Sulapan Urung Taka: Installation art changes the perception of space by instilling artistic community

Collective artists are bound together by shared ideologies, aesthetics, and/or beliefs. SULAPAN URUNG TAKA aims to highlight the art community's environment by showcasing young artists’ creativity. It is a way to celebrate the creativity of artists through their individual pieces, and the installation is also a creative celebration and an introduction to the audience, where they can experience the structure firsthand. The rooftop of the NafaSyahdu Art Studio was chosen for a permanent installation that is thought of as a collaborative piece of art and can be used by the community and the general public as a place to meet. Keywords: Sulapan Urung Taka; Installation Art; Perception of Space; Artistic Community eISSN: 2398-4287© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DO

Digitized Engineering Notebook

Digitized Engineering Notebook is a web application that allows students to record their work as they go through the process of their robotics competition. This notebook will portray the same qualities as the current engineering notebook. This digital version of an engineering notebook gives students a platform where they can upload data such as images, texts, videos to a database. Digitized engineering notebook will allow multiple users to log into the system, and work on same project at the same time. This web application will be developed in an open source environment called XAMPP. It will include multiple users. This Notebook can be categorized into queries which can be converted into PDF. The web application will have login credentials for every user and will also allow name-wise search of any user so their progress can be tracked. The functionalities of this Notebook will include a front page with menu, options to create new projects, addition of new members to the project, table of contents, etc., This web application will also contain a calendar so students can mark events. It will have a discussion board where students can interact with each other. The main goal of this web application is to inspire students to learn STEM engineering process. This Digitized Notebook will encourage knowledge sharing. The contents of the Notebook will be easy to query and share. It will allow students to work as a team remotely. This web application will be kids friendly and will allow students from K-12 to use it

An exploration of autobiographical narrative through figurative ceramic sculpture installation series / Syed Zamzur Akasah Syed Ahmed Jalaluddin

The dichotomy between creative processes, practices and life is one of the main themes in historical-artistic process reflection in over the centuries from east to west. Within the contemporary art, autobiographical work opens up the possibilities of a new kind of relation between people of different background and the creation of art as to share the life story. This research is an exploration of personal narrative driven from life experiences as observer raised by a single parent. The interpretation establishes in artwork making from the idea supporting by the historical evidence, and artists references background from local to international who producing artwork basis to autobiographical narrative, and also the suitability of material used and its related to the ideas. By that, figurative form is chosen as to convey the ideas and clay used in forming the work of ceramic as a main character in delivering the ideas. Investigation and understanding in the process of art making begins with the use of clay as raw material be explored within the scientific calculation, and as well the connection of ideas and artwork be presented within the help of domestic objects, wooden boxes and be finalized in installation series as a final body of artwork

Spirituality of Papar Landscape

Art's function has allowed artists to express themselves for centuries. Art was once created solely for religious reasons, especially with the rise of the Catholic Church. The Industrial Revolution and the church's declining influence in the 19th century opened people's eyes to emotion and imagination, which Romanticists later portrayed artistically. This led to nature mysticism and landscape paintings. Similarly, St. Ignatius' Ignatian Spirituality corresponds to the divine yearning in nature. Spirituality and art can go hand in hand, say Jesuit priest-artists. Mystical landscapes reveal humanity's spiritual connection to nature. Artists explore emotion and spirituality through monochromatic art because it can provoke deeply personal experiences My art explores landscape's spirituality. I like how it evokes spirituality, longing, and comfort. Keywords: Spirituality; Papar Landscape eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC  BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.394

#CeritaKita: The splendour of Malaysia through mural painting on petronas gas station

Murals are works of public art that express ideas on a building's surface. The connections between how it's made, where it is, and what it represents have been demonstrated to be powerful visual communication tools for stimulating energy, activity, surroundings, social messages and patriotism spirit. Nowadays, companies like Petronas Dagangan Berhad support local artists to express their sense of local identity. By that, artists showcase their talents in a specific place, forming different styles and delivering the most imaginative affinities to the community. This activity gives hope to Malaysian artists and creatives in transforming local identity into a visual display. Keywords: The Splendour of Malaysia; Mural Painting; Petronas Gas Station eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI8.392

Potential of Jelly as a Matrix in Printmaking

Contemporary printmaking focuses on producing a series of monoprints produced by the alternative printmaking matrix. The primary objectives of this research are to investigate the suitability of jelly as an alternative matrix for printmaking and to create a series of printmaking works based on the marks made by the jelly plate. This project aims to develop a series of artworks composed of the mark-makings generated by the alternative matrix. The process of exploration of the jelly plate making to establish the final consistency of the jelly plate as a potential matrix suitable for producing monoprints. The process of trial and error is practised in finding the right ingredients for jelly plate making. The final matrix will be produced as the consistency of the ingredients is found. Hence, producing mark-making from collected material results in a beautiful pattern-making process. Keywords: Alternative Printmaking; Jelly Plate; Printmaking Matrix; Monoprint eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.379

Translation of names of figures in the “Mushaf Brunei Darussalam dan Terjemahannya”

This article revolves around the translation of names of figures in the Quran into the Malay language in the “Mushaf Brunei Darussalam dan Terjemahannya” (MBDT). It attempts at investigating the strategies for translating the names of the figures, namely the Prophets, their family members, companions, enemies, and other significant individuals in the history of the Prophets. The strategies are examined in terms of their effectiveness and appropriateness in producing successful translations for the names that could be well-comprehended by the target readers. As these names are of Arabic origin and culture-related, translators are therefore liable to confusion or mistakes when translating them into other languages, as can be seen in some English translations of the Quran. Translating the names into Malay is no exception and poses different translation challenges as Malay and Arabic belong to distant and different language families and cultures. The research method employed was the qualitative approach by textual analysis. The data were first collected from all the chapters in the Quran, and then from their Malay equivalents in the MBDT. The data were then compared and analysed descriptively, based on the Fernandes’ taxonomy for translating proper names (2006). The findings of the study showed that the translators of the MBDT incorporated either only one strategy or a combination of two or three strategies in conveying the names of figures into Malay with “transcription” being the most preferred strategy. Therefore, translators have to be wise in resolving the issues arising from the complexity of certain proper names

Feasibility analysis of standalone PV powered battery using SEN for Smart Grid

In Smart Grid (SG) communication network, sensors integrated communication radios namely ZigBee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth are becoming urgent and crucial part of SG wireless communication. Sensor nodes are generally battery powered. With the enhancement and huge utilization of sensor technologies, batteries have not been improved significantly at the same pace. However, batteries are essential to power the sensor nodes and there is no alternative of this energy bank. Therefore, to provide seamless power to the nodes is a challenge when the nodes are meant for integrating distributed renewable generations for years. Necessitate of the battery replacement is not often cost effective when the batteries are drained out. This paper presents a feasibility study of standalone Photovoltaic (PV) powered battery using Sensors-radios integrated Embedded Node (SEN) for SG application. In this study, we have analyzed charging characteristics of a lead-acid battery that can be recharged during day time by a PV module. The aim of this research is to testify the two simultaneous jobs- (i) the battery is sufficient to power Sensors-ZigBee integrated Arduino (SZA) for at least one day operation, (ii) scrutiny the optimal size of PV for recharging the battery considering three different day variations- average, cloudy, and full rainy day. The result from real data analysis reveals that the module is sufficient to recharge the battery on an average day; however, it is not sufficient for full cloudy or full rainy day. Finally, a mathematical model is obtained from regression analysis that shows battery internal resistance is exponential to voltage on both full cloudy and rainy day, but it is linear on average day

Archives in Pakistan

Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947 as a result of the partition of British India. On its east and southeast lies India, on the north and northwest is Afghanistan, to the west is Iran, and toward the south is the Arabian Sea. Pakistan shares a common border with China. According to the 1998 Census, its population included 135 million citizens and estimates suggest that number increased to 145 million by 2003. Two-thirds of the population live in rural areas, and engage in agriculture as the main source of livelihood. The majority of the population is composed of Muslims; the remaining are Hindus, Christians, and Parsees. About twenty languages are spoken in Pakistan. Urdu is the national language of the country, but English continues to be used for education, commercial, and other official purposes. Pakistan’s literacy rate was 47 percent in 1998. Politically, Pakistan is a federation of four provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Northwest Frontier Province, and Balochistan). Administratively, the provinces are comprised of districts, which are divided into small subdivisions (Tehsils). These are further divided into union councils

Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan

The paper aims to describe in brief the contribution of seven leaders of Pakistan librarianship, viz. K.B. Khalifa M. Asadullah, Prof. Dr. Abdul Moid, Dr. Abdus Subuh Qasimi, Muhammad Shafi, Fazal Elahi, Khawaja Nur Elahi and S. V. Hussain. The early library developments are given for better understanding of the role of these leaders