Adam Tan Yen Sheng

Huynh minh nhat DinhChew Yu Jing

Lynette Law Yong YiHariish Kumar

Yeow Jinn Sheng

Steel Artwork (Procession)

Procession is a steel-rod sculpture on Armenian Street, George Town. It is on the wall to your left, after the big "Old Man" mural by Ernest Zacharevic.

The sculpture depicts the Grand Float Procession held in 1926 to celebrate the birthday of Tua Pek Kong. As it was the Year of the Tiger, effigies of the tiger was carried through the streets

Observing the procession is a British tourist who remembers the last tiger shot in 1930

Tang Mun Kian The artist, designer and cartoonist behind

these wire sculptures is Tang Mun Kian. A graduate of the Malaysian Institute of Art, he dabbled as an advertising art director for a decade in Singapore before moving his base to Kuala Lumpur

Intercultural Communication

Ethnocentrism - The tendency to judge the values, customs, behaviors, or other aspects of another culture

Why?

The British guy is judging them of killing the tiger without even knowing their culture

They are actually celebrating tua pek kong birthday

Perception

Passive perception-way of understanding something or become aware through senses

Difference in Perception

Physiological factors- study on function of our body

Past experiences and roles

Perceptual constancy

Why?Observing the procession is a British tourist who remembers the last tiger shot in 1930

So he assumes they are killed a tiger

Non-verbal Communication

Nonverbal communication is communication without words.

Gesture, smile or frown, widen eyes, moving closer to another person, wear jewelry, touch someone, raise your vocal volume

Why? The 2 guys carrying the tiger

float shows they are happy, because they are smiling

You can clearly see the british guys eyes has widen and his mouth is open in shock, showing that he his in shock

Small Group CommunicationInteraction between members

Interdependence

Establishing group climate:

Trust

Supportiveness

Cohesiveness

Why? The 2 guys carrying the huge

tiger needs to rely,trust and communicate with each other, in order to successfully carry the tiger.

Human CommunicationCommunication has been broadly defined as “the sharing of experience,” and to some extent all living organisms can be said to share experience.

Mass Communication

Message intended for the masses of individuals.Feedback is limited.Communication is characterized as public

Why? The message on top of the

tiger is to explain the history and culture behind, so that we wont miss interpret the situation like that british guy on the steel art works

LITTLE CHILDREN RIDING ON

BIYCLE

Artist : Ernest Zacharevic

-Lithuania-born artist -Beautifully executed wall paintings, or

murals, at selected streets in the inner city

- known as Mirrors George Town ( part of George Town Festival 2012)

- "Boy on a Bike", the lively "Little Children on a Bicycle" to the whimsical"Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur".

BACKGROUND

REAL CHILDREN BEHIND THE ART :

TAN YI & TAN

KERN -started when Tan Yi ,6 and her brother, Tan Kern, 4 , were out with their parents Adrian Tan and Ashley Teoh-members of the Urban Sketchers Penang during a sketching walkabout, at the Goddess of Mercy Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling last year. -Zacharevic was also at the event.

-“He captured that particular scene which has now become the famous mural,”

CONCEPTS

1.Proximity2.Non – verbal communication3.Collectivist culture4.Concept of space5.Active perception

Proximity

An organization of perception process states objects that are physically close to each other will be perceived as a

group

Explanation:Audience will assumes that children is riding on the bicycle because they

were close to the bicycle as if riding on it, even though they are not.

Non-verbal communicationcommunication without words. It includes apparent

behaviours such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, and tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between

two or more people.

Explanation:The mural painting clearly showed the sibling love since the younger

brother hugged his sister from the back. The joy in their faces expressed their happiness.

Collectivist culture The culture that tend to view themselves as members of groups and usually consider the needs of the group to be more important than the needs of individuals.

Explanation:The mural painting emphasize the strong bonding of family, which focus

on commitment towards family and value the cooperation between siblings.

Space

Explanation:Since the younger brother hugged his sister from the back, obviously, it is an intimate space, which meant the distance between this two siblings is

very close (0-6 inches).

Concept of space states that an individual surrounded by intimate, personal, social or public space.

Active perceptionOur mind selects and interprets that which we sense.

Interpretation process (internal state and external stimuli) involved.

Explanation:Audience felt so loved with the mural painting (internal state) because

they saw “Children on Bicycle” mural paint (external stimuli).

Reggie Lee

Reggie Lee was born and raised in penang.He studied St.Xavier’s institution and now is a famous cartoonist in Malaysia.His

cartoon appear in Malaysia’s largest daily,The Star.He is also probably the only artist to have

his creations in so many mediums from cyberspace to moviespace.

Non-Dominant Cultural Communication-Assimilation

• to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted: the new immigrants assimilated easily.

Ah Quee corporating to have his property taken down so that a road could be built.The artwork shows him talking with a seemingly british officer which represent the cooperation between them to achieve something in harmony.

Ethnocentrism

• judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.

The british guy in artwork seemed to be making fun of Ah Quee’s name by calling it in many ways which shows ethnocentrism.He is judging Ah Quee’s name by comparing it to the names in his culture that is used to him.

Intercultural communication

-Different culture (European & Chinese) Racial,Ethnic,Socioeconomics

-Importance (Money,Exposure,Technology convergence)

Identity management

-Face to face interaction-managing the face

-Trial & error - looking similar aspects

-mixing up - achieve relational identity

-renegotiation- negotiation distinction of culture

Non-verbal communication

-Gestures - to convey meaning