Ceramic / Mohamad Rizal Salleh

The era of pandemic Covid-19 has changed the world, and educators have had to adjust and find ways to connect and teach creatively in a short period of time. At the commencement of MCO (Movement Control Order), students were forced to switch their practices and studies from a concept based on physical contact to one based on the encounter through recording, video conferencing platform, and online discussion. During this period of confinement, students continue their practices with vocation and conviction. In ceramic studio art research, students are required to investigate the process of making art; explore the potential and characteristics of clay, and its opportunities to transform into three-dimensional artwork, in order to respond and reflect to specific realities in the current contemporary society of their time, and engage directly with their individual reflections. With the limitation of space, resources, and equipment, students have their creative way of adapting to the new workspace at home. This exhibition, then, played an important role in directing us to (re)evaluate the formulation of ‘art outcome’ during the pandemic Covid-19 era.