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about 72 months ago (11/21/2018)
Joe Sidek: "I've never felt more strong" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Illustration of Joe Sidek by Jackie Goh of The Fingersmith Letterpress November 21, 2018 By Kathy Rowland (910 words, five-minute read) Joe Sidek will not be cowed...
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about 74 months ago (09/27/2018)
"The Misinterpreted Futures of George Town 2068": Missing Futures | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tan Thian Chang September 27, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (960 words, four-minute read) Prior to stepping into the mystifying world of The Misinterpreted Futures of George Town 2068 , I was curious and fascinated by that science-fictioney title, coupled with the exciting premise of a performance with no performers: the technical elements of the show (lights, sound design, video projections) perform in lieu of human bodies...
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about 74 months ago (09/20/2018)
AExGTF Chats: Charlie Lim and .gif in George Town | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints September 20, 2018 On the closing weekend of the George Town Festival, ArtsEquator interviewed Singaporean musician Charlie Lim and indie-electronic music duo .gif who were in Penang to perform at China House, along with other Singaporean musical acts including Tabitha Nauser and Yung Raja...
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about 75 months ago (08/30/2018)
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...
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about 75 months ago (08/30/2018)
AExGTF Chats: Prof Tan Sooi Beng of Ombak Potehi at George Town Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles https://artsequator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Ombak-potehi_1.mp4 August 30, 2018 Potehi puppet theatre is a traditional Hokkien art form brought to Southeast Asia by immigrants from southern China several centuries ago...
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about 75 months ago (08/16/2018)
"Kelantan: A Living Heritage": Tributing the Traditional | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Thum CC August 16, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (1050 words, four-minute read) George Town Festival is now in its ninth year, and one of the distinctive qualities in every edition is the balance it strikes between presenting international touring works, and Malaysian shows that are rooted in local society and culture...
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about 75 months ago (08/16/2018)
AExGTF Chats: The Griffith Creative Arts Room at George Town Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints https://artsequator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GTF-Griffiths-Creative-Arts-Room.mp4 August 16, 2018 The opening weekend of the George Town Festival 2018 also saw the opening of the Griffith Creative Arts Room at Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, Penang: a room dedicated to presenting the works of creative arts from the students and faculty of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia...
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about 75 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...
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about 75 months ago (08/15/2018)
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...
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about 75 months ago (08/14/2018)
“Between Tiny Cities (រវាងទីក្រុងតូច)”: De-cyphering Conversation | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Vincent August 14, 2018 By Nah Dominic (1080 words, five-minute read) A white circle 10 metres in diameter greets us on entering the flexible performance space in Loft 29...
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about 75 months ago (08/08/2018)
AExGTF Chats: "Between Tiny Cities (រវាងទីក្រុងតូច)" at George Town Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles https://artsequator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Between-Tiny-Cities.mp4 August 8, 2018 Between Tiny Cities (រវាងទីក្រុងតូច) , a two-hander dance performance dovetailing b-boy vocabulary with contemporary dance, was the result of a three-year cultural exchange between Tiny Toones in Cambodia and Darwin City Rockers in Australia...