In looking for artist references, I’m curious in rituals and performances as it resonates with the notion of gender perfomativity as postulated by Butler. The constant need to adjust one’s ‘queerness’ to fit into certain spaces is a ritual in itself, and a performance as they have to put on a persona. I’m inspired by Sulaiman Esa’s Rajaah: Taman Duka Lara… Read more →
Author: Iskandar Ruhaizat
Final Project: Research
For the final project, I’ve decided to change from my initial idea of projection mapping on the CHC (where I look at Chinese nursery rhymes and children’s songs because the reason why the Overseas Chinese community here set up the university is to retain their identity; language is one of the main markers of cultural identity). I’ve decided to work… Read more →
Protected: “You don’t need much space to have sex” NSFW (but safe for school)
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Part I: “You Don’t Need Much Space To Have Sex”
A response to Singapore’s Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo on her (in)famous quote, “you don’t need much space to have sex”, this photo series takes you on a journey that yes, you don’t need much (personal and private) space to have sex; do it in public (just don’t get caught)! This preliminary oeuvre seeks to explore point-of-views in image-making… Read more →
Assignment 2: The Landscape
Escaping Ennui WORKING FILE When you’ve sunk so deep into ennui you couldn’t get out of that sinking despair and listlessness. You’re trapped by the bars you’ve built around yourself and wallow in the abyss of self-doubt that even to get out of your predicament seems like an important task even though its just within the grasp of… Read more →
Assignment 1 – Portrait
Aku Melayu WORKING FILE Self-portrait of me navigating through my Malay identity and markers that define Malayness. How does a Malay look like? How do you know if a person is Malay? Without these tangible identity markers of my Malayness, can you still tell that I’m Malay? PROCESS Took it in landscape so I cropped… Read more →
User Testing
Turns out the max size for video upload is 3MB lol. In this drive are folders for three user testers. https://drive.google.com/open?id=10mZ7K6AHJueandHJUYe-CcdSUziMavKf I realised that the recording function in XD is a screen capture and does not record the person using it as well (idk why screen capturing isn’t the first thing that I’d thought of). But to redo… Read more →
Inspirational sites
In the video, its confounding and thus, I attempt to create a more user-friendly site providing the least clicks with regards to the pathways. Some things I had in mind include using grids, lesser headline text links and using colour to compartmentalise the different news categories. I also consider other factors such as ads and other monetising initiatives such as… Read more →
Personae
Here are my 6 personae for The Dominion Post: Surfer Mom Name: Alice Glass (40) Gender/Orientation: F/Hetero Personal Statement: “I like to know what’s happening, especially around Island Bay. My children is my top priority and I want them to be safe and have a better life.” Role: Community member and swimmer. Devote full attention to task at hand.… Read more →
Navigating The Dominion Post Site
Navigating through print and web may be different, but the fundamental rules of design still applies to both such as typography, hierarchy, layout, and colour, just to name a few. Started off with an exercise that requires us to look at the print copy of The Dominion Post, a local Wellington newspaper. Then look at how the information is presented,… Read more →