Bandung (10/12) , The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) once again held a commemoration of World Anti-Corruption Day in December 2015. The city of Bandung was chosen as the venue for this grand commemoration. The event was held from November to its peak in December.
There are at least 5,000 communities in Bandung that are driving the anti-corruption campaign launched by the KPK. Around 20 students from South Korea, organized under AISEC, enlivened the event by making traditional snacks held by the Taboo Community. The students from various universities in South Korea were delegates of the 2015 Intergovernmental Youth Exchange Program.
In preparing for this grand event, the KPK did not work alone. They initiated the community to take an active role in preventing corruption from an early age, starting from the smallest environment. This was evident from the involvement of 10 universities in the city of Bandung, both public and private, which have a Faculty of Visual Communication Design (FDKV) that “showed off” their skills in creating temporary wall paintings with an anti-corruption theme.
“It is a great honor that out of 15 universities in Bandung that have FDKV, 10 universities were selected by the KPK to implement their work, including Widyatama University (UTama),” said Ifa, a senior lecturer at FDKV UTama, when met at a product knowledge forum between the Marketing Bureau and FKDV. Another advantage is that FDKV UTama can become better known and take on a special role in the existence of design schools in the city of Bandung. Ganesh (a student of FDKV UTama) and the team entrusted with creating the artwork did not waste this opportunity.
The ideology behind the image tells the story of the dangers of corruption. With the theme “care about corruption,” Ganesh and his team drew a monkey covering its ears, eyes, and mouth. The image has the sub-theme “No Hear, No See, No Talk,” which conveys the message that we, as moral human beings, must care about corruption and not pretend not to hear, see, or speak up.
As reported by the online editorial team at rappler.com (http://goo.gl/4DsP6I), KPK Director of Education and Community Services Sujanarko explained that at the 2015 Anti-Corruption Festival, the KPK wanted to invite and involve the widest possible public participation in the city of Bandung and even prepared a word as an anti-corruption slogan, namely “Prung,” which means “act immediately” in Sundanese, or “Go” in English.
