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about 37 months ago (12/07/2021)
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...
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about 39 months ago (11/01/2021)
Shock Horror: The Southeast Asian monsters we love | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Illustrations by Divyalakshmi and Natalie Christian Tan November 1, 2021 ArtsEquator chats with five writers about their favourite horror characters and monsters from Southeast Asian lore and mythology...
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about 51 months ago (10/24/2020)
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Kavadi Attam | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar Joy Ho / Jawn October 24, 2020 10 Things is a series of three short animated videos, each focusing on a lesser known traditional artform – Dikir Barat, Kavadi Attam and Nanyin...
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about 55 months ago (07/06/2020)
SOURCE X Audible Lands: Spotlight on Singapore's migrant musicians | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar July 6, 2020 SOURCE X Audible Lands is a film and music programme done in collaboration by The Observatory and filmmaker Eric Lee...
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about 59 months ago (02/26/2020)
Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: Hallyu love and cementing disaster | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar February 26, 2020 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources – so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...
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about 60 months ago (02/10/2020)
Arts censorship: At the end of the day, this is not new | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles February 11, 2020 By Kathy Rowland (1400 words, 8 minute read) Balai Seni Visual Negara Malaysia (Balai) is once again accused of censoring artists’ work...
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about 61 months ago (01/15/2020)
Alternate Realities Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Looi Wan Ping, Tiger Tiger Pictures January 16, 2020 By Poh Yong Han (1,279 words, 7-minute read) I Dream of Singapore follows an injured Bangladeshi migrant worker, Feroz, who is temporarily residing at a Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) shelter, Dayspace, as he waits for his case to be sorted out so he can make his compensation claims...
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about 76 months ago (10/04/2018)
Padmini Chettur’s "Varnam" and Pichet Klunchun’s "I Am A Demon": An Instructive Contrast | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 4, 2018 By Bilqis Hijjas (975 words, four-minute read) If you have ever felt that classical Indian dance is too melodramatic – if you have ever rolled your eyes at a dancer’s fervid abhinaya, or a poem narrator’s extravagant diction – or if you think all the bright drapery, clashing saris, and coloured lights are unbearably gaudy, then Padmini Chettur’s Varnam is the corrective you have been waiting for...