‘Agni Salaru’: A sensory overload

‘Agni Salaru’ captures the imagination of the audience as they immerse themselves into a sensory wonderland which challenges the imagination through a multitude of creative, technology driven processes.

The closing reception invites a select audience to experience a range of multimedia work from students within the department of Interactive Media Design. These projects range through experimental video to animations and also interactive, user-based installations.

The work exhibited, challenges the user to be part of the creative process by being immersed in the possibilities of sound, rhythm, texture, light and colour. These multimedia projects evolved through many traditional creative thinking and problem solving methods.

Initial concepts beginning with a sketch, developed, selected and developed again – manipulated, treated and edited to produce a range of through-provoking and innovative statements about contemporary life and all that it provokes in us and around us.

The level of maturity, experimentation and sophistication is evident in each project showcased within ‘Agni Salaru’. In terms of creativity, these students have excelled on so many levels and I want to congratulate them on the excellent results achieved – a stimulating creative environment to be enjoyed by all.

Raffles Education Corporation is the largest private education group in Asia-Pacific. Since establishing its first design college in Singapore in 1990, the Group has grown to operate 38 colleges of higher education in 35 cities across 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Singapore, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

The company is headquartered in Singapore and employs over 3,000 academic and administrative staff. There are more than 32,000 students enrolled in Raffles Education Corporation’s tertiary programmes who benefit from a quality education that provides graduates with a well-rounded hands-on design experience, relevant to the industry.

The group also owns the Oriental University City in Langfang, Hebei Province, China – a 3.31 million square meter self-contained campus. Within this campus, Oriental University City provides education services to 9 colleges with an additional student population of over 27,000.

Raffles Education Corporation is listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange with the market capitalisation of over 1.55 billion Singaporean dollars. The company ranks as one of the Top 200 Asia-Pacific companies on the Forbes Asia’s “Best under a Billion” list for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008.

As a public listed company in Singapore, Raffles Education Corporation has recently reported an 8.2 per cent increase in net profit to S$55.8 million for the financial year ended 30 June 2010. When students decide to study at Raffles, its financial strength is an additional assurance added to its reputation for producing award winning students.

Raffles is accredited to award its own degree and is approved by the Commonwealth Government of Australia (cricos-02761J) allowing its students to transfer within the Raffles network and to compare and compete successfully in the global economy.