Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu

The paper is an articulation of the objective, process, and output of a photo-mosaic display of a documentary photography of Pua Kumbu. The photo-mosaic display is a combination of multiple-sized images printed on a single wall, viewed together with slide-shows on monitors. It discusses the objectiv...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Khairul Hazrin, Dolah, Jasni
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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description The paper is an articulation of the objective, process, and output of a photo-mosaic display of a documentary photography of Pua Kumbu. The photo-mosaic display is a combination of multiple-sized images printed on a single wall, viewed together with slide-shows on monitors. It discusses the objective of incorporating still with time-based images on one spatiotemporal platform, making it a unique viewing experience, through an explorative and experimental method of photographic image consumption [1]. Pua Kumbu is a traditionally woven textile of the Iban people of Sarawak and Borneo. It is a meticulous and complicated process using natural dyes and weaving techniques passed down from generations and practiced by the women of the longhouses. The documentary photography is an extensive coverage of the whole process of producing this craft, from preparing the yarn, through the making of the dyes to lastly, the weaving. The documentation also covers other contextual elements such as the environment, the weavers, and rituals. As in the principles of documentary photography, the images are a series of photographs, non-directed or staged, and underlined with a social investigation, specific to a thematic spectatorial expectation [2]. In this case to bring forth the hidden and almost unknown aspects and elements in the traditional weaving craft of the textile. The paper illustrates the photographer’s point-of-views, from pre-photography work and literature review, photographing, post-processing and selection of images, design process of the display, and final installation. The photo-mosaic display was a feature in The Textile Tales of Pua Kumbu, A Polysensory and Intermedia Exhibition [3] in June 2015 at the Universiti Malaya Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
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spelling usm-392952018-03-06T06:49:15Z http://eprints.usm.my/39295/ Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu Hashim, Khairul Hazrin Dolah, Jasni NX Arts in general The paper is an articulation of the objective, process, and output of a photo-mosaic display of a documentary photography of Pua Kumbu. The photo-mosaic display is a combination of multiple-sized images printed on a single wall, viewed together with slide-shows on monitors. It discusses the objective of incorporating still with time-based images on one spatiotemporal platform, making it a unique viewing experience, through an explorative and experimental method of photographic image consumption [1]. Pua Kumbu is a traditionally woven textile of the Iban people of Sarawak and Borneo. It is a meticulous and complicated process using natural dyes and weaving techniques passed down from generations and practiced by the women of the longhouses. The documentary photography is an extensive coverage of the whole process of producing this craft, from preparing the yarn, through the making of the dyes to lastly, the weaving. The documentation also covers other contextual elements such as the environment, the weavers, and rituals. As in the principles of documentary photography, the images are a series of photographs, non-directed or staged, and underlined with a social investigation, specific to a thematic spectatorial expectation [2]. In this case to bring forth the hidden and almost unknown aspects and elements in the traditional weaving craft of the textile. The paper illustrates the photographer’s point-of-views, from pre-photography work and literature review, photographing, post-processing and selection of images, design process of the display, and final installation. The photo-mosaic display was a feature in The Textile Tales of Pua Kumbu, A Polysensory and Intermedia Exhibition [3] in June 2015 at the Universiti Malaya Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/39295/1/PAPER_26.pdf Hashim, Khairul Hazrin and Dolah, Jasni (2016) Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu. In: 2nd International Conference on Creative Media, Design & Technology (REKA) 2016, 26-27 September, 2016, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title_full Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title_fullStr Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title_full_unstemmed Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title_short Single Spatiotemporal Display: Documentary Photography Of Pua Kumbu
title_sort single spatiotemporal display: documentary photography of pua kumbu
topic NX Arts in general
url http://eprints.usm.my/39295/
http://eprints.usm.my/39295/1/PAPER_26.pdf