Tracey Emin recovering in Thailand after her ‘intestine nearly exploded’ | Tracey Emin | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation Tracey Emin said her intestine ‘nearly exploded’ after an operation...
WrICE 2021: Writers Ask Writers, Asia Pacific edition | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints December 7, 2021 We asked 11 writers and translators of poetry, fiction and non-fiction to participate in an exquisite corpse -like Q&A session, with each person answering a question and then asking one...
Dialogues with Mountains: Preserving indigenous culture in Taromak and Kelecung | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Kelecung, Bali...
ArtsEquator, Deadline Now | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 2, 2020 by Kathy Rowland ArtsEquator sometimes feels like a mythical creature...
Burning Questions: Tech in Performance: The Great Leveller or The Great Unequaliser? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints July 28, 2020 Using technology in performance isn’t new, but COVID-19 has forced more artists to explore the digital medium, dealing with lag, latency and liveness while rethinking audience engagement and accessibility...
Burning Questions: Traditional Arts: The Forgotten COVID Casualty? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints July 28, 2020 While the pandemic has resulted in losses of jobs in the arts, less has been said about the fate of craftsmen, artisans and masters of intangible heritage and traditional arts...
Podcast 79: Asia TOPA (Part 2) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles March 18, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by In this latest podcast episode, Nabilah Said and Carolyn Oei discuss various productions that were recently presented at Melbourne’s Asia TOPA: Are You Ready To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands | Hades Fading | À Ố Làng Phố | Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep They also share their highlights of the festival...
Podcast 78: Asia TOPA (Part 1) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles March 12, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by In this latest podcast episode, Nabilah Said and Carolyn Oei discuss various productions that were recently presented at Melbourne’s Asia TOPA: Black Ties | HuRu-hARa | Chinese Square Dancers | The Seen and Unseen | Torch the Place | Metal This is the first of a two-part episode...
À Ố Làng Phố: Less trick, more treat in Vietnamese bamboo circus | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Nguyen The Duong March 2, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (730 words, 6-minute read) You go into a circus performance with certain expectations...
Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep: Brilliance Is Margaret Leng Tan | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Pia Johnson March 2, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Carolyn Oei (638 words, 5-minute read) Note: This review may contain some minor spoilers for Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep by Margaret Leng Tan...
Hades Fading: Modern-day Ancients | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of artist March 1, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (708 words, 5-minute read) In Hades Fading , Eurydice has a memory problem...
Are You Ready To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands: Tongue Scrapes Against Cheek | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Sarah Walker February 29, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (670 words, 5-minute read) I watched Are You Ready To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands by Sipat Lawin and Friends on 26 February 2020, 34 years almost to the day of the People Power Revolution, which toppled the Marcos government in the Philippines after decades of corruption and totalitarian control and ushered in the age of Corazon Aquino as the new president...
Metal: An Improbable Alchemy of Dance And Heavy Metal | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Gregory Lorenzutti February 28, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Carolyn Oei (762 words, 5-minute read) I am not a fan of heavy metal music – or heavy metal anything – so I took my seat in the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, with trepidation...
Torch the Place: Shedding the Dead Weight | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Jeff Busby February 27, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (800 words, 5-minute read) The first thing one sees upon entering the Fairfax Studio in Arts Centre Melbourne for Torch the Place is a huge mountain covered in cloth, and an old piano...
The Seen and Unseen: A Search For Self | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Claudia Dian February 25, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Carolyn Oei (638 words, 4-minute read) “Embracing life means embracing every element of dualism in it...
Tangled and tackled: Black Ties at Sydney Festival 2020 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Garth Oriander January 31, 2020 By Maria Herminia Graterol Garrido (550 words, 4-minute read) The challenges of fusing and representing more than one culture while planning and executing a memorable wedding are well-known to us in real life and in fiction...
A sound collaboration: 宿 (stay) at Sydney Festival 2020 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Guido Gonzalez January 31, 2020 By Maria Herminia Graterol Garrido (571 words, 4-minute read) There is a huge difference between watching a great piece of theatre with a beautiful original score, and experiencing a process that gives equal importance to all the creative aspects, including sound...
La Cie Maxmind's “Isle of Dreams”: The Dark Fantastic | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Thum CC August 31, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (620 words, four-minute read) 拾念劇集 La Cie Maxmind’s Isle of Dreams ( 蓬萊) was the headlining event for the George Town Festival’s Taiwan-focused showcase this year...
The Art and Consequence of Collaboration: Interview with Vicki Sowry and Jonathan Parsons | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Lucy Spartalis Matthew Sleeth, "A Drone Opera" (2015)...