MUSADDIQ MOHAMAD KHALIL

  LIAC was the given acronym representing 'Lendu International Art Camp' in 2014. This creative effort was initiated by the School of Art & Design, UiTM Melaka with the collaboration of government and non-government (NGO) organisations. LIAC 2014 liberated the perception of local host communities regarding the Academic Art World, which was foreseen as exclusively academic, and selectively in an academic setting rather than open public spaces. Re-infusing the strong spirit of ' Gotong Royong ' (togetherness), and Re-initiating the golden Malay proverb " Berat Sama Dipikul, Ringan Sama Dijinjing  (A Trouble Shared is a Trouble Halved)", as the essence of instilling positive Societal-Cultural Values in the production of communal Public Art. The unsettled Question that lays outside the Academic Art World is 'How does Art contributes towards societal civic conduct? The Answer to this Question lays upon the epistemological notions of Art, resting between two

  The Origin of the word 'Contemporary' derives from both words Medieval Latin Con (together with) +  Tempus/Tempor (time), evolving into late Latin Contemporalis, and revolutionized as the ' Contemporary' in the mid 17th Century which remains significant especially in the Art World today.  What sparks the heyday of Contemporary Art which is simultaneously associated with Multiculturalism/Pluralism remains on the shared Maxim of Fragmented Narrative, Championed by Post-Modernism Art is viewed as self-expressions by western-centric philosophers which dictates the Individualism/Humanism as a Worldview. Whereas in eastern/oriental-centric Art is seen as a collective expression or symbol of pride on dictating the Worldview of Collectivism, this is seen on the majestic symbol of 'Keris' in the Malay World, technically it acts as a weapon, practically its adorned with mesmerizing intricate beauty between proportion and aesthetics, and symbolically as a majestic symbol