embodying family heritage
DESCRIPTION
For this project, each student was required to ‘inherit’, wear and ‘embody’ dress/shirt/pants of their father/mother/grandfather/grandmother. Each student was also required to collect pertinent verbal data about his/her chosen artifact other than to present it in a catwalk. Students were also encouraged to embody the ‘personality’ of the original owner of the artifact. In doing so, students were encouraged to engage with the notions of culture, art/design and heritage in a more personal and inclusive manner. They were also asked to critically examine their cultural selves as well as family inheritance that can be passed on from one generation to the next. Indirectly, this project may also be a bridge for ‘generational cultural gap’ as well as a means to instill the spirit of ‘unconditional love’ that is intrinsic in the relationship between parents/their children. simultaneously particularised (personalised) as well as universalised.TRANSCRIPT
EMBODYING FAMILY HERITAGE:
Synopsis
For this project, each student was required to ‘inherit’, wear and ‘embody’
dress/shirt/pants of their father/mother/grandfather/grandmother. Each
student was also required to collect pertinent verbal data about his/her
chosen artifact other than to present it in a catwalk. Students were also
encouraged to embody the ‘personality’ of the original owner of the artifact.
In doing so, students were encouraged to engage with the notions of
culture, art/design and heritage in a more personal and inclusive manner.
They were also asked to critically examine their cultural selves as well as
family inheritance that can be passed on from one generation to the next.
Indirectly, this project may also be a bridge for ‘generational cultural gap’
as well as a means to instill the spirit of ‘unconditional love’ that is intrinsic
in the relationship between parents/their children. The notion of cultural
identity is thus simultaneously particularised (personalised) as well as
universalised.
MIMI SHAZRINI BINTI SOBRI
111759
Baju dan crown yang saya pakai ialah milik arwah
moyang (Chek Puteh) saya dan berusia dalam
lingkungan 90 tahun.Kain dan selendang pula milik
nenek (Siti Awan) saya. Nenek saya memakai
pakaian ini semasa majlis perkhawinannya.Pakaian
ini dibuat menggunakan material yang sangat
berkualiti kerana keadaan fabrik masik elok dan tidak
rosak.
LIOW HENG YEE
111756
The shirt belongs to my father and the pants belongs
to my mother, both of them ( the clothes ) have the
same age as mine. As what my mother told me, these
clothes are purchased during their wedding 1st
anniversary, and it's a present for my mother, from
father, vice verse. It is a very sweet memories for my
parents, that's the reason why are they still keeping
this for years even though these clothes couldn't suit
them anymore. ( They're very big size nowadays.
Hah! )Personally I love the pants very much and I
found it's very interesting and unique especially the
roses print on the pants. Most importantly, it was my
mother's favorite pants at her age.
JACQUELINE OOI KAH YEE
111748
PaCEA conference is a nurse conference in which
they discuss health issues. She wore this kebaya
representing our country on the last day of the
conference which is the cultural night in year 1986.
It was also her first batik.
MOHD FAIZAL BIN ABD. MANAN
111764
BAJU dan SELUAR
=Baju & seluar telah berusia hampir 40 thun.
=pakaian ini telah dbeli ketuka berusia dlm lingkungn
16 thun ketika bekerja di singapura dlm era 1970-an.
=pakaian ini pakaian kesayangan ayah kerana ia
merupakan pakaian yang boleh dkatakan mahal dibeli
ayh ketika itu.
= pakaian ini hanya dipakai untuk majlis2 tertentu
seperti kenduri & parti.
KASUT
=Kasut dikatakn telah berusia lebih 30 tahun.Namun
masih dalam keadaan elok kerana digilap hampir
setiap minggu.
=kasut dibeli sewaktu bekerja d singapura.waktu itu
rekabentuk kasut ini antara yang menjadi ikutan.
=kasut pertama termahal yg dbeli ayah yg berharga
sekitar RM50 ketika itu.
=hanya dipakai untuk majlis rasmi & parti.
KACA MATA
=Kaca mata dikatakan telah berusia lebih 25 tahun.
=kaca mata ialah pemberian seorang kawan karib
ayah yang berasal dari singapura.
=bingkai asal adalah bingkai plastik.bingkainya telah
dtukar dua kali.kali terakhir ditukarkepada bingkai
besi pada tahun 2000 kerana bingkai lama telah
patah.
=dipakai untuk temujanji dan majlis tertentu.
EMMY KONG PEK KEI
111741
Top : Mother's vintage top when she was 20 (1982)
Pants : Mother's turquoise high waist pants when she
was 17 (1979)
Shoes: Owned by grandmother when she got married
(1930's)
Accesories : Mother's own during her teenage years
My mother was a very fashionable woman who loved
bright colored clothes because she was a dancer
when she was a teenager.
She also visited the disco very often with my father
back in the 70's. She said that this outfit was her
favorite whenever she goes to parties with her
siblings and friends, especially when they're dancing
to John Travolta's " Saturday Night Fever".
MOHD NAZAR BIN YAMAT
111766
pakaian silat atuk saya
arwah atuk saya dahulu adalah penuntut silat
pakaian itu saya dapatkan dirumah arwah atuk saya
tali pinggang itu hampir 45 tahun.
golok itu arwah ayah saya dan usia golok itu hampir
35 tahun.
MUHAMMAD AIMAN BIN MOHD ZUBIR
113637
this dress was own by my great grand father of my
maternal side family on the 1950's. he is from kedah.
he wear this everytime when he go outside to farm
paddy , cut grasses, fishing and other housework. the
belt he got it when he pilgrimage at makkah. this is
the usual outfit of the villagers at that time. my great
grandfather was actually a teacher at 'pondok'. he
teaches quran and islamic studies. eventhough he
was an ustaz, he had to do other works too because
he live in poverty. he need money for the living.
MOHD AMIN BIN ALIAS
113214
my grand father shirt that always wear to go to
around village with his favourite motocycle as a
leader at my village.
SITI NABELA EMYLIA BINTI HARUN
111799
Baju Kebaya Singkat - dipakai oleh moyang saya
semasa muda dahulu untuk ke majlis-
berusia 70 tahun majlis rasmi dan dipakai ketika kali
pertama berjumpa dengan
datuk saya.
- kain baju bunga pecah ini sangat tersohor pada
zaman dahulu,
diperbuat dengan kain 'net'.
Kain Sarung Kipas - kain sarung ini kain sarung jawa
Indonesia yang berusia 25
Depan tahun milik kakak.Ini kerana kain sarung yang
nenek saya
pakai dahulu sudah reput dan tidak boleh dipakai lagi.
Selendang berusia - Selendang SALOMA ini sangat
terkenal pada zaman
89 tahun dahulu.Di pakai dlm majlis dan luar majlis.
NUR FATIN KHARUDIN
111784
kebaya pendek tahun 60-an, kain batik sarung tahun
60-an, selendang tahun 50-an dan subang tahun 50-
an yang dipakai semasa nenek saya pergi ke pekan
untuk menonton wayang.spek zaman 70-an
NURULJANNAH KARIMAH CHE MAZELAN
111789
baju kebaya tu baju nenek saya yang dia pakai waktu
keluar jalan-jalan dengan datuk saya dan waktu
majlis-majlis keramaian seperti majlis kahwin. kain tu
pulak kain mak saya, pakai dengan baju kebaya
jugak.
ABDUL MALEK NOOR HISHAM
111730
"bush jacket" kepunyaan arwah atok saya sekitar
tahun 70-an. sut ini ditempah khas di kedai Pangeran
181, Brewster Rd. Ipoh.
LEE JIA XIN LEE
111753
Baju ini adalah baju milik ibu saya pada tahun
80an.Baju ini adalah dijahit oleh tangan ibu saya
,kerana ibu saya ingin menghadiri satu majlis
perkahwinan kawan karibnya.Baju ini juga menjadi
baju yang paling disukai oleh ibu saya.Oleh itu,ibu
menyimpan baju ini sampai sekarang.Walaupun baju
ini sudah hampir 30tahun,namun kualiti fabrik masih
baik dan tidak rosak.Saya rasa sangat bersyukur
kerana boleh memakai baju ibu saya untuk
menjalankan assignment ini.
OOI BOON JIET
111790
Yes, it belongs to my dad, and it was the uniform of
my dad during his high school life over at Taiwan
during the year 1978. He has described how this
uniforms undergo his high school life with him, how
he wore this on every single classes and lab. Due to
limited amount of money given by my granddad, my
dad have to undergo tough time through out the time,
and this is one of the warmest shirts he have during
that time (during winter). He doesn’t planned to
dispose the uniform, even it has been 33 years.
Once a wise man told me, Calm Sea Never Make
Great Sailors, and the wise man was my dad, this
uniforms has always reminded him how challenges
makes ones stronger.
LIM SHIOU PYNG
111754
The traditional costume sarung kebaya that I wore
which is belonged to my grandmother 95 years old.
She was born in Kedah. She called it "pua teng teh"
for the top and "mua" for the batik sarong. Her picture
above was taken at photography shop when she
moved from Kedah to Penang.
She told me that this is handmade costumes made in
1930's from one of her friend who owned a tailor shop
near Komtar Penang. Besides that, She wore make
up, curly hair and some impressive ornaments made
of gold, silver, some are studded with pearl, gem
stone or diamonds for earring, necklace, kerosang (
set of 3 brooches used to fasten the edges of the
kebaya together) and silver waist belt.
PAU KHEK TONG
111791
Description: Hi, This is my grandfather wearing
pattern which rural area. At the time, he wear some
sort like this was because he was working at farm
from early morning 6.00am to 6.00pm evening. So, till
now he still wearing like this and normal wear to him
already. Even he went to cafe or somewhere, he still
stick to his pattern, because he already used to it.
But,anyway he is fatter than me. Anyway, I proud to
be his grandson.
AMY NG AII HUI
111734
My grandmother was born with a silver spoon in her
mouth. But she married to my grandfather who was a
humble worker working in a rubber estate. Their life
after marriage was a bit hard. But my grandmother
endure everthing with my grandfather. After a few
years, my grandfather become a construction worker
in order to earn more money. My grandfather then
went to a tailor shop and bought a custom made
blouse for my grandmother who celebrated their 10th
weeding anniversary. During that time,a custom made
was around RM5.
HARMAN ISMAN CHE RONI
111744
baju jenama D'urban tahun 1986, harga RM40, tmpat
dibeli di pasaraya extra johor baharu. Masa dipakai
ke majlis kesyukuran dan pergi ke singapura. Seluar
ditempah khas di kedai jahit singapurapada tahun
1985 dengan harga 38 dillar singapura.
ALIEYUS FETHYUS ANAK LAI
111732
Baju burung adalah sejenis daripada pakaian lelaki
iban. Baju ini di perbuat daripada kain tenunan atau
pua kumbu. Baju ini di hiasi dengan motif- motif
tertentu antara nya jalur-jalur menegak, figura
manusia, burung.binatang dan roh. Semua motif
tersebut ditenun dalam bentuk geometrik. . Bahagian
bawah baju ini pula dibiarkan berjumbai, berpintal
atau dihias dengan karangan manik.
Baju ini sering digunakan dalam upacara tertentu
sahaja. Pada zaman dahulu, baju ini dipakai oleh
pahlawan semasa pergi berperang dan semasa
meraikan kemenangan selepas pergi berperang. Baju
ini juga di gunakan semasa hari gawai. Dimana
upacara pemyembahan dewa- dewa dilakukan.selain
itu, baju ini di pakai oleh pengantin lelaki semasa
perkahwinan
NAZATUL AQILAH CHE MUSA
111773
Pakaian ini dipakai oleh arwah nenek saudara
saya(toktam) ketika beliau masih gadis. Potongan
baju ini agak pendek dan mngikut badan. dipakai
bersama skirt labuh yg berkilat. skirt ini diberi nama
KEMBANG PAYUNG. Sering mendapat perhatian
jejaka ketika zaman itu. Usia baju ini sudah hmpir
mencecah lebih 60 tahun.. namun kualiti fabrik ini
masih baik. tidak rosak sikit pun.
NORDIYANA BINTI KHAIRUDIN
111782
Baju Kebaya Bandung , Selendang dan Kain Batik
- Milik nenek sebelah ibu
- Dipakai sekitar tahun 70-an. Baju dan selendang
tersebut dipakai semasa beliau berumur 40 tahun.
- Kebiasaannya, beliau memakai pakaian tersebut
untuk ke majlis atau keluar rumah. Dianggap sebagai
pakaian harian pada zaman itu (kasual)
Info pakaian:
Baju Kebaya Bandung
- Kain kasa yang jarang @ kain peruk ayam
- dipanggil Kebaya Bandung kerana mempunyai ciri2
baju kebaya dari Indonesia
Selendang
- Kain tenun jarang
- digunakan untuk menutup kepala (kerudung)
- dibeli pada tahun 50-an. sangat popular dan dikenali
sebagai Selendang Natrah pada zaman tersebut.
HUDA OMAR
113636
Baju Songket Merah yang dah berumur 29 tahun ni,
milik ibu saya. dipakainya ketika majlis persandingan.
Songket tu menggunakan benang emas. Emas tulen.
Songket tersebut sepatutnya dipakai oleh setiap anak
perempuan ibu saya ketika majlis perkahwinan tetapi
tiada seorang yang memakainya sehingga hari ini.
saya adalah anak perempuan ibu yang pertama
memakainya....kerana saya seorang yang muat.
sebab saya pendek.
YAP ZHI QI
111811
This Samfu was once wore by my grandmother from
my father side, when she was in her teens, around
1930s. She was to be married to a rubber tapper in
Johor (my late grandfather), so she sew a few set of
this kind of Samfu by herself one week before her
wedding (both families side were poor then & couldn't
afford a grand wedding, so no red silk Chinese
wedding dress like those old Chinese movies). This
particular Samfu served as her wedding dress (hard
to believe, but true), & she continued to wear the rest
of the same set of samfu as everyday clothing
because she said that it was comfortable, & easy to
wash.