Story Creator

A Slice of Space Times is a model of invisible time line of Sybil Kathigasu's life. To reconstruct a model of a space time continuum in the life of a main motherly figure of a wife, midwife, nurse, mother, communist sympathizer, criminal of war and later a forgotten heroine of the British Empire that the Neo-Malay dominant "ketuanan" Malaysia desperate to forget by exclusive from the Malayan History, almost unheard of in the history textbook of the secondary school of Malaysia. The first day of tutorial was the first time to meet Sybil Kathigasu from the novel "No Dram of Mercy".  After reading the story, the first impression that came into my mind is that she is a super bossy lady who was known for her bravery of being a brave freedom fighter in WW2. I have done a paper mock up to describe the timeline of the story as how the story of her life goes. Apart from that, I have developed the design of the timeline which provide a capacity for every time zon

Two days ago, I saw an old wooden block in a truck during the tutorial session with Mr.David. Thanks to the deliveryman, he gave me the wooden block as I asked for. Apart from that, I got some rusty nails from the workers of the construction site on the way to school. The old wooden block was the base of my installation while the rusty nails was used to hold the perspex. Li Cheng, my coursemate have booked the make-lab for whole day, which provided us a working space to work on our installation.  The design was developed from the "Timeline" I made last week. Instead of using the four different types of light transmission boxes to represent the main plots of the novel, "No Dram of Mercy" by Sybil Kathigasu, the "Timeline" was developed by using perspex to form an invisible timeline on what Sybil experienced. The "Timeline" will be "twisted" with the angle of perspex to form a movement and will be "shrink" and &qu

The novel "No Dram of Mercy" by Sybil Kathigasu, is the first account experiences by the author who attempt to assist her compatriots during Japanese Occupation in Malaya resulted in her imprisonment, tortured and interrogated as well as death. The story is also the timeline of what Sybil experienced from the beginning of Japanese Occupation until the end of WWII. The mock up was inspired by the keyword "TIMELINE" which represent the story line of "No Dram of Mercy". The mock up was divided by the plots of story. The different light transmission material was fully used to represent each part of plots and connected by the core, which is the lighting. We cannot touch the core of the story which is Sybil Kathigasu, but we can feel her (light)and visualize her figure.(shadow) The bottom part of mock up (translucent) represent the starting of the story, the beginning of Japanese Occupation and seeking of hope. While the second part of mock up which

1. What you aspire to achieve in d:CON 4 ? At first, I hope that I can achieve enough sleeping time in this new semester although it is impossible to me. (I’m slow in doing work, just kidding.) I hope that I can enjoy this project by feeling anything it bring to me. It might be the knowledge of designing architecture, inspiration and creative exploration as well as presentation skills. Architecture life is filled with surprises, even though it bring a lot of tough days. I like to tell stories, no matter in talking, writing, or drawing. Meanwhile, there is another way to be a storyteller – an architect. Great architecture tells stories. I hope that I am able to tell people story of Sybil Kathigasu, a freedom fighter in Malaya though this project. 2. What are the ingredients in you that you think will contribute to d:CON 4 ? I am a person who like seeking knowledge and sharing experiences with others. I like to talk with people, involved myself in different fields. This en