Hello peeps! I’m Ghassani Ghina Amirah, call me Mia. I’d like to share a story based on my experience participating in SEA Futurist 2023. On October 10th 2023, I received an email notifying that I get selected to participate in SEA Futurist 2023. The following day, on October 11th 2023, we had an online briefing with all the participants and ASWARA team.
On 26th October 2023, My parents dropped me off at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Because the airport was crowded, I needed to check in early to avoid arriving late at the gate. The flight took approximately 2 hours. Upon arriving at KLIA 1 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport), my twin, Keith (from Vietnam), and I were picked up by our liaison officer.
It’s a long way from Airport to Maya Hotel, where we’re staying and where the workshop is being held. After arriving, we rested for a while, had lunch, and then prepared for the program briefings from day 1 until day 5. Then we had the official opening ceremony and Gala Dinner, and we received some souvenirs from ASWARA.
At the end of the day, we went to MaTic to watch video mapping and see the artwork from the participant competition.
Day 2
I woke up early for breakfast, took a bath and prepare go to ASWARA (Akademi Seni Budaya Dan Warisan Kebangsaan). At ASWARA, we have 2 agendas. First, there was a showcase performance of the Malaysian version of Wayang Kulit. After the performance, the committee allowed the participants to explore behind the stage. They also provided further explanation regarding the Wayang Kulit Malaysia.
The next agenda, we attend Forum Discussion about “The Emergence of Cultural Futurist: Shaping Future — Proof Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding”. The moderator is Ts. Siti Noraisyah Abd Rahman (Faculty of Animation and Multimedia ASWARA). The panelists are Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Rafi (General Manager, Learning and Development Telkom Malaysia), and Hasnul Hadi Samsudin (Head of Playstation Studios Malaysia). We had lunch and then returned to the hotel.
After resting for a while, we moved on to our next agenda: ‘Traditional Performance Arts: Practices,’ with the speaker being the Dalang we met at ASWARA. And have some of speaker as well about Future Trends and Choreography Design. We had dinner then continue our 3D modeling for the final project.
I had a talk with Hafidzh, one of the committee members from ASWARA, while I was planning to explore Kuala Lumpur. We discussed which parts of the city I wanted to visit. Thank you Hafidzh!
Day 3
Similar to the previous day, I had breakfast, took a bath, and then participated in a workshop on Storytelling, Characteristic Development, Character Design, and Acting for MoCap. Here are some pictures of our activities.
Around 8PM Malaysian Time, the participants need attend to see the announcement of the winner video mapping competition at MaTiC. So wonderful artwork!
Then we back to hotel to continue our 3D modelling.
Day 4
As usual, I have breakfast together with some of participants (including my twin sister), then took a bath and prepared for the next workshop. For workshop today are MoCap Production, MoCap post-Production, XR and MetaSpark Development.
We also have sharing session, for asking about our final project. Then back to our room for prepare attend to official closing ceremony and early dinner. For official closing ceremony all of participants using our national costumes from our representative country. This time, the participants received a Nano-Certificate mentioning my participation in this program. I’m so happy!
We need to change into casual clothes since we have plans to look around Kuala Lumpur with some of the committee members. Here’s some places that we visited, first we went to Pavillion, then go to Bukit Bintang buy viral foods, such as the Wagyu Skewer Viral and 32Parfait Ice Cream (Yogurt ice cream). After that went to Petronas Twin Towers, Saloma bridge, Merdeka Square and the last is The River of Life.
Day 5
I packed my stuff first, had breakfast, then took a bath, and went to Hanifah (the chocolate store where I usually buy chocolate when I’m in Kuala Lumpur) with Kak Zoey (my liaison officer). Thank you, Kak Zoey, for accompanying me.
After that I having lunch, and took a picture with some of committee, then prepare go to KLIA 1 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport). See you Malaysia!
Note:
This is the link to the AR 3D modeling available at MaTiC Kuala Lumpur. You can view my artwork along with other SEA designers at MaTiC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from December 2023 to December 2024.
Disclaimer: This project is a part of final project the 3D modelling organized by Aswara and Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture Malaysia. I’m one of the representatives from Indonesia who want to explore knowledge to complete this Fully Funded Program of Southeast Asia Futurist in Arts and Cultural Exchange Program, 26–30 October 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
More information I put on my Behance and my TikTok for video: Part 1 and Part 2Thanks a lot for ASWARA, Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture Malaysia, EDT Team, Mrs. Aisyah, Mr. Firdaus, Mr. Faris, Mr. Jazmi, Kak Zoey, Kak Puteri, Dauz, Esther, Mr. Ong, Yon, Hafidzh, and all the people who helped me when the program was held.
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