It is with great honour that the faculty, together with Center for Interactive Media (CIM) has put together an event to appreciate the contributions by Prof. Dr. Peter Charles Woods to the University, especially to FCM.

In conjunction with this, we have invited Prof. Woods to participate in a long-standing academic tradition that calls on a retiring professor to share his or her wisdom in a “last lecture”. Accordingly, everyone is invited for this event as it is an opportunity for us to partake in a sharing session by Prof. Woods.

DATE: 10th June 2021
TIME: 11.30am to 1.30pm
VENUE: Online via Google Meet (meet.google.com/iia-akdd-dii)

Prof. Dr. Peter Woods is a renowned academic and researcher of Knowledge Management in Multimedia University, Malaysia. He is responsible in spearheading research in intelligent cities and postgraduate research in Knowledge Management.

Prior to his tenure with MMU, Prof. Woods was a Professor of Architecture at Universiti Malaya from 1995 to 2001. Previously he was a senior lecturer at North London Polytechnic, Sheffield Hallam University, the National University of Singapore and Manchester University.

Being a globally active academic and researcher, Prof. Woods is not a stranger to many international organisations and international bodies. He was a member of Malaysia Low Energy Expert Panel from1996 to 1998, a member of the Low Energy Design Panel, International Energy Agency from1998 to 2007, and a Malaysian Representative, Asia e-Learning Network (AEN) from 2003 to 2004. He was also the Knowledge Management Expert for Hong Kong PolyU and a Visiting Professor at Future University Khartoum, Sudan.

FCM would like to congratulate our Dean, Ts. Dr. Lim Kok Yoong for his participation in the recent exhibition at Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara), West Jakarta, Indonesia.

The exhibition looks at contemporary art in Southeast Asia through small narratives told by eight artists. Ts. Dr. Lim Kok Yoong was invited as a Malaysian media artist to exhibit an installation work titled: Licensed to Wait in this international museum of contemporary art. The Museum MACAN has provided a setting for this productive exchange ever since his work was first exhibited in United Kingdom in 2005.

This exhibition relooks at Kok Yoong’s work through the lens of the Global Pandemic. Below is the artist statement

The video is a reflection of the state of water in Malaysia in 2020. While the country is fighting the global pandemic of COVID-19 that is spread through respiratory fluid, the livelihood of Malaysian is also disrupted by recurring water crisis such as water cut, water pollution and flood. The year 2020 was supposed to be celebration of sorts for Malaysia, a vision that should herald the nation’s entry into the developed world. But Malaysia did not get to celebrate her Vision 2020; instead she endures ‘Delusion 2020’. The country is slipping into ranks of failed states with political instability and corruption – the sorry reality. When I was a kid I enjoyed watching the water flow and drips and how they trace their tracks and seeped into the grounds and others openings, and get carried into the oceans and I would imagine them returning to the atmosphere. The endless loop of water cycle is to me a cyclicality of life, matter and existence. This video projection is a way to access this flow by turning the water footages that I have collected into a water mantra reverberating a sound current inside the human body of water, calming our anxious mind in this traumatic year.

Exhibition: Stories Across Rising Lands
Venue: Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara), West Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: 23.01—23.05.2021

For more information of the exhibition in Museum MACAN, please visit
https://www.museummacan.org/exhibition/stories-across-rising-lands?lang=en