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about 7 months ago (09/28/2023)
Artistic Freedom Report : Six Countries, 12 Years, 652 Violations | ArtsEquator Skip to content The key findings and analysis of violations of artistic freedom in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and The Philippines from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010-2022...
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about 7 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 7 months ago (09/06/2023)
Artistic Freedom Report Vietnam: An ever-changing terrain | ArtsEquator Skip to content The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in Vietnam from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010-2022...
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about 8 months ago (09/05/2023)
Artistic Freedom Report The Philippines: The Limits of Democracy | ArtsEquator Skip to content The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in The Philippines from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010 - 2022...
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about 8 months ago (09/04/2023)
Of Participatory Censorship in Malaysia | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zikri Rahman examines the evolving nature of censorship in Malaysia through the lens of participatory censorship, with illustrations by Low Pey Sien...
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about 24 months ago (05/11/2022)
Quiz: How well do you know Southeast Asian films? | ArtsEquator Skip to content While the works of Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar-wai and Bong Joon-ho have left a mark on the world, we should not forget our homeground talents, from the late Malaysian director Yasmin Ahmad, to Indonesian actor Iko Uwais, and father of Philippines cinema, José Nepomuceno...
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about 25 months ago (04/01/2022)
How Art And Culture Podcasts Are Sweeping Through Singapore Skip to content Podcasts are everywhere these days...
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about 27 months ago (01/26/2022)
5 Artists Who Influenced Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 26, 2022 By ArtsEquator (1,161 words, 3-minute read) Throughout history and up to the present day, it has been a challenge to define contemporary Southeast Asian art...
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about 56 months ago (08/28/2019)
Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: Burmese hip hop, and queer Vietnamese singer Tuimi | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Via Myanmar Times August 28, 2019 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 63 months ago (01/30/2019)
The Sensorial Trail: Experience Art through Smell, Sound and Touch at National Gallery Singapore | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 30, 2019 Art doesn’t have to be for the eyes only...
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about 64 months ago (01/18/2019)
After a century of false dawns, the film industry is beginning to rise (via SEA Globe) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles HBO Asia’s horror series Halfworlds sets ancient supernatural folklore in nocturnal modern-day Jakarta Photo: HBO Asia January 18, 2019 The rollercoaster ride of Indonesia’s film industry is currently cresting yet another hill in its bumpy, twisting history...
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about 64 months ago (01/14/2019)
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...
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about 64 months ago (01/10/2019)
Solid are the Winds: Aeolian Encounters at The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial (Part I) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Natasha Harth for QAGOMA untitled (giran) (2018), Jonathan Jones in collaboration with Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM January 10, 2019 By Marcus Yee (1259 words, five-minute read) This is the first 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...
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about 64 months ago (01/03/2019)
ArtsEquator's Top 10 Articles of 2018 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 3, 2019 Before we plunge headlong into 2019, here’s a quick recap of some of our most-read articles on ArtsEquator, in ascending order...
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about 64 months ago (01/03/2019)
Which Singaporean Artistic Director Are You? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 3, 2019 Artistic directors of the many theatre companies in Singapore have strong, iconic personalities...
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about 65 months ago (12/17/2018)
Saigoneer Bookshelf: A Touch of Magical Realism in 'The Cemetery of Chua Village' | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles December 18, 2018 Vietnam transitioned to a market economy like an old train lurching to life: momentous shakes and shudders, steam bursting out busted gaskets, disheveled cargo tumbling from luggage racks, sparks shooting off wheels screeching across warped rails and a whistle ripping into the placid sky...
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about 65 months ago (12/13/2018)
ITI’s “Extremities”: Routes for Escape and Redemption | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Bernie Ng December 13, 2018 By Aditi Shivaramakrishnan (1170 words, five minute read) As I enter the Esplanade Theatre Studio to watch Extremities , I’m already on my guard...
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about 65 months ago (12/04/2018)
ENCATC International Study Tour in Tokyo - Key Observations (via culture360...
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about 66 months ago (11/30/2018)
Telling A Thai Tale: A Dance Dramaturg’s Take (via The Theatre Times) Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles November 30, 2018 “When I collaborate, I want to collaborate with the wrong person.” Pichet Klunchun, Thai dancer, and director reveals a glint of mischief behind his earnest and gentle demeanor...
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about 66 months ago (11/16/2018)
Budget leaves arts and culture out in the cold (via The Star) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles November 16, 2018 THE fact that arts and culture has the lowest priority in government planning was borne out by Budget 2019...
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about 66 months ago (11/07/2018)
Ombak Potehi: the Malaysian group reviving traditional Hokkien puppetry (via SEA Globe) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles November 7, 2018 In the performance room of Penang House of Music, a museum dedicated to the musical history of this Unesco-listed Malaysian island, a crowd claps excitedly...
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about 67 months ago (10/19/2018)
Arts Apart: Where Are Sabah and Sarawak in the Malaysian Arts? (via BFM) Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 19, 2018 With Malaysia Day just around the corner, there is a lot of conversation happening about East Malaysia...
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about 67 months ago (10/03/2018)
Yangon's well loved Palace of Literature (via The Myanmar Times) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 3, 2018 The four storey yellow painted building with big masonry work of books in black and white pages for its motif loomed high at the corner of Merchant Road and 37th street...
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about 68 months ago (09/22/2018)
MervEspina and the Green Papaya Art Projects (via The Myanmar Times) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 22, 2018 With the support of Japan Foundation and collaboration of Myanm/Art, MervEspina, artist and researcher from Philippines talked about Green Papaya Art Projects whose essence can be rendered as ‘never ripe, never rotten’...
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about 68 months ago (09/20/2018)
U Maung Maung’s blast from the past (via The Myanmar Times) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 20, 2018 To some people, these maybe nothing more than trash, some useless pieces of equipment from a forgotten past, but to others these are rare gems that brought back some bittersweet memories from not so long ago, when strife of all kinds – from World War I, World War II, up to the cold war era — dominated the world...
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about 68 months ago (09/15/2018)
How Dép Tổ Ong Goes From Timeless Family Keepsake to Millennial Icon (via Saigoneer) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 16, 2018 Back in 2014, amid the weekly cycle of news, a particular image was more striking than most: Doctor and Professor Ngo Bao Chau stood in the middle of a makeshift classroom in a rural village in Thai Nguyen Province while teaching local kids...
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about 68 months ago (09/12/2018)
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...
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about 69 months ago (08/15/2018)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: ArtsEquator’s Reading Group for Critics | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles August 15, 2018 Duration: October 2018 – March 2019 “What distinguishes the good, valuable theatre critic … is that you sense that [they are] writing about a cause – about a theatre in his or her mind...
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about 71 months ago (06/26/2018)
27 Artists Grapple with the Fractious Politics of Malaysia (via Hyperallergic) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles June 26, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Petani Semasa is a significant exhibition on contemporary art about the Patani region of Southern Thailand, that privileges local artists...