500 visitors~~~! Thank You all! =D

With a very busy schedule, my time has been extremely limited, with reports, evaluations, finishing my units, meetings for the final exhibition held in june, thinking what my theme should be and what i want to display in my final show, need to burn some dvds and filing reports on the 'one night stand' exhibition. This and that and this and that...... I am going whooooooo~~~~~!


With so much going on, looking at my blog saying its past 500 visitors had made my day. XD I am very happy and i want to thank all who has visited my blog and family and friends who has supported me, thank you very much... *hearts*


And while im at it, i hoped u enjoyed the post on japanese tea ceremony... i wanted to update on the 'one night stand' exhibition but with so much going on, it will have to wait... And here are some responses for the chatbox...

Shidy - thank you for the comment, it's great to hear that your daughter takes art =) and yes i will be showing more about art in my blog as the purpose of this blog was also to talk about different kinds of arts. I hope your daughter does very well in art. *smiles.*


Tony - The museum in amsterdam has a very wide range or art types, noted ones are sculptures, performance arts, paintings, installations, video art, some crafts, photography art,etc. The persimmons painting is entirely of oil paint on canvas, the use of the strong colours has makes the painting look like its embossed.

Belinda - the black paint thingy ( haha, sorry i also forgot what the title was, my bad. ) is actually an oil paint on canvas, not clay, the way the artist made it was he used various levels of black paint and to add the extra raising effect, he painted over the original over and over. It's not really that hard to make, but you'll need accuracy and a LOT of black acrylic oil paint. >_<

Ak Az - yes, i agree with you, these people don't just make art for the sake of it, each work that they make has a very in depth meaning to it. There was someone who did vase + painting, he was called Grayson Perry. One of the noted good artists here, but his art was made to shock people and i for one was well shocked the first time i saw his work. It had a very strong meaning behind it.

Mina - thanks, glad you liked it =) good to hear u like art, keep it up! XD

Amaliza - *blushes* i think its the dress that makes me look a bit thinner, my weight has been nothing but constant so far, hehehe, and insyaallah i graduate this october.

Adik - wow, i heard you did a lot of cool things, siuk bunyinya, nanti masa ka ct balik liatkan ka ct ah what you did =)

Mama - My exhibition went really well, alhamdulillah, hehe, i am ok msa ani ganya sibuk brabis saja, banyak lagi kan di buat >_< and time is limited kyuuuu~~~~!

Hjh Ida - Thank you, sorry i don't have the individual shoots of the work for the vase portraits. But the flowers are fresh for sure. When we went there, it was really freezing, snowed on the last day even, though it was spring, unfortunately, not many lily's were in bloom that time *sad* and there was a flower market there and they sold a LOT of flower seeds, and the market stretched from on end to the other. Sorry i couldn't get a hold of the photos for you...

Noni - yea, i am really busy *sigh* thanks for the luck, hehehe, i will do my best to acheive a good result.

Shar - Haha, i'll also post other things in here, not just arts and crafts, i plan to visit the london zoo in the summer, there are lots of zoos here, not sure what you meant bout the stairs but all i can say is that those stairs sculptures are sooooo high up, its like going to the sky...hehehe.

Sanny - hehehe, thank you...snow only comes if its below -3 to -6 degrees ( or even lower ) and if the temperature stays that way for a few days, it will definetly snow. >_< soooo cold~~! a heater is a MUST have, huhuhu...

Leez - Lol, thanks *blush* yea, im not japanese born, and yes my bro has some pretty good skills in that area, will try to push him one day XD ;P

Fathan - thanks for the comment, hehehe, and yes dalam hutan atu is a large sculpture museum area of 25 hectares in total, i mentioned it before in the 'into the woods' post, inda ada binatang ganas, hehehe, don't worry, hehe...

Hanim - thanks, hehe, will post more on what i did here if i get the time, as said earlier i'll be extremely busy for now due to loads of work to do...

Azimi - Thanks very much, Insyaallah i will post animal pics ( after i visit the zoo *hearts* XD ) and famous artists works too * smiles * hahaha and dbc onii-chan the best, he loves oranges XP *hint hint*

Jauhdong - true true, i have loads of ideas for work hehehe, problem with it is I have to concentrate on doing one project at a time, huhuhu, hi dad...

And thats all people~~~, thank you very much for all the comments and the support! XD
I will do my best to get a good result! and try to update whenever i can =)
For now, peace and out~! =)

Japanese Tea Ceremony! yummm~~~!

For the time being, i will be posting about a different event that took place the day after our exhibition night, which is the 'Cha no Yu' japanese for hot water tea.



A friend of mine was doing a performance art about Japanese Tea Ceremony and she has invited me, my tutor and two other colleagues as 'invited guests' for her performance. She will act as the tea master, and the four of us will act as the guests. There were also other people there to watch our performance and follow what we do, thus audience participation was included and refreshments served were hard and soft japanese biscuits, sushi and green tea (the main ingredient for the performance) sake was also served, but only after the performance for those who want it. Of course yours truly didn't take it because it is 'haram'. I stand firm that drinking alcohol is a huge sin not only for me but also for other fellow muslims.



I was very honoured to attend as one of Rachels guests, and came in the Bruneian Traditional Dress ( I had considered to wear a kimono, but it took time and money to make one, thus i opted to just go in my traditional dress, which was cheaper, less time consuming and also it had fitted quite well with the dress code as my dress already had floral designs on it, hehehe. )



The day that time was not one of the best at first because the night before was our exhibition night and the next morning i had to wake up early to pass over the art centre keys to Rachel and since i was there already i voluntary helped her set up a bit before going home at lunch time to get some rest since i had some time left before the event.



Decided that since there was time, had a good lunch, watched some friends episode and inevitably slept for a bit ( i was really tired to the MAX that day ) Woke up with quite a reasonable amount of time to get ready, got me a good bit of rest and casually dolled up for rachels event at 7PM.



Seems like it went just fine at that time.......until i realised.......i spent too much time getting ready, i had to rush getting my things ready and head over to the art centre.... and that is not all~~~ oh ho ho~~



On my way there i realised my fan and purse that rachel made for me was missing!!! ( they were handmade by rachel, it was very very pretty, thank you rachel!!! i love it! XD )




Stayed cool for a bit... "Oh yes! its in college on my work table."

Toodle doo~~ off to get it then!! Had to walk really fast to get to college hoping i could get it in time before the door gets locked up... "I can still make it...no worries..."




Unfortunately~~~.......i was too late.....college had closed early......Okay, lets start the panic phase!!!Uwa uwa uwa~~~!




In the end i decided to make my own fan and purse at the art centre since i still had some time left, but then rachel lended me hers as she was not using it. ( SAFE!!! KYAAA~~! Thank you rachel!!! XD )



Happy as i was and just when i thought it was going to go smoothly all the way, i was wrongo~~~ again! We were enjoying the japanese tea ceremony, and I had realised I don't have my camera with me!! Oh no!!! I should have brought them with me!!! *sigh* never mind.... might as well enjoy the performance......




Apparently after the whole tea ceremony was done, lucy handed my bag back to me and whhaaalaaaaa~~~~~!my oh my~~~~!!! My camera was in there all the time!!!! ......GREAT....just~~~ great..... -__-



Lucy - "oh no siti!! if i knew i would've taken photos for you!!!"



*double triple quadruple sighs*



Me - "its ok lucy, might as well enjoy the last bits before everyone goes home yea. =) "




And so started our little photo shooting vanity fair, hahaha.




And since it was rachels performance, of course she had videos and photos taken all during the time, and she was very nice enough to send me some of hers ( Thank you rachel!! Your truly the best! XD you deserve all the credits in this blog! and tell your husband his photos are really lovely. props to both of you, and your daughter too, she did a wonderful job with lucy and her kimono is really beautiful~ *smiles*)





Before rachels performance, i was really really tired, hehehe. But still managed to smile for the camera *winks*. As they say 'it's once in a lifetime, enjoy every bit of it while you can'



This is rachels hair clip, she made it herself,sooo preeetty~~~! I must say I am amazed because i really like rachels artworks! Her ideas are top notch! XD





Sushi!!!!! YUMMMMM~~~!I wanna eat some more~~~! ( Lucy's loving it XD hehehe~~~! sushi good~~~! Angelo eat the egg~~! XP who dares to eat the wasabi??? )



This was put in the front of the entrance, we take a sip from the bamboo handle and after that, pour a bit on our hands ( cleaning both hands ) and dry them with the towel provided. This is done in the order of the cheif guest going first followed by the rest of the guests in height order from tallest to shortest. ( I was the last,hehehe ;P )





These were part of her artificial japanese garden, the big rocks were made out of chicken wire and paper mache.





Same goes for the bridge.





To add effeects, she put some sand, some small pebbles and some bonsai, it was a really nice garden =) and rachel made them all by herself...wow~! =) Homemade garden, fu fu fu.





The purpose of the garden was for the guests to admire them along with the japanese scrolls while they are waiting for the tea master ( in this case rachel is the tea master ) to call them in using a bell, seated according to cheif guest first followed by other guests according to height, and enjoying the refeshments that the tea master offers, all the while giving comments and opinions about the place, the garden, the food and drinks, etc.etc.etc.





This was when we were 'admiring the garden' part where we made some comments about the settings and the japanese scrolls on the wall.





Waiting for tea from the tea master =) we also made comments about the utensils used and the scroll at the corner, it was part of the performance, as rachel explained to me that the whole process from the start to the end was considered for the japanese as an elegant art.





After the performance was over, it was chillaxing time, ( hahaha words chill and relaxing put together, pardon the misuse of words ) My dear friend lucy was helping out as a waitress for the other guests present at the time.





The 'invited guests', my tutor Peer, me, friends jay and chris. I wanna wear a kimono~~~! *takes notes to try and make one, muahahahha~!*





The after partay, enjoying the green tea~~~ cheers~~~ Cups were decorated beautifully XD Hahaha and love peers expression when he held the tea bowl. Take note, very thick powder green tea makes your lips turn green (with envy blue~~~~hahaha,saja masukkan the singing phrase XP )





Case of vanity gets a hold of us all the time, hahaha





Rachel " Look siti,look marni, this was made entirely out of paper mache"



Me "Really?? I thought it was a bowl....wait a second? Shouldn't it leak since its made of paper mache?????"



Rachel "Yes i was quite surprised too, i think it did not leak because i had added extra layers and some waterproof paper must have did the trick to not let any water spill. It's amazing!"



Smile Marni!!Your on candid camera!





The woman behind it all!!! Rachel Melrose!!! All i could say in a word is "SPECTACULAR!"

Rachel "The magic paper mache bowl! Hahaha, no leaks, no mess guarantee~orders taken now."



The menu, i was attracted to the flowers the most, hehehe. A lovely bunch of spring flowers with a bamboo shoot. =)





In the toilet, where i tried to take a pic on the mirror with my camera, i like the flash reflection, makes it look like im holding some mysterious glowing ball, hehehe.




After that me and lucy had an idea~~~
Lucy " Oh siti, let me be your shadow first and then u could be mine after"



We called this one 'In The Shadows...'





This is called 'What the other soul is like...'





Another case of camera and mirror vanity, hehehe. We love messing about with the camera. XD




Overall, the day went by with some troublesome things going on but in the end it worked out well, the night was very enjoyable and I had some very sweet memories, me and my friends bonded better and we all had a wicked time. =) If i could, i would love to do a performance like this someday. XD Maybe of a different cultures tea ceremony XD Performance art is really cool =) I remembered doing my very first performance art last year and it was in a way very educational and fun, hehehe >_<. But lets not talk about that now cause i gotta go do other things,hehehe *winks* Hope you enjoyed my lil rant on the Japanese Tea Ceremony ^_^'' Off and eating sushi~~~! (Me and Lucy "Sushi Goooood~~~! XD ")

Stedelijk Museum.

As per request, here is an update about some artworks that has caught my interest in the Stedelijk Museum in amsterdam. I would love to talk about what is in Rijks Museum, sadly I did not go there...but i did manage to take a few photos in Stedelijk Museum =)

It was quite hard to get them without flash because if you took pictures with flash the security guards will go BERSERK and SUE you ( to those who read my previous post, you get what i mean -__- ) But it was still rather lucky to be able to take pictures as most galleries do not allow cameras in the exhibit. Altough the quality of the photos are not as good as with the flash but it will do. Hehehe... =) I am quite happy with that anyway.

Enjoy~~~! XD


Remember this?? =) I still had no idea how to pronounce it, hahaha!


As we went in this view greeted us.


As i looked back at the photos, it was still very amazing for me, the redness of the room was 'in your face!' and looking outside makes you feel like your on another planet. Standing near the plastic window gave this feeling of amazement and anxiety because we were absorbed with the fact that it was both like being on mars as well as this danger zone that could lead to instant death because the distance from the plastic window untill all the way down to the ground was really really~~~ long~~~! >_<


Also being in the one coloured room was actually fun, I would imagine it to be a different colour...and sometimes wondered if it would give out a totally different feel...


This painting was amazing! Its an oil paint on canvas and if i'm not mistaken the title was 'persimmons.' I really like the strong use of colours in this painting and how the artist sets the distances of the subjects apart gives it a sort of minimalist aprroach. The colours that matches the persimmon are a good touch and the pink dress alongside the facial features of the girl suggests 'difference' and 'left out'. The pear to me maybe is a sign of 'longing to fit in'. Thats how i see the painting at the time...But hey, each person has thier own opinions isn't it ;)


This was set up on a wall at the end of a small room.


And here is a close up of the above picture... I'm not quite sure what the artist wanted to portray in this work, but it may have been to 'absorb' as i find myself looking at if from afar and gradually moving forward all the way close up to the painting. ( in which makes me look like a silly girl that time because i was really~~~ close to the painting my eyes were squinting and my face was close to kissing the centre, hahahaha! ) Good thing i was the only one in there that time *winks winks*


And here is one of my favourites! As i said in my previous post, this painting felt so real! and i really LOVE the way the artist did the textures in the painting. I was really taken aback by this one because I was practically looking at it at all angles near and far and in and out, hahaha! A huge plus from me!!!! XD
(sadly after that my mood turned sour due to the security guard incident... -__-'' grrrr....)


This was a pure textile painting, it involved mostly different kinds of materials and cottons and a LOT of sewing... It seems to suggest comfort and safeness for one yet the huge white patch and the bunny gives out insecurity and unsureness...a contradicting work in my opinion, I took an interest in this work as it reminds me of my friends artwork where her theme is about blankets and things we have that are comfort to us since childhood, or as we malays in brunei call it our 'bantal buruk'. Hehehe.


This piece was a joint performance and installation work done by Allora and Calzadilla and is called "Never Mind The Noise You Heard" Upon reading a brief, this work was done based on war and militarism.


This was another part of the work. It took up a wide space of three different parts, that time i was walking alone and the environment that time was absolutely scary!!! The surrounding was mostly white with occasional yellow lights going on and off along with random sounds of horns, blasts and some woman singing opera songs. Each turn that I took was a HUGE suspense due to the sounds and the flashing lights, and I was at that time hoping that there was someone else in there with me for extra safety.

I was even thinking "go back! go back!" but somehow curiousity got the best of me and I just went on my scary journey along the room >_< huhuhu, so stubborn!

Seriously my heart the whole time walking in there alone was going *thump, thump, thump!!!* reaaaaaallly fast and for some reason in my mind the jaws song was ringing in my head going *baaaa~~~ dum, baaaa~~~ dum, ba dum ba dum ba dum ba dum~* And once there was actually someone else in there as he appeared out of nowhere and I almost screamed, hahaha, turned out he was also visiting the room and he went out after because he finished looking around the room, hahaha, it would have been embarrasing if I did scream, such a chicken!! XD

(surely if i walked with someone else or if there was a lot of people in there it would have given out a different feel, hahaha, but being in that room alone was definetely a really cool experience!)


Okay, running out of time...i really need to get moving on with other works, next is my last review for an art piece in the museum. This is called "the-chicken-and-the-egg-no-problem-wall-painting" where the artwork is in a very long room and is a joint work of 24 different artist ( if i'm not mistaken, hehehe. )


You can see how long the room is in this picture and there should be an extra 1/4th left running at the back of the photo. It took me bout 45 minutes total to explore the whole area on both sides.


This particular work reminds me so much of a japanese tree and the shadow on the wall with a red moon is really unique and reminded me of the chinese moon cake festival, hehehe.


This was taken on a different view...this work was made of wire, wood, tape and paper.


Apart from the ridiculously long room, all the arts in the centre are lit up by different levels of spotlights and the shadows casted on the walls gives out a whole new and different set of artworks, I must say i'm very amazed at how the artists thought up of the floorplans and how they managed to calculate he distances between them. Such accuracy...


This piece suggested "relaxed and meditative" environment...what i really was interested in was the shadow behind it,hehehe.


By far, i think this one was the best. It was made of velcro, wire, cables, sockets and bulbs. No glass, no plastic. The title for this artwork was "infection." a simple yet strong word.


Another view but from the back.

This was a mixed media work, and is called a "vase portrait." A rather simple work in fact because each artist was ask to bring their favourite kind of flower ( but was not told what it was going to be used for ) Each flower was then put in different vases thus completeing the vase portrait...simple yet cunning i would say, hahaha.

There are actually more works in the museum than shown above, but these are just the ones noted that i am very interested in and i must honestly say that i won't bother talking too much about work that i have no interest in let alone one that i think makes no sense at all...besides in the art world not all the works are perfect just like a click of the finger, it takes time and tons of experiments to get it right and sometimes for some artist it takes the right environment for them to create work.

Well...I hoped you enjoyed my little review of whats in the Stedelijk Museum =) sorry if the post was a tad bit too long or boring, hehehe, if you meet me in person I could talk about art the whole day long,hahaha. XD

Next update will hopefully be about how my college exhibition went or about the japanese tea ceremony, either way it waits till i get my pictures all sorted out ;) till then~~!

As japanese people say....Sayonara~~! XD

Full Gear! ON !

I am back!! And man am I tired to the max!!!!! XD hahahaha!!!

The gallery was a success!!! It was a long hard road but we pulled through well in the end, hehehe. Will talk about it as soon as i get ahold of our final group review and as soon as i get some pics from my colleagues, apparently my camera broke =( due to the lens of the camera that stubbornly will not open up for me~~~!!!! =S

*sigh*

well i did borrow my friends camera but halfway through pics taking, it HAD TO RUN OUT OF BATTERY!!!

Uwa uwa uwa~!!!

*double sigh*

Nevertheless, i enjoyed and loved every moment of it, it was an unforgettable experience for me. * Hearts *

However after the gallery i was still busy, cos the next day i helped out with my other friends exhibition, where she was doing a japanese tea ceremony performance and she invited me as one of her special guest, hehehe. Will save that for another post later. XD

Finally after regaining my lost resting hours i am back in full gear!! Was in bed almost the whole day! Huhuhu! Alas...as much as i like the resting time i still have a LOT of paperwork to do >_<

Off i go then!!

My essay awaits me~~~!!!

*Whoooooossshh~~~!!! *
( Ahahaha, that was well random! XD )

Times like this...

I know i should be doing work right now...instead here i am writing in my blog -__-

The head says "girl~~~! work!" ( yes...i know...maybe i'll just take a 'short' break >_< hehehe ;P )


So i'm taking this opportunity to say~~~!


Exhibition is coming up soon~~~!!!!


I'm nervous...very nervous!!! Four more days to go!! I hope i can manage to finish all my work...amin~~!


And below is the finished poster for our exhibition, its open to public, entrance fee is 2 Pounds, i still need to reconfirm this but if you do come to our exhibition you will get free light refreshments, a copy of our catalogue ( contains info of each artist and a bit about our work and the exhibit ) and ( maybe ) glowsticks!

"Why is it called -one night stand- ??" You ask...


Well...for starters, it's not really related that much to 'that' if you get what i mean. *smiles*


This exhibit is geared towards a 24hours related work, we will be only holding the exhibition in one night (non-stop working for that day) and what we will show in the gallery are works that we have done in a period of two 12hour days working from 9am till 9pm (totalling up to 24 hours) hence the name "one night stand" in our title for the day of the exhibit.


Each artist has different themes for their work as we had agreed not to have just one subject that everyone has to follow. Mine is titled 'the unexpected sides of a person', i won't say what the themes for my colleagues are as i am saving them for another days post, hehehe. ;)


Well thats all i'm going to say...More details shall be given after the exhibition is done, hehehe...no more spoilers now *winks*


Till the next updates, wish me luck!! XD
And to those who are coming, see you there =D

P.s. any questions do ask me =)
And tickets are bought at the doors no bookings needed, hehehe.


OK then~!


Bye beee~~~~!

Uh-oh...

*Burp*







When you get so drunk your eyes can deceive you in many ways


And this is one good example from my big brother...



He saw this as he woke up...






"...."



"mimpi kali..."



"tidur ku lagi eyh"



"zzzzzz~~~"





Hahaha, good one big bro! XD

Iatah tu nah mabuk oren lagi!



( Props mostly to my big brother, he deserves all the credit XD )



P.s. he didn't drink the beer, it was empty when we took the pics and he wanted to act hehehe

Randomness ^_^''

Been pretty busy with LOADS of work to finish, hope it all goes well...wish me luck people! XD

So heres just a simple update of random places in amsterdam ( finally got some from my friends camera, hehehe )

Enjoy peeps~! ^_^v


This is rijks museum =D


The central station, in which when we went there, we had absolutely no idea what place is what, interestingly the words were dutch but the spoken language was very much english, and most sound like american english too. =]


Got this from my friends camera...hahaha what was i doing that time?? XD


Me and jo apparently looking at something, hehehe, there were far too many kids that time we were worried they might fall off the big letters of bump to one of us XO.




This was in the steidlijks museum, one of a series from the title "the-chicken-and-the-egg-no-problem-wall-painting"


Same museum but different artist, i loved this picture so much because of the details in the painting, the simplicity of the wall and how the artist had captured all the small details and texture in his painting makes u think that it was actually a real wall instead of a painting, just breathtaking...an inspiration for me to become more better in my artwork and someday create my own style of art as well as a dream of opening my very own gallery one day, insyaallah... =)


Guess which ones mine?? Hehehe ;)


This was in one of the main city centres, i like the shape of the building here XD


Return of the cute tiny blue car!!! Kyaaa~~!! <3 <3 I couldn't resist it, hehe XD.


A froggy picture specially for big bros friend, shedzter ( enjoy it girl! hehehe )


For my cute-ness little sister ( ooo~~~ she owns a shop in amsterdam!! hehehe

( Killah = kil ah = Qilah ) Get it? get it? Heheheh XD


I know this is rather late..... but..... still..... Happy Easter Everyone!!! hahaha! Got lots of chocolate this year?? *hyperness to the max* wheeeeeeee~~~~~! XD



Hehehe, i like this pic, got it from my friend jo, and i looked pretty silly in it *blushes*
I guess i tried to do a pout but ended up smiling like a nutter, hahahaha (*^_^*)

And its a wrap for today, need to carry one with my work, hehehe. Will probably make a simple update next time okie =)

Till then, enjoy your day! ( with a cup of nescafe, hehehe! XP )

Cheerios!! xox