Wukir Muluk Agegana Paksi

Contributed to 10th year anniversary of Asia Pasific Advertising Festival Celebration :: AdFest 2007 [link]
This is 1 of 10 artwork from 10 artist in Asia. [link]



vector:
Freehand 10


Ten Clouds of creativity, 10th year anniversary! For AdFest is New Chapter.

The Gunungan: holy mountain or Kayon: forest, tree of life
Part of the art of Javanese puppetry (wayang)
Connotes sophisticated philosophy and meaning

Symbol of the opener of a new chapter and indicator of certain events
Also known as the symbol of the highest God, Sang Hyang Wenang
The objects in The Gunungan convey wise messages about the meaning of balance in life

Vector based digital art titled "Wukir Muluk Agegana Paksi"
Meaning: Mountain hovering high in soars like a bird.

Symbol reading using Sangkalan Memet Method
Sangkalan Memet: ancient Javanese symbol coding system from over 1200 years ago (700 Caka Year)
Messages conveyed through visuals
Visuals are read as a sentence regarding a certain event
Each word is being read backwards
Also marks the year of the event

Cracking the code:
Wukir Muluk Agegana Paksi is a Surya Sangkala type, based on solar calendar

Wukir :: gunung :: Mountain characterized 7
Muluk :: teranngkat - terbang :: Fly characterized 0
Anggegana :: menjulang :: Soar characterized 0
Paksi :: burung :: Bird characterized 2

Wukir Muluk Agegana Paksi means the year 2007
2007 marks a decade of AdFest. Ready to keep improving and changing. Paving the way to rise to even greater heights, challenging, inspiring and helping nurture creativity in Asia Pacific region.


vectoreconstruction motifs:
- Clouds: Mega Mendung motifs, traditional batik motifs from Cirebon, central of Java.
- Parang Rusak, traditonal batik motifs from Surakarta and Yogyakarta, central of java.
modificated with shape from map of Thailand.
- Gunungan, traditional motifs from wayang kulit.
- Elephants frame, represent Thailand.


Up! Up! and Away!

:: :: from Indonesia