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The Art of Exhibition Licencing in Vietnam | ArtsEquator Skip to content In a country with opaque requirements for what can and cannot be shown, Linh Le highlights how something as seemingly straightforward as obtaining an exhibition licence may be used to control artistic expression in Vietnam...
Slated for [ ]: on Declutter Me! and Frequencies | ArtsEquator Skip to content Xiao Ting Teo is moved to consider how the detritus of being shapes us anew as she encounters two works, "Declutter Me!" and "Frequencies" at the The Substation's annual SeptFest 2022: uproot | rootless....
Podcast: Freedom for Artistic Expressions in Vietnam | ArtsEquator Skip to content Researcher Linh Le interviews artist-curator Bill Nguyễn, in a wide ranging conversation about historical and contemporary censorship in Vietnam...
Art in Exile: Burmese Artists in Thailand | ArtsEquator Skip to content Burmese artists make art in exile in Thailand, finding refuge and showcasing cross-border solidarity for artistic freedom...
Dalam Southeast Asia: At Home in the World | ArtsEquator Skip to content Alex Foo reviews the exhibition The Tailors and the Mannequins , featuring works by Singaporean artist Chen Cheng Mei and Cambodian artist You Khin...
Spectres of May 13, 1969 | ArtsEquator Skip to content Eddie Wong writes of the various spectres around the riots of May 13 1969 that continue to haunt the Malaysian psyche till today...
The top ArtsEquator articles of 2021 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints December 31, 2021 Below is a list of the top 10 ArtsEquator articles in 2021, in random order: The Substation: How many more canaries in the coal mine? by Hoe Su Fern Published on: 20 Feb 2021 “Although the current situation facing The Substation is not new or unique, its impending fate is emblematic of, and raises deep questions about the progressively precarious and capricious conditions of arts practice in Singapore.” Also well-read: The Su bstation: An unstoppable force and an immovable object by Nabilah Said and a timeline of events by Ke Weiliang...
Rethinking contemporaries: Asian Producers' Platform Speaker Series | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints November 28, 2021 By Wennie Yang (690 words, 2-minute read) There is a quiet and perhaps stubborn optimism that underlies the work of a producer...
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Pelesits And Where To Find Them: A conversation with NADA and Teater Ekamatra | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints February 25, 2021 By ila Many of us grew up with ghost stories...
Jatiwangi Art Factory: Cultural work that breaks the mould | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of Jatiwangi Art Factory September 7, 2020 By Nia Agustina, translation by Eka Wahyuni (1,980 words, 6-minute read) In one corner of West Java, Indonesia, in the Majalengka Regency, a group of volunteers work hand in hand to distribute Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), groceries, food, and medical equipment to people who have to work outside the home during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Letter from Esplanade: A reflection on the arts, lessons from SARS, and COVID-19 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay April 9, 2020 By Yvonne Tham (1,700 words, 7-minute read) In the performing arts, timing is everything...
In a Material World: IMPART Collectors’ Show 2020 & Justice for All | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Courtesy of artists January 3, 2020 By Aditi Shivaramakrishnan (1,200 words, 5-minute read) When it comes to analysing an artwork, the artist’s choice of materials can be as revelatory as other elements in suggesting what they might wish to communicate...
The top ArtsEquator articles of 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo courtesy of Akanga Film Asia & Philipp Aldrup Photography December 31, 2019 Here’s a list of the top 10 ArtsEquator articles in 2019: Enter Stage Right: Tay Tong by Art sEquator “It is amazing how one’s identity is so associated with one’s job...
Everything In Its Right Place: The Body Politic and the Body | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Nabilah Said December 22, 2019 By Nabilah Said (1,400 words, 7-minute read) “You’re a guest, you’re a guest, you’re a guest.” This anodyne version of the Beauty and The Beast song played in my head as I walked through the exhibition The Body Politic and the Body , currently on at ILHAM Gallery in Kuala Lumpur...
Contortions and Gentle Songs: SEA at Venice Biennale | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Olivia Kwok October 2, 2019 By Teo Xiao Ting (1,414 words, 6-minute read) A vivacious viscous zoo swirling with prestige and art, the Venice Biennale spins me exhausted after 45 days...
Female artists, art biennial to grace National Gallery this year (via The Jakarta Post) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Splash: Prelude II (2015) by Kinez Riza January 15, 2019 Indonesia’s arts scene is by no means lacking, yet most of its big names are men, with notable female artists largely unexplored...
Solid are the Winds: Aeolian Encounters at The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial (Part II) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 10, 2019 By Marcus Yee (1340 words, five-minute read) This is the second of a two-part essay on the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial running at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, from 24 November 2018 to 28 April 2019...
In Saigon's Latest Indie Workshop, a Heaven for Eco-Friendly Risograph Prints (via Saigoneer) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Kevin Lee December 13, 2018 Nestled above inpages in Thao Dien, a new print studio is offering artists and other creatives a new way to express their ideas and visions...
'Son mai' – the painstaking Vietnamese art of lacquer painting (via Tuoi Tre News) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles December 3, 2018 Once chiefly employed in the decoration of wooden objects, son mai , or lacquer painting, has grown over the last century into a freestanding art form in Vietnam, to a point where it is now widely considered to be the country’s national painting technique...
Grace Baey's Portraits of Yangon’s Trans Population (via Coconuts Yangon) Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Grace Baey November 19, 2018 Some photographers are able to capture the most delicate moments deftly...
The photographer capturing the eerie illustrations of Thai legend Hem Vejakorn (via SEA Globe) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 21, 2018 Photographer Pattana Chuenmana has reimagined the illustrations of Hem Vejakorn, a well-known Thai artist and writer, in moving black-and-white still images...
Veteran Artists Team Up with Younger Generation at ‘Wild Eye’ Exhibition (via The Irrawady) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 12, 2018 YANGON — Veteran modernists and younger generations have teamed up to exhibit their works together in Yangon...
In George Town, a Proxy War for the Nation | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles August 15, 2018 By Kathy Rowland (1165 words, 5-minute read) Coloured ink on paper...
Latiff Mohidin’s “Langkawi”: The Within and Beyond | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Image: Chan + Hori Gallery July 10, 2018 By Gerald Sim (1,500 words, eight minute read) As with any thought-provoking installation, Latiff Mohidin’s “Langkawi” series, on show at Chan+Hori Contemporary , evokes a large range of perceptions from its audience...