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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,
BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
ADIBAH AWANG 0316318
HAFIZI SIDRATUL 0315470
FARAH AKMAL 0315884
GHADA RASHAD 0315601
NADINE NASHARUDDIN 0316183
NAME ID
SESSION: WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
BATCH
MODULE: FCOMM 0102
LECTURER: MISS
THIVILOJANA
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THIS STEEL ART SCULPTURE IS
LOCATED AT MUNTERI STREET
ON AN OFF-ROAD IN GEORGE
TOWN. IT IS DRAWN BY THE
CARTOONIST LEFTY. IT IS
LOCATED IN THIS STREET IN
HONOR OF NGAH IBRAHIM, THE
MALAY NOBLEMAN OF LARUT
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE 19TH
CENTURY TIN MINING
MUNTRI STREET, BUFFER ZONE,
GEORGETOWN, WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
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THE GEORGE TOWN
CARICATURE SCULPTURES
BY LEFTY ARE AMONG THOSE
THAT WERE USED IN THE
MARKING GEORGE TOWN
PROJECT. JULIAN "LEFTY"
KAM WAS AN ART DIRECTOR
AND EDITOR FOR SEVERAL
PUBLICATIONS IN MALAYSIA
AND SINGAPORE. JULIAN
‘LEFTY’ KAM IS ONE OF THE
CO-FOUNDERS OF GILAMON
STUDIO AN INDEPENDENT
COMICS PUBLISHER THAT WS
SET UP TO PUBLISH THE
CREATIVE ENDEAVOURS OF
THE FOUR COFOUNDERS:
JULIAN ‘LEFTY’ KAM, CHIN
SAU LIM, MICHAEL CHUA, AND
TAN ENG HUAY.
THE
SCULPTOR
JULIAN ‘LEFTY’ KAM
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CHANNEL
S
INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION
SEMANTIC
INTERFERAN
CE
CONCEP
TS
NON VERBAL
COMMUNICATI
ON
SOCIAL
SPACE
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TING TING THONG IS A STEEL-ROD
SCULPTURE LOCATED ALONG SECK CHUAN
LANE, IN GEORGE TOWN PENANG. IT IS
CREATED BY SCULPTURE AT WORK FOR THE
PENANG ISLAND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
(MPPP), BASED ON CARICATURE OF LOCAL
CARTOONIST BABA CHUAH. TING TING
THONG IS ONE OF THE FAVOURITE FOODS
SOLD AT SECK CHUAN LANE. IT IS ALSO
KNOWN AS ROCK CANDY, A HARDENED
MIXTURE OF SUGAR, SESAME SEEDS AND
NUTS LOVED BY KIDS. THE CANDY HAS TO
BE ‘CHISELED’ AND ‘HAMMERED’ TO BREAK
IT INTO SMALLER BITEABLE PIECES. THE
TING TING THONG SCULPTURE CELEBRATES
A LOCAL DELICACY FROM TIME PAST, WHEN
HAWKERS WOULD GO STREET BY STREET
TO SELL ROCK CANDY. THESE CANDIES
APPEALED TO CHILDREN WHO WILL OFTEN
CONGREGATE WHENEVER THEY HEAR THE
ROCK CANDY-MAN COMING. HE IS OFTEN
CALLED THE "TING TING THONG", THE
SOUND MADE BY HIS CHISEL BREAKING THE
HARD-AS-ROCK CANDY.
SECK CHUAN LANE, CORE ZONE,
GEORGETOWN, WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
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THE
SCULPTORBABA CHUAH GEORGE TOWN
CARICATURE SCULPTURES IS A SET OF
STEEL-ROD SCULPTURES PLACED AT
STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN GEORGE
TOWN. CHUAH MADE HIS DEBUT IN THE
CARTOON SCENE WHEN HE WAS
PUBLISHED IN FALSAFAH BATU API IN
1991. THIS LED TO THE USE OF HIS WORK
BY CREATIVE ENTERPRISE FOR THEIR
"FANTASI" ANTHOLOGY SERIES.
IN 2000, BABA CHUAH ENTERED THE
INTERNATIONAL SCENE WHEN HIS WORK,
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S HUNT, WAS
PUBLISHED BY THE US PUBLISHER, DARK
HORSE, IN ISSUE NO. 156. TODAY CHUAH
CONTINUES TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN
THE COMICS SCENE. SO FAR, THREE OF
HIS CARICATURES HAVE BEEN SELECTED
FOR THE STREET ART COMMISSION BY
THE PENANG ISLAND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
(MPPP) THOUGH THE DESIGN COMPANY,
BABA CHUAH
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CONCEP
TSNON-VERBAL CODES
FACIAL EXPRESSION
TUBB’S COMMUNICATION
MODEL
MASS COMMUNICATION
CONFLICT
COMPETITION IN
BUSINESS
SPACE
SOCIAL DISTANCE
GUDYKUNST’S & KIM’S
(1997) PRINCIPLE FOR
BUILDING COMMUNITY ‘BE
PEACEFUL’
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JIMMY CHOO SCULPTURE, MUNTRI
STREET,
GEORGETOWN, PENANG
THE REASON FOR PLACING THE
FIGURE HERE HAS TO DO WITH THE
HONG KONG SHOE STORE AT 177
MUNSTRI STREET. THIS IS THE
WORKSHOP IN WHICH JIMMY CHOO
BEGAN HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN
SHOE MAKING. BUT INSTEAD OF
BECOMING A ROADSIDE COBBLER,
CHOO CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION
AT CORDWAINERS' TECHNICAL
COLLEGE IN LONDON.
BABA CHUAH
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CONCEP
TS MASS
COMMUNICATIO
N
NON VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
SEMANTIC
INTERFERENC
E
CONNOTATIVE
MEANING
PERCEPTION
PROXIMITY
CLOSENESS