Sunday, November 23, 2008

The theme of the virtual museum

After my visits to the Muzium Negara, there are 2 themes that I think could be used as the focus of my virtual museum.
1. The wood carving of Orang Asli
2. The Chinese porcelains from shipwreck

Well, I am more interested in arts and that's why I believe I could do a better job with these themes.

Ok, so about the wood carving of Orang Asli, their attraction is that, each and every of the "patung" actually has a myth or story behind it. And, I found that it would be interesting to use the patung as a medium for the users to know about the culture of Orang Asli. HOWEVER, the problem is... Somehow, yes, somehow, I am a bit afraid of those patung... Some of the patung are related to their beliefs and rituals, and I could somehow felt their "aura". I am not trying to be silly but it's true, they made me feel that I must take them serious and never ever offend them or I'd be cursed! ...something like that... @@" This is just my personal feeling, no offense, k? I don't even dare to take some photos of the patung. Who knows if some strange things would appear in the photos???

Since there is an indestructible barrier in between the wood carving and I, I guess I shall give up on this. So, let's move on to the Chinese porcelains.

The Chinese porcelains that are displayed in the museum are discovered in the Diana/Desaru Shipwreck. What attracted me is the very detailed decoration of the blue and white porcelains. I just love those Chinese arts that have special motifs behind them.

And while viewing these porcelains, my mind started to visualize the scene where under the deep deep sea, everything seems to be blueish, and with very low visibility, a shipwreck is found... I don't know, this kind of vision just automatically formed in my mind during that moment. And so, I snapped my finger, that's it! The exhibits in my virtual museum would be the Chinese porcelains!

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Thanks to my dear sister who is
- the driver that brought me here and there for site visiting
- the company that discussed with me during the visit to museum
- the photographer that helped me to "record"

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