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about 8 months ago (09/07/2023)
Artistic Freedom Report Malaysia: Negotiating Sensitivities | ArtsEquator Skip to content The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in Malaysia from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010 - 2022...
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about 14 months ago (03/09/2023)
Translating the Sacred and the Profane | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zikri Rahman takes us on a short tour of the way that artists have used symbols of statehood to commemorate, challenge and expand the idea, and meaning of nationhood in Malaysia...
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about 17 months ago (12/13/2022)
A bangsawan guru, a graffiti artist and an anthropologist who composed iconic rock songs | ArtsEquator Skip to content Mira Sharon remembers the artists and cultural workers from Malaysia we lost in 2022...
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about 19 months ago (10/18/2022)
Yang Ditapis, Yang Terlepas | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zikri Rahman menghuraikan tentang filem-filem yang ditapis secara tegas dan peluang yang terlepas akibat tindakan tersebut...
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about 21 months ago (08/23/2022)
Crackhouse Comedy Club: A Timeline of a Growing Controversy | ArtsEquator Skip to content It’s been more than six weeks since a video clip of a performance started circulating online in Malaysia...
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about 21 months ago (08/16/2022)
Kuiz: Sejauh Manakah Pengetahuan Anda Tentang Penapisan Seni di Malaysia? | ArtsEquator Skip to content Baik buku yang dilarang mahupun frasa yang tabu, dunia seni kita telah menyaksikan semuanya...
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about 21 months ago (08/09/2022)
A Response to ‘Every Thought I’ve Ever Had: Contemplating the Origin of the Sun’ | ArtsEquator Skip to content Veteran playwright Leow Puay Tin is intrigued by the methods used by a trio of young performance makers to sustain a 12-hour performance...
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about 23 months ago (06/21/2022)
Ilham Art Show 2022: An Introspection Into What Was | ArtsEquator Skip to content From technological frustrations to climate catastrophes to queer representation, the Ilham Art Show has it all...
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about 24 months ago (05/18/2022)
“Spilt Gravy Ke Mana Tumpahnya Kuah” Makes Us Consider Time, History and the Prickly Question of Family | ArtsEquator Skip to content After years of waiting, Spilt Gravy Ke Mana Tumpahnya Kuah hits the screens in Malaysia on 9th June...
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about 31 months ago (10/08/2021)
Air Con: Who Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints October 8, 2021 By Dhinesha Karthigesu (1,330 words, 5-minute read) Who do you want to be when you grow up? At the end of the play AIR CON , the character William (Nick Davis) asks the character Asif (Ryan Lee Bhaskaran) this question....
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about 31 months ago (10/04/2021)
The working processes of artists: Daly Filsuf | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Artist Profile October 4, 2021 “I want to bring all the Asian kinds of music to the world, with our language,” says rapper and music producer Daly Filsuf...
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about 33 months ago (08/12/2021)
Caring for the Carers: How Malaysian artists working with communities hold space | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Courtesy of Syarifah Nadhirah August 12, 2021 By Rahmah Pauzi (1,300 words, 5-minute read) I had forgotten how loaded the words “how are you,” or “apa khabar,” can be...
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about 34 months ago (07/22/2021)
Saya Takut Untuk Mengkritik Sehinggalah Saya Berjumpa Sekumpulan Pengkritik: Refleksi Terhadap AAMR | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Hello I'm Nik on Unsplash July 22, 2021 Oleh Sukhbir Cheema dan diterjemah oleh Fasyali Fadzly Bila anda mendengar perkataan “pengkritik”, apakah yang anda bayangkan? Saya sering membayangkan orang yang pakai cermin mata; ulat buku, sangat serius, dan payah untuk puaskan hatinya...
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about 34 months ago (07/14/2021)
Can the arts solve community issues in the region? The SEA*5 think so...
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about 35 months ago (06/22/2021)
Podcast 90: Critics Live: The Year of No Return by The Necessary Stage at SIFA 2021 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Tuckys Photography June 23, 2021 Singapore critics Clarissa Oon, Lee Shu Yu, Nabilah Said and Naeem Kapadia discuss The Year of No Return by The Necessary Stage, presented at Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA)...
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about 37 months ago (04/20/2021)
Oppy & Professor Communitas: Meanderings of the Malay male theatremaker | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Five Arts Centre April 20, 2021 By Lily Jamaludin (1,170 words, 4-minute read) A new addition to the genre of online theatre, Oppy & Professor Communitas by Five Arts Centre is a thoughtful, humorous, and self-reflective examination of the role and struggle of Malaysian theatremakers...
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about 37 months ago (04/18/2021)
8 online programmes not to be missed at SDEA Theatre Arts Conference | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Advertorial April 18, 2021 The SDEA Theatre Arts Conference is back in 2021 with a fully-online programme, featuring presentations, workshops and masterclasses responding to the theme of Creative Disruption: Exploring New Ground ...
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about 48 months ago (06/04/2020)
Seasons of Love: Southeast Asia-style | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints June 4, 2020 It started out as a “small project” amongst friends...
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about 49 months ago (05/04/2020)
Theatre goes online: Call me a purist, I don’t care | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles May 4, 2020 By Fasyali Fadzly (2,100 words, 7-minute read) No one would have guessed that the COVID-19 situation would become this bad...
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about 49 months ago (04/30/2020)
Reflections on Art, Angin, Sickness and The Soul of Malaysia | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Wong Horngyih, courtesy of Pusaka April 30, 2020 By Jo Kukathas (5,500 words, 15-minute read) The news that Germany rolled out a 50 billion bail-out for the arts during the Coronavirus pandemic made headlines worldwide the week it was announced...
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about 54 months ago (11/15/2019)
Words in Transit: George Town Literary Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Leah Diprose; Supplied November 15, 2019 By Akanksha Raja (1,715 words, 7-minute read) The George Town Literary Festival returns for its ninth year next weekend (21 – 24 November) with the theme of forewords/afterwords , a decidedly future-oriented focus pertaining to notions of transitions and new beginnings...
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about 62 months ago (04/08/2019)
Weekly Picks: Malaysia (8-14 Apr 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do April 8, 2019 For events in Penang this week, go to the Penang Free Sheet ...
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about 62 months ago (04/01/2019)
Weekly Picks: Malaysia (1-7 Apr 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do April 1, 2019 For events in Penang this week, go to the Penang Free Sheet ...
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about 62 months ago (03/25/2019)
Weekly Picks: Malaysia (25–31 Mar 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do March 25, 2019 For events in Penang this week, go to the Penang Free Sheet ...
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about 63 months ago (03/04/2019)
Weekly Picks: Malaysia (4–10 Mar 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do March 4, 2019 For events in Penang this week, go to the Penang Free Sheet ...
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about 64 months ago (01/21/2019)
Weekly Picks: Malaysia (21–27 Jan 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do January 22, 2019 Improvised music night , at RAW Art Space, 22 Jan, 8:30pm A night of improvised music with performers from Germany, Japan, Denmark and Malaysia...
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about 65 months ago (01/10/2019)
ArtsEquator's Top 10 Picks at the Performing Arts Meeting 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles José Maceda, Cassettes 100, 1971, Photo by Nathaniel Gutierrez, Courtesy of UP Center for Ethnomusicology and Ringo Bunoan January 10, 2019 Established in 1995, the Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) was created to be a platform to network Japanese artists with producers and funders...
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about 68 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...
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about 69 months ago (09/05/2018)
Johor Arts Festival 2018: Top 8 Picks | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 5, 2018 The 15th Johor Arts Festival kicked off on 1 September, and runs until 23 September 2018...
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about 69 months ago (08/16/2018)
Three Short Films about Women at SeaShorts 2018, George Town | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Image courtesy of SEA Shorts August 16, 2018 By Alfonse Chiu (1216 words, five-minute read) The SeaShorts Film Festival ran for its second edition as the official pre-festival to the annual George Town Festival from 1st to 5th August in a radical geographical shift away from the Kuala Lumpur home of its parent organisation, Next New Wave...