Tapi art installation project by Artsemble

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Artsemble is a unique group of artists and specialists that come from diversified art backgrounds including fine art, graphic design, digital media, animation and arts education. Working together as a team and through our passion in arts we wish to bring difference to the art scene in Malaysia. We aim to promote local arts, design and culture, and bring understanding of art to wider audience. We seek to collaborate and experiment arts from different disciplinary internally and externally, between our own members and with others. We hope to promote peace and bring happiness to different communities through art and charitable projects.

Most Artsemble's artistic activities are voluntary based and non-profitable. Last year was the starting point of our organisation and we kicked started with an art project called "Tapi Project", which aimed to help bring awareness to the public about the Malayan Tapirs. There is no reliable statistic on how many Malayan Tapirs are left in the world today mainly due to lacked of funding to support Tapirs research and conservation programmes. Unofficial statistic suggested that they are only around 3,000 Malayan Tapirs are left in the world and about 200 in zoos around the world, therefore they are being considered as an endangered species. 

“Tapi project” aims to go to different schools to conduct art workshops with the children and during the workshop we will do a presentation about Tapirs and another about contemporary art. Our session ends with a workshop teaching them how to sculpt a tapir using clay and their tapir sculptures are fired and contribute to our art installation that will be shown in World Tapirs Day in April, 2015. This year Penang Pac is organising an event for World Tapir Day in April and it is expected that thousands of people will come to visit the event and experience our installation. We hope that we are able to accumulate around 3,000 little tapir sculptures produced by the school children for our installation which represents the amount of Malayan Tapirs still left in the world today.

We hope to create as much awareness as possible about the endangered Malayan Tapirs through our workshop and exhibition, we also wish to tour our installation after the World Tapirs Day 2015 exhibition. Of course without any financial support it will be very difficult for us to achieve this large scale project. It would be very grateful if you could kindly support us which will help to preserve the Malayan Tapirs for our generations to come. Your financial support can help us to:

1. Purchase clay and sculpting tools for the tapir workshops

2. Firing the clay tapir sculptures

3. Cover all transportation cost

4. Buy materials to set up the exhibition in World Tapirs Day

We would also welcome materials and facility supports such as:

1. Clay (250kg)

2. Facilities for firing the clay tapir sculptures

关于ArtSemble 的“大鼻计划”

Artsemble 是一个来自纯美，平面设计, 动画和多媒体设计, 各领域的艺术工作和教育者组成的团体。这团体旨在促进本地艺术，设计和文化，让艺术的理解能更广泛的传达给大众。我们尝试自身成员间的互动，并寻求与外界不同艺术领域的人士和团体合作与互动。同时也希望通过各类型的艺术活动与社区群众互动和沟通，并建立友好关系以及分享快乐与和平。

Artsemble的艺术活动是团员自发策划以及非盈利的。去年是我们团体的起点，而大鼻计划（Tapi Project）里的装置艺术是我们展开一系列活动与创作的重点项目。其目的是要协助散播保护马来貘的信息。现实里缺乏了到底还有多少马来貘存在的统计，这是因为缺乏资助来作出马来貘的研究和保护计划。 非官方的的统计指出全世界只剩大约3000只马来貘，而另外大约200只则被养育于世界各地的动物园里。所以它们已被归类为频临绝种的动物。

大鼻计划（Tapi Project）里的这项装置艺术旨在到各小学去给学生们作出一系列的艺术工作坊，在这工作坊里我们除了会给学生讲解马来貘的生态和处境，也会介绍当代装置艺术的展示。同时我们也让他们亲自下手塑泥，捏出他们心目中马来貘的模样。他们的马来貘雕塑作品将会送到窑炉里烧，而且会累计为我们的大鼻装置艺术作品，並将会被安排在 2015年4月份的‘世界貘日’ (World Tapirs Day)里展出。今年PenangPac将会于四月为‘世界貘日’ 安排一系列的活动。预料将会超出千人出席同时观赏我们的马来貘装置艺术作品。我们希望能为我们的大鼻计划累计约3000只马来貘塑泥，它代表着世界僅存的马来貘。

‘世界貘日’过后，我们也希望这作品能到处巡迴展出，希望能把马来貘频临绝种的信息传得更远和更広。当然如果没有财力的资助我们是很难完成这项大计划。因此我们在此呼吁，希望大家能资助我们这项富意义的计划的同时也帮忙保护马来貘，好让我们的下一代还有机会接触到这动物。您的资助将可帮我们：

1. 买塑土和雕塑用具

2. 窑烧马来貘雕塑的费用

3. 各种的交通费用

4. 展览的材料费用

我们也欢迎材料与设备方面的资助：

1. 塑土 (250kg)

2. 窑烧马来貘雕塑的设备

Presentation about the possible extinction of the Malayan Tapir

给学生讲解面临绝种的马来貘。

Demostration of sculpting Tapir sculpture using clay.

示范用泥制作马来貘雕塑。

The students are creating their tapir sculptures.

学生正在制作马来貘雕塑。

The tapir sculptures produced by the students.

学生完成的马来貘雕塑。

Retouching student's work. 

修饰学生的创作。