Cyberjaya Art Graffiti - I Am Me

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

Cyberjaya is more than a global technology hub, having evolved into a progressive, modern and sophisticated township, it continues to impress with an emphasis on green initiatives and infrastructure where the community can work, live, study and play. Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd (Setia Haruman), the master developer of Cyberjaya is relentless in growing the Cyberjaya into a vibrant township with a mission to make it a liveable, green and smart city.

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

Setia Haruman teamed up with Multimedia University (MMU) to organise The Cyberjaya Art Graffiti in conjunction with the Cyberjaya Art Xpression Festival 2018 (AxF 2018) themed “I Am Me” for the Cyberjaya community.

Setia Haruman provided the space and funds to run the Cyberjaya Art Graffiti by MMU students. It featured international artists Fahla Fadhillah Lotan (Dila) and R. Bonar Diat Senan Putro (Otong), who are members of ThedeoMIXBLOOD, as a prelaunch for AxF 2018. This event is the first of its kind to be held in Cyberjaya and the event was based on an idea initiated by the MMU students to express Cyberjaya in a futuristic and joyful manner.

 

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

“In this joint effort, exceptional artists brought by MMU were commissioned to create masterpieces that will add vibrancy to Cyberjaya. This is the very first time we are doing graffiti art in Cyberjaya and it is our hope that through these creative expressions, students will be able to build self-confidence and self-esteem. The Cyberjaya Art Graffiti also provides a platform to showcase talents and skills in a positive manner,” explained Ahmad Soalahuddin, Head of Business Development Division of Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd.

“We are very pleased to have international participation in this art festival. Experimental artist duo Dilla and Otong who flew in from Yogyakarta to join the art expression festival, brought with them their valuable experience working on art installations and exhibitions worldwide,” said the Founder of Art Xpression Festival, Ms. Atiqah Jani.

 

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

 Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

Atiqah added, “I visited Yogyakarta in January this year to see places and ideas where Yogyakarta is famous for their art expressions on the wall. It was such an inspiring journey to visit their previous community art project for villagers called as Jeblog Street Art and was invited to join their art project entitled ‘Don’t Sleep Away Oh Baby, Stay With Me’.  The artists will be touring several venues in Malaysia such as Cyberjaya for their upcoming exhibition tour during the AxF 2018. The artists will also be meeting up with various Malaysian artists for their forthcoming tour which is also expected to be held in Brunei, Singapore and also Thailand.”

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

The Cyberjaya Art Graffiti kicked off with 110 students working together to complete 5 C- signs that will be adorning prominent areas in Cyberjaya and other wall murals that can be seen at The Launchpad a co-working space by Setia Haruman and The Place.

The week-long festival from 23 – 27th April will continue with other interesting activities such as an open mic session, a meet & greet session with social media and fashion influencers, a theatrical performance, fashion bazaar and fashion runway besides the wall of expression and “I Am Me” exhibition. The presence of F&B stalls and food trucks will further add to the merriment of the festival. Here’s to recognizing the young artsy talents in Malaysia!

About MMU

Multimedia University (MMU) was established in July 1996. It is a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia’s Convergence Champion and No. 1 Converged Communications Services Provider. Originally known

as Universiti Telekom and located in Melaka, the university’s current name took hold in March 1997, when TM was given the enormous task of establishing a new campus in Cyberjaya that would supply the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) with superior quality knowledge workers. Since its establishment over 20 years ago, MMU has produced 48,661 graduates and currently it has more than 18,000 students across its three campuses in Melaka, Cyberjaya and Nusajaya with more than 1,500 international students from 70 countries.

Currently, MMU is one of Malaysia’s leading private universities as it is listed in the Top 200 of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2017, 2016 and 2015 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (E&E). This achievement is another signicant milestone to MMU as this is the third subject to be ranked in the Top 200 of the World rankings. The other two subjects are Communication and Media Studies and Computer Science and Information Systems (CS&IS) which made the top 200 in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Moreover, MMU is listed in Social Sciences and Management broad subject area for the first time, making it the only Malaysian private university to be listed in this ranking. Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Education have found that more than 97% of MMU’s graduates secure employment within 6 months of completing their studies. On 30 November 2015, MMU was announced as one of the recipients of 4 stars of the Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) by Ministry of Higher of Education. To learn more about MMU, please visit www.mmu.edu.my.

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti

About ThedeoMIXBLOOD

ThedeoMIXBLOOD is an independent hybrid custom toys group formed at the beginning of 2009, with Fahla Fadhillah Lotan (Dila) and R. Bonar Diat Senan Putro (Otong) as members, both with different art bases. The different interest between the two gave a certain colour to ThedeoMIXBLOOD.  

Cyberjaya Art Graffiti