Effective Public

Commnunication
[COM 30103]
Foundation in Natural and Built Environment
January 2015

Group Member

Seow Koji Takehira

Louis Foong Kah Yan
Sirajeddin Ali
Haroon Faleel
Quah Keng Yew
Nazmi

Penang Mural Art

Penang 3D
Trick Art Museum

10, Lebuh Penang, 10200, Penang, Malaysia

George Town, Penang Street

Set up by
6 people

soft opening on
25 October 2014

six months of
preparation

1.8 million
ringgit funds

painting will
be consistent
to the ground

12 artists from home

and abroad surgeon

Penang's first pure hand-drawn 3D

museum

Map of the
3D Trick Art Museum

 offers a near-linear exhibit path

museum covers an area of 6000 square feet

divided into 2 main themes

Penang History

Adventure

tour can take between 30 and 90 minutes

The first wall mural

near the ticketing counter is the
"Icon of Penang".

Penang 3D Trick Art Museum

Open daily: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
Sat, Sun & Holiday 9am-8pm
10, Lebuh Penang, 10200, Penang,
Malaysia
604-263-1628
Email: info@penangtrickart.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pe
nangtrickart/timeline

Entrance fees:
Visitor/adult: RM 25
Adult with MyKad: RM15
Children and senior citizen: RM10

WHAT IS MURAL ART?

it is an artwork was painted on wall, ceiling or
permanent surface
Must harmony when incorporated with
architectural elements of given spaces
Two types of mural art
-Interior mural
-Exterior mural

ICON OF PENANG

Painted by a local
artist from Penang
called
Located in the front
side of the Penang 3D
Trick Art Museum at
the entrance.
It depicts things that
is famous in Penang
such as famous
landmarks and 2
Caucasian tourists
taking photos.
The ferry represents
how people travelled
back and forth the
Penang island before
the bridge is built.

FIRST IMPRESSION
Penang famous
landmark.
Komtar
Penang Bridge
Dewan Tunku

Tourist taking
photos

BODY POSTURE
Standing straight and
leaning forward with
both of their hands
holding onto the
camera.

Suggest curiosity and

enthusiasm

NON VERBAL CUE

Artifact: Cameras
- Reinforcing ideas
that they are tourist
- Suggesting passion
for photography

Clothing: Casual
- Plain shirt and flower
pattered shirt
- They both wear hats
- They both carry bags

PERSONAL SPACE
Intimate/Personal
Space:
- Might suggest that
they are siblings or
close friend.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Brownish hair and
white skin suggested
that they are foreigner
of Caucasian origins

Visiting Penang who is

known for famous
tourist destination

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Signs that refers to
the name and
address of the place
where the mural art
can be found.
Associate itself with
tourists and famous
landmark.

BASKETBALL
DUNK

Painted by local artist

called
Mr. Khoo (40)
Depicts a basketball
hoop with a ball going
into it.
One of the player is
seen blocking the ball
to prevent it from
going into the hoop
while the other player,
who is from the same
team, can be seen in
the background looking
at the ball.

FIRST IMPRESSION

Fans
standing
behind the
players give
impression
that this is a
real
competitive
basketball
game.

Dark
background
colors
represent a
sense of
something
unexpected
has
happened
Mysterious.

NON-VERBAL
COMMUNICATION

The first
player showed
a somewhat
suprised
expression.
He tries to
block the
other player
from dunking
but failed.

The second
player seems
shocked
while looking
at the ball.

BODY POSTURE

The first
player is seen
trying to jump
to block the
opponents
dunk with his
hand.
He is trying to
reach the ball
before it goes
in.

SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION
For people
who watches
NBA, he
might know
that the first
player is
Shaquille
Oneal (#34)
who played
from Lakers.
The second
player is Allen
Iverson who
played for the
other team
Philadelphia
76ers.

Both of the
players are
considered on
of the best in
basketball
and has
played in NBA
All Stars.

NON-DOMINANT
CULTURE
COMMUNICATION
It depicts two
famous
African
American
basketball
players
playing in
NBA teams.
Basketball is
not the most
popular sport
in Malaysia.
Little
popularity as
compared to
football and
badminton.

KLANG RIVER

LOCATION: KLANG RIVER, KUALA

LUMPUR
Klang River is a river which flow through Kuala
Lumpur and Selangor in Malaysia and eventually flows into
the Straits of Malacca for 120 Km

HOW WE GOT THERE

BY CAR
LOCATED NEAR PASAR SENI LRT/ CONVENIENT LOCATION
NEAR CITY
ALSO KNOWN AS SUNGAI KLANG ART GALLERY

HE CONQUERED HIS FEAR OF

HEIGHTS!!!

ARTISTS OF KLANG RIVER

GRAFFITI STREET ART WAS SEEN AS
REBELLIOUS
GOVT DECIDED TO LET ARTISTS SHOWCASE
THEIR TALENTS
COMPETITION CALLED KUL SIGN
FESTIVALRUN IN 2012, 200 ARTISTS
DISPLAYED THEIR TALENTS
CONTESTANTS CAME FROM AS FAR AS HONG
KONG, UK, ITALY AND THAILAND
VIDEO OF COMPETITION:
https://youtu.be/5E4L-dX-p0M

MURAL ART AND WHAT IT

REPRESENTS
Our observation at Klang River:
The artists point of view on freedom, liberalism and the
idea of a free world represented through the art

Boy and Klang River

Although it looks simple, but
has different meaning on
how people perceive it.
Attracts tourist and
pedestrian who are nearby
Petaling Street, Central
Market and Pasar Seni LRT
station.
It relates to the place where
it illustrates Klang River's
Mural art.
It shows the characteristic of
the place in art

Concepts
First Impression:
A Malay Boy in LRT

Concepts
Non-verbal message
(Facial expression)
-Assuming that the boy is sad
as he is leaving from Klang
area.
-At the same time he is
looking at the mural art in
Klang River

Concepts
Space
The boy is in a personal space
in LRT, looking out to a public
space

Concepts

Passive Perception
we can understand that
it is in a city from the
graffiti on the wall in the
art

Concepts
Selective Attention
The boy only notices the
mural art in Klang River. It
is something important to
him that attracts his
attention.

Concepts

Body Posture
His face lean on his arm
while looking out from
the window

1.Non-verbal Communication
From the picture above, we can see that the lady, who is wearing a
hat and gloves, is a bird lover. Here she is trying to communicate with
the birds around her through the smoke. From the love word that
she has created, she is telling the birds that she love them all.

2. Face-to-face communication
The lady and birds are facing to each others when the non-verbal
messages is senting out.

3. Non-verbal cue
The birds so comfort on her palm. It is a non verbal cue
communication.

4. Body posture
The lady hold the bird carefully on the her palm, her palm is
slightly open in order to not hurting the bird.

5. Symbolic Interaction
The lady had created a "love" word, it is a symbolic of her love to
the birds.

6. Connection Meaning
The lady and all the birds surrounded her, they were connected
in a lovely atmosphere.

reference
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/one
alsh01.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/ivers
al01.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tD3JaLJjQ_A/Ulboi-V
bvbI/AAAAAAAAwpc/RW-tJi4wq_s/s1600/12+Malaya+
Heroes+Kuala+Lumpur+Graffiti+Street+Art+Mural
+Klang+River-058.jpg