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Morphosis 1

2010-10-13T10:20:00.000-07:00

6 min 6 sec 6 micro sec sketch

2010-10-11T01:22:00.000-07:00

THE UNIVERSE IS FLAT 1

2010-07-04T21:06:00.000-07:00

Fashion Victim

2009-09-10T06:23:00.001-07:00

ANGEL OF UTOPIA

2009-09-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

ANGEL OF UTOPIA - Trailer

2009-09-08T00:00:00.001-07:00

Hi, this is the trailer to my new short film, sponsored & fully paid for by BMW. Enjoi!

CLEO BACHELORS 2009: Vote Kubhaer. Vote #45. Vote For Change.

2009-04-15T22:23:00.000-07:00

My dear friend and downright kick ass and all round good to great guy AD/Director has been nominated to be one of the most sexiest hunks alive on this dear peninsular. Please vote for him at
http://www.askcleo.com.my/campaigns/eb09/index.html
Vote for change. Vote Kubhaer T. Jethwani
You can get a taste of Koobz's panache by watching the video below. Hosted by the sexy Fahim Fadzil.

Peace

Shal Sagan - I'll Sleep Tonight MTV

2009-03-25T00:13:00.000-07:00

An MTV I directed for the young and talented Shal Sagan from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
This is her first single from her latest album "Tapestry of Life".
Check it at http://shalsagan.com/
Thanx to Lee Moi, Nisha and Joanne from Tiny Pictures, Ted, Romy & Amir @ Grippers, Ikhwan Fathy, Shahnaz Baharuden and Joe the editor for this gig. Peace

WINNER BMW SHORTIES 2008

2008-11-05T01:52:00.000-08:00

A bit late in the day but I was so wiped from work n stuf but I thought I'd add this anyways...thanx to everyone who was involved, you know who u r ;) love

Photography - MAID IN MALAYSIA

2008-11-05T00:01:00.000-08:00

I DOP (Director of Photography) for artist Wong Hoy Cheong's new work entitled 'MAID IN MALAYSIA'. The work is about foreign workers in Malaysia attending to their employers as fictional superheros and cultural icons. Here are a few samples ;)

LARA CROFT

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

JEANNIE

MTV - LAILA'S LOUNGE_MAWAR KHAYALAN

2008-11-04T23:22:00.000-08:00

An MTV I directed, edited and animated for the cool ass band from Johor Baru, Malaysia: LAILA'S LOUNGE. The track is also featured in the movie 'KAMI'. Thanx to Lina Tan @ Red Comm, Nazreen Hara (Producer) Umie Omar (PM), and Keong (DOP).

FCUK ART

2008-04-17T01:59:00.000-07:00

Girls Company Ident

2008-04-16T04:20:00.000-07:00

Angel of Utopia Poster

2008-04-16T03:57:00.001-07:00

Just Believe

2008-04-15T06:47:00.000-07:00

ONEDOTZERO & DFUSE: RE-IMAGINING THE CITY

2008-03-28T21:35:00.000-07:00

I'm workin with local artists and English artists on a collaboration project with The British Council (MY) & DFUSE (UK) on a project named 'Surface: Re-Imagining The City'. Onedotzero is a digital media movement that started in the late 90's by Shane Ward (who is also in KL). They are also part of the organizing comity of this project. They are very active in paving the shape of new digital media in the arts and in the commercial industry and are basically the godfathers of everything design, animation, web, film in the UK, Europe and the world. DFUSE, a British collective of designers, filmmakers and musicians are traveling around the world filming, editing and composing music for a live performance in each city. The DFUSE team is headed by Mike Faulkner, a very busy and impropitious man, started DFUSE 10 years ago and now heads DFUSE full-time, being active in an array of projects world-wide in commercial and non-commercial projects. Barney Steel, a designer, animator & editor also takes hold of DFUSE's discourse. He is an amazing after effects wizard. Mike Sharpe, a freelance after effects guru met Barney in a famous DVD authoring house in London. They often work together. Mathias Kispert is an awesome sound designer! His sublime tunes make the whole performance. DFUSE are outa this worldy cool guys. I bet they pull loads.
The local artists that came together were truly a gem in this city. Callen Tham, Terence Chong & Hoong AKA Altered Image are the fore-runners in the live VJ scene, performing for over 3 years in Malaysia and the region. Fariz Hanapiah is an after effects whiz from Motiofixo; they do all the cool videos in town. Fauzi Yusoff is also an editor, he is based in Cyberjaya. Ruben Blastique lived in Australia for 9 years, his music and mixes have graced the club and commercial scene for over 2 years now, he is smoooother than silk baby ;)
Meeting these great and talented people is truly the will of amazingness this crazy and beautiful world has to offer. Thanx to Sunitha Janamohanan & Patriana Patrick @ British Council Malaysia for this life-changing experience. This has been a god send. Peace. x

Check:~

http://www.onedotzero.com/event.php?id=31163

http://dfuse.com/

BMW SHORTIES 2008 - FOR THE LOVE OF DROWNING

2008-03-22T04:13:00.000-07:00

I decided to enter the BMW SHORTIES short film competition this year, but I had no money to fund a production. So, my mates decided to do the job for free. Where in the world can you find people like this? Here, in my backyard. They are:

TALENT
MAN: James Lim
WOMAN: Juliana Yasin (Singapore)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Wong Hoy Cheong
ART DIRECTOR: Simon Loke
MAKE UP AND WARDROBE: Shahnaz Baharuden
AUDIO & LINE PRODUCER: Andy Alias

The other magnificent people involved in this project are:

EXTRAS: J. Balamurugan & M. Sethu
VIOLIN/SCORE: Michelle Lai
LIGHTING/GAFFER: Harry Frederick Dinglim
BEST BOY: Naufal Hadi
PRODUCTION CREW: Bob & Along

Special Thanx!:

K. Ayappan
S. Namasivayam
K. Subramaniam
A. Sunder
Lidia Aziz
Daniel Chong
Sam Lai @ J J Audio Visual Sdn. Bhd.
Loo Jia Wen & Family
M. Antares & The Orang Asli of Kampung Pertak
Harpreet Kaur Sandhu
Mum, Dad & Lina
Wikipedia!

The experience of working with great people and knowing them is even greater. Life is unbounded.
Please enjoy feedback welcome!

Painting - Old College Paintings

2007-10-31T01:02:00.001-07:00

A selection of old paintings I did in college for my diploma.

Sonya was also a student at The Heatherleys School of Fine Art in Chelsea. She owns the trendy 'GLOSS' shop on the Kings Rd.

Dede was a model in the college. She used to be a dancer for Basment Jaxx for like, 4 years!

Andrew was my classmate. He was a banker taking a break from banking and flying to 2 countries in one day. It's not easy being a banker: it is very stressful.

Kami TV series Intro

2007-10-29T05:31:00.001-07:00

A montage I did for the TV series 'KAMI' on 8TV (MAL). Meet Uncle Hussain did the awesome soundtrack! Thanx to the fabulous Fabian Joseph, Lina Tan, Meet Uncle Hussain, Tasik & Rodney (Fuseasia) and all the sexy people at Red Comm; u know who u r ;)

Aman Sulukule_Çoskun segment

2007-10-29T01:34:00.000-07:00

This is a segment from a video that was made with Artist Wong Hoy Cheong for the 10th Istanbul Biennial Art Exhibition. 'Aman Sulukule, Canim Sulukule', which means 'Oh Sulukule, Darling Sulukule', a term used by the Roma people of Sulukule, Istanbul; to describe their love for their land. This video art documentary was filmed by the children of Sulukule in Istanbul over 5 weeks in August & September through workshops and the full length is 14 mins long. I was animator, editor and facilitator for this project. Unlimited thanx to Wong Hoy Cheong, Damla Tamer (the other facilitator), Ceren Erdem (assistant curator), Ho Hanru (head curator) & all the residents of Sulukule for this unique opportunity.

The Rest of Sulukule

2007-10-29T00:51:00.000-07:00

Here are a selection of other pictures of Sulukule children...

Many buildings in Istanbul were named after people. I didn't know the names of these 2 boys.

Children run while the clothe's colours don't.

I was too scared to look into this kid's eyes so I took a photo when he looked away.

Bayram (left) wants to be an Architect and Çoskun (right) wants to fly away on his magic kite.

In this hole in a wall lies a video arcade with Street Fighter II machines.

The children's school basket ball court in Fatih.

Photography - Sulukule Kids 2

2007-08-21T12:39:00.000-07:00

In reality, you often doubt it as real, but rather judge it as an experience or a certain moment. This is also great, because you can look back and witness at how amazing that experience was and how much you've learned and gained from such simple, unbounded and creative expression that some people have in their lives. Below are some pictures of the children if Sulukule hanging out, amazing style!

Photography - Sulukule Kids

2007-08-17T00:13:00.000-07:00

Photography - Sulukule Kids

The Sulukule suburb, located next to a Roman fort is right next to Fatih, the supposed most conservative of all districts in the bustling city of Istanbul. Sulukule is also a stone's throw away from the uber trendy Beyoglu district; and are facing possible eviction to make way for development to house the increasing number of middle class moving closer to the city centre near the Bosphorus river to find work. Turkey's economic boom is slow, but the cultural climb is rapid; the progressive new generation is gelled with the old, and one would mistake Istanbul for a trendy European city rather than an Islamic state. Despite the all the assumptions, Turks are proud and progressive; moving forward while not forgetting their past.
Essentially gypsys, the leaders of the Sulukule tribe are fighting authorities everyday, and the most at risk from displacement are it's children. For the 10th International Istanbul Biennial, artist Wong Hoy Cheong is doing a workshop project with the Sulukule children for his video work entitled 'Aman Sulukule, Canim Sulukule' (Oh Suluke, Darling Sulukule), which is named after a gypsy song. I am assisting him on his project whilst learning to see; unclouded through the eyes of a bunch of optimistic children O=O. Here are some pics of the kids ;)

Football, as you would expect; is the mother of all games in Sulukule. Here's Mohamad doing a bicycle kick.

Some kids watching a game.

These kids love Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and Jet Li. This is their rendition of choreographed martial arts.

Çoskun showing off his biceps yah.

Henna tattoos from a wedding.

Photography - The Rise of The Mask

2007-08-04T21:03:00.000-07:00

A series of underwater and above water photographs I did for The Annexe Gallery @ Central Market for the sho 'Sharing Spaces'.

Photography - Selendang Series

2007-07-25T00:52:00.001-07:00

Aya, this is the only digital pic I have from this series. I'll upload the whole series soon so in the mean time you can stare at the one. It's funny how we see items of fabric. We attach spiritual and cultural stigmas to fabrics and items of clothings which was probably not even made in the same country in the first place. Do we wear the clothes or do they wear us out?

Video - Meet Uncle Hussain MTV

2007-07-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Howdy! How's it going? I now uploadeth a video I did for the very talented Meet Uncle Hussain. Their album is produced by the perfectionist: Mr. Tasik! This is their myspace! Thanx to Lina @ Red Comunicaitons for producing and the Fabulous Fabian Joseph who also produced and help direct. This is Red Communications' websight. Last but not least Mr. Rodney @ Fuseasia. This is Fuse's sight...Arr... hail me heighties! This beith a song for u! Thats what 'lagu untukmu' means! Enjoi ;)=

Video - Nokia I.G. Collective

2007-06-20T08:39:00.000-07:00

IG Collective's "Jiwang" music video - directed by moi; for the Garage Music Video Project, as part of Nokia Nseries presents Fortnight 2006 : A Junk Music Project. The ladies are the beautiful and talented ladies of talent form the city of KL. Don't touch that gal!

Video - Raw

2007-06-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

Raw pepperoni stuffed down my throat. It's about excess. Honest.

Video - Kami

2007-06-19T07:23:00.001-07:00

Kami means 'God' in Japanese. Kami means 'we' in Malay. Kami is also a type of Japanese origami paper. A short film about origami and relationships. The actress is the beautiful Juliana Yassin (a performance artist for Singapore!) and the dood is Zuhair Zainal, a model/entrepreneur. FOLD!

Video - It's Ok What's Happening Right Now

2007-06-19T02:46:00.000-07:00

A film I made with a couple o' Canadian artists: Tessa Whetherill and Kajin Goh. It won 1st place at the Malaysian Video Awards 2005 experimental Amateur. OOOOO... The film's about the inner workings of what goes on in the middle of the night in suburb Damansara Jaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Essentially it's about living the suburban dream with lots of nothing to do. This is Kajin's Blog. Enjoi ;)

Video - DAY AND NIGHT

2007-06-19T02:39:00.000-07:00

A 'kind of a film' I made from staring a the clouds for way too long...Animated to Billie Holiday's 'NIGHT AND DAY'.