Urip Iku Urup = Life is like a flame

• Main Author: Nur Zafirah Asnadi
• Other Authors: Kristy H.A. Kang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Visual arts and music::Drawing, design and illustration; Visual arts and music::Decorative arts
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149478
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is well-known around the world for its multi-racialism which consists of a few main races such as Indians, Chinese and Malay. It is known that the Chinese race can be broken down into further groups such as Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, and Hakka. Though this knowledge is common in Singapore, not many know that the Malay race can be broken down to different groups too, like the Chinese. Majority of the Malay race consists of Singaporeans whose ancestry comes from Indonesia such as the Javanese, Boyanese, Bugis and Minangkabaus. This project aims to tell a narrative of a family of Javanese heritage living in modern Singapore through the medium of Batik. Its designs are filled with different motifs and colour to represent the stories that were shared during the interviews with the chosen individuals. A zine book will also assist in describing the information of the Batik and the video interview will aid with the understanding of the stories shared.