedia presentation may be viewed by a person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played locally with media player. A broadcast may be a lived or recorded multimedia presentation. Broadcasts and recording can be either analog or digital electronic media technology.

Multimedia games and simulations may be used in physical environment with special effects, with multiple users in multiple users in an online networks, or locally with an offline computer, game system or simulator.

MULTIMEDIA DESIGN: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

OBJECTIVE

The objectives of this module is:

1. Explore and articulate the implications of software innovations to the aesthetics of design.

2. Identify mainstream and alternate technologies, and articulate the impact of new technologies on a design practise, cultures, media, content and usage.

3. Develop a multimedia design project that intergrates conceptual development, technology and stylistic decision making, and resolve to a professional level.

4. Present a coherent final designed outcome with demonstrable development of processes, technical experimentation and critical of decision-making.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

LEARNING OUTCOMES: MULTIMEDIA DESIGN: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY


LOC 1: KNOWLEDGE

In first learning outcomes, I need to reflect critically upon ones own and utilize self-editing skills within the design process that I learn in this module.

LOC 2: THNKING SKILLS

In here, I need to demonstrate critical, evaluative and making skills using a number of specialist media and processes.

LOC 3 and LOC 4: SUBJECT-BASED PRATICAL SKILLS

I need to demonstrate the use of the methodologies and project management skills within the design project in this module. I also need to work on screen and paper-based formats which synergy and visual coherence. This is where I need to show my sketches and work using the software.

LOC 5: SKILLS FOR LIFE AND WORK

I need to constructs and implement a realistic timetable of research. In here I need to construct on my timetable for this module on how I'm going to utilize my seven week for  this module.  

MEDIA DESIGN NEW TECHNOLOGIES

RESEARCH OF MASAK LEMAK CILI API

Masak Lemak Cili Api is a Malaysian traditional that famous by it spicy taste and the use in coconut milk and tumeric powder. It is famous in Negeri Sembilan and also around people that favours spicy food. Masak Lemak Cili Api also has a variety in cooking, mostly they are using chicken, vegetable and fish. From this I learn that mostly people in peninsular Malaysia favouring this dishes.

This dish is consists of coconut milk, tumeric powders, bird's eye chilli (cili api), lemon grass and tumeric leaves. The original recipes doesn't use garlic and red onion but nowadays people alter the recipe according to the their own taste.

Image 1: The example of Masak Lemak Cili Api recipe

From this research also, I found that the Masak Lemak Cili Api doesn't has the instant paste or any instant product.

GROUP DESIGN PROJECT

EXHIBITION DAY

The exhibition day is 20th May 2016 at Vertical Studio B, the date should be on 18th May 2016 and the venue is at AAVA Gallery near the Library but because of some technical problem and this is change into Studio B.

In here, the set up is not look as we plan because of the last minute change but we try to create the place as we decided to do as what plan first. We plan our exhibition with minimum cost and ready to present our artwork.

Using the black flexible PVC fence to hang our artwork, all five of us is there but Samira is not because on the day we decide to buy the material, we ask her and said she doesn't want to that why she didn't hang it together on the fence.

We hang the plastic fence on the the ceiling using fishing line and stapler gun it on the wood platform to stabilize it. Then we glue the flexible wire on our artwork using hot glue gun then we bend the wire so that we hang the ortwork on the fence.

Here is the picture on the set up day.

Picture on the Exhibition Day