BANDUNG, unpas.ac.id – Bandung bukan cuma masalah geografis, lebih jauh dari itu melibatkan perasaan –Pidi Baiq, a quotation from Bandung author.
Bandung always has its way to create memories, as well as hone its citizens’ and visitors’ creative instinct. Creativity poured in an idea and actual works should be properly able to be enjoyed by the community as the source of inspiration.
Through ‘Aku dan Bandung’ Expo, Student’s Community of Visual Communication Design (Himpunan Mahasiswa Desain Komunikasi Visual, DKV, Himadu) Universitas Pasundan wants to offer the memory of Bandung packed through exhibition and work appreciation.
‘Bandung dan Segala Kenangan’ becomes an attractive theme that wrapped various interesting activities initiated by Himadu. As many as 40 illustrations made by students, teachers, and alumni of Unpas DKV were exhibited at the Hall of Mandala Saba Otto Iskandar Dinata, Unpas Campus IV, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No. 193, Bandung.
Not only exhibition, ‘Aku dan Bandung’ Expo was also livened up by a Talkshow presented by Atep Kurnia (author of ‘Jejak-jejak Bandung’), Comic Workshop with the Comic Artist Sweta Kartika, Poster Competition for High School students, and music performances (gigs).
Head of Himadu Filla Ramadan said that ‘Aku dan Bandung’ Expo becomes a place for people to pouring up the sense of longing to Bandung as well as dedication of Himadu administrator 2021-2022 to create a memorable and impressive exhibition.
“We would like review the story of Bandung past and present, because many Unpas DKV students turned out to be ‘outsiders’ (people who do not come from Bandung) who find comfort in Bandung. The works displayed also contain the designers’ memories while staying in Bandung or their personal experience” he said.
The Chance of (Publishing) a Comic at the Industry
The selection of Comic Workshop as the series of ‘Aku dan Bandung’ Expo is in line with the increasing need of illustrator at the industry. Comic Artist in included to the list of profession whose chance is promising at creative industry.
“Besides, the speaker of the workshop is Sweta Kartika, a Webtoon creator who, in this field is widely well-known and familiar to all the fan of comics or illustrations,” said Head of Department of Unpas DKV, Fadhly Abdillah, S.Sn., M.Sn.
At Unpas Department of Visual Communication Design, Comic is already included in the optional-course as an attempt to developing the illustration students. Next July, Unpas DKV will also hold a Workshop of CGI and present the alumni who has joined to work on Gatotkaca, the movie.
A Comic Workshop which was previously targeted for 20 participants exceeded the expectation. There are more than 32 participants joining the event to present their best work to win over the Wacom Pen Tablet and cash money prize supported by Unpas DKV Department.
“They were really enthusiastic. The participants are spread out from various universities, such as Unikom, ATC Widyatam, IWU, Australian Institute of Music, Binus, SMPN 18 Bandung, ARS University, ISBI Bandung as well as Universitas Negeri Semarang. All of them presented at the Hall of H. Hasan Moestopa, Unpas Campus IV,” he continued.
Raising Local Issues
Fadhly continued that the talk show session with Atep Kurnia was not only about the correlation to the theme ‘Aku dan Bandung’ Expo. Academically, the talk show about Bandung (from time to time) is also related to locality which DKV Unpas continues to encourage.
“We applaud and will give students of Unpas DKV additional score if they work and raise local-themed issues on their final paper. This relates to the concept of DKV, so it is not only about Bandung,” he said.
Later, this kind of activities are expected to continue, so the knowledge accepted will be much broader, both from practitioner and experience on maintaining the event. (Reta)**