Murals brighten up SS15 LRT Station

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The colourful murals painted on several SS15 LRT Station pillars mark the start of a creative placemaking project between Prasarana Malaysia and Subang Jaya assemblyman Michelle Ng, with plans to expand such initiatives in future.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The colourful murals painted on several SS15 LRT station pillars

00:07mark the start of a creative placemaking project

00:10between Prasarana Malaysia and Subang Jaya Assemblyman Michelle Ang,

00:14with plans to expand such initiatives in future.

00:17This project is a result of our office's efforts

00:22to improve the experience of pedestrians and road users.

00:27So it's twofold, right?

00:28Improve user experience and also to beautify our surroundings.

00:32We also want to ensure that we support local artists.

00:35That's the third objective.

00:37The name Sang Seni 15, let me explain why we use this name.

00:43Sang Seni, the first word is SS,

00:46so it refers to the area, which is SS15.

00:49And actually, Sang Seni refers to the artists that we want to celebrate.

00:56A total of 12 pillars at the SS15 LRT station were painted under Sang Seni 15.

01:02The project's RM62,500 cost was borne by Ang's office and sponsor,

01:08Fitline Sendirian Berhad.

01:25Meanwhile, Prasarana has received good feedback for this project,

01:46and will continue collaborating with Ang on other Prasarana-owned structures within SS15.

01:55To beautify our surroundings.

01:59So SS15 is one of the earlier areas,

02:03because like what YB Michelle mentioned just now,

02:06this area sets the trend for a lot of things.

02:08So we are setting the trend for these kind of mural paintings to be done,

02:12not only here, we are looking at even other places along the Prasarana right away,

02:17as well as our stations in the future.

02:20So our interest is of course to make things easier, more eye-catching,

02:27so that people feel easy and wanting to come and visit.

02:32The murals feature themes such as mobility, community, nature,

02:36and lifestyle elements found around SS15.

02:40Quest Studio Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Firdaus Omar said a team of 12,

02:47comprising six artists and their assistants,

02:50painted the murals that took two weeks to be completed.

02:53Our challenge is the weather, because of the monsoon,

02:57and then the traffic.

02:59The most severe traffic, because of the rain, we can still protect ourselves,

03:02we can still work.

03:03But when the traffic involves high speed crossings,

03:06and also at the end of the year,

03:08so we can't really control it.

03:10So what we do is,

03:13we highlight, we ask all the artists to wear safety gear,

03:18we prepare cones and safety lights,

03:24because we do it day and night.

03:26Each mural has a QR code that connects users to the participating artists' social media platforms.

03:42Quest Studio Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Firdaus Omar said a team of 12,

03:44comprising six artists and their assistants,

03:46painted the murals that took two weeks to be completed.

03:48Our challenge is the weather,

03:50because of the monsoon,

03:52and then the traffic.

03:54The most severe traffic, because of the rain,

03:56we can still protect ourselves,

03:58we can still work.

04:00But when the traffic involves high speed crossings,

04:02so we can't really control it.

04:04So what we do is,

04:06we highlight, we ask all the artists to wear safety gear,

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