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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 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 48 months ago (04/27/2020)
The working processes of artists: Sabrina Poon | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 27, 2020 Singaporean filmmaker Sabrina Poon, better known as Spoon, talks about her work and the value of storytelling by breaking down three of her short films – Sylvia , Hello Uncle and Pa ...
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about 49 months ago (04/09/2020)
Reading in isolation: ‘Others’ is Not a Race and Interpreter of Winds | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 9, 2020 By Kathy Rowland (913 words, 4-minute read) Last November, when there was nary a thought for social distancing, and Corona conjured up visions of lime wedges and grimy bars, I reread Rex Shelley’s 1991 debut novel, The Shrimp People ...
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about 49 months ago (03/19/2020)
The Space of/for Memory: ”Last Night I Saw You Smiling” | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of artist March 19, 2020 By Alfonse Chiu (2,078 words, 7-minute read) Every space tells a story: the empty prison cell speaks of redemptions, of wrongs that were righted, and to the cynical, more earthly, minds, of miscarriages of justice, and the irrevocability of tragedies and the people who made them; the crowded hospital ward hums, sometimes a baleful tune when a heart attack becomes a full-body scan becomes something decidedly terminal, and sometimes a bright chime when a newborn takes their first breaths and screams to announce their entry into this world; and tales of homes, houses, and hauntings have infested almost every definition and genre of fiction and non-fiction known to mankind: killing, nourishing, obscuring, stagnating, etc...
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about 50 months ago (02/26/2020)
Podcast 76: The Runaway Company | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Michael Chow February 27, 2020 Duration: 30 min Nabilah Said speaks to Izzul Irfan and Mahirah Abdul Latiff of The Runaway Company about structures, succession and misconceptions about their work...
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about 52 months ago (12/22/2019)
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...
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about 53 months ago (12/05/2019)
Embracing A Bigger Human Identity: “PheNoumenon” by T...
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about 55 months ago (10/14/2019)
CRITICS LIVE: A post-show response to "Merdeka" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 14, 2019 Join critics Corrie Tan, Nabilah Said, Carolyn Oei and Teo Xiao Ting in a post-show conversation about W!ld Rice’s Merdeka ...
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about 55 months ago (10/04/2019)
The working processes of artists: Sheng player Michael Lee | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Michelle Fonseca and Hazeline Ali...
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about 55 months ago (09/22/2019)
The disturbing cruelty of Terre Thaemlitz's "Deproduction" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of Comatonse Recordings September 22, 2019 By Luke Macaronas (765 words, 5-minute read) Content warning: References to sexual content, situations and violence The final line of Terre Thaemlitz’s Deproduction reads: “Admit it’s killing you, and leave.” It is a neat summary of the work—a deeply nihilistic critique of contemporary family values and neo-liberal queer politics...
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about 56 months ago (09/03/2019)
Full Hungarian splendour: Treble Voices Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of Choral Moments/Kims Production...
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about 57 months ago (08/01/2019)
"In Time To Come" at LumiNation 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles August 1, 2019 We asked our readers what they would put in a time capsule...
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about 60 months ago (04/29/2019)
The Body Remembers: Kitt Johnson on "Stigma" at M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles "Stigma", photo by James Quah (left), Kitt Johnson, photo by Per Morten Abrahamsen (right) April 29, 2019 By Germaine Cheng (605 words, three-minute read) 2019 marks the 10th edition of the M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival , a humble endeavour by Kuik Swee Boon, artistic director of T...
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about 61 months ago (04/05/2019)
"Gold Rain and Hailstones": There and Back Again | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Wong Horng Yih April 5, 2019 By Carmen Nge (1593 words, six-minute read) It was a Wednesday night and DPAC was packed...
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about 61 months ago (04/01/2019)
She Creates: Nine Years Theatre's "FAUST/US 浮世/德" | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Crispian Chan April 1, 2019 By Daniel Teo (1400 words, six-minute read) All eyes are on Cherilyn Woo in her solo directorial debut for Nine Years Theatre (NYT), FAUST/US ...
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about 62 months ago (02/25/2019)
“Learning”: Memory, Precision, Uncertainty in a 5-hour Durational Performance at National Gallery Singapore | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Arnaud Bouvier "Learning”, choreographed by Liz Santoro and Pierre Godard February 25, 2019 By Jocelyn Chng (440 words, three-minute read) Part of National Gallery Singapore’s special programme Performing Spaces that explores how space can be a “living organism” facilitating encounters between performers and audiences, Learning takes place over two weekends in March 2019...
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about 64 months ago (12/27/2018)
Gloomy outlook for Vietnamese cinema, literature scene: workshop (via Tuoi Tre News) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo: Tuoi Tre December 27, 2018 Attendees at a national workshop held in Hanoi on Wednesday to discuss the multitude of issues plaguing the Vietnamese film and literature industries were not shy about voicing disdain for the current state of literary and cinematic art in Vietnam...
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about 65 months ago (12/19/2018)
Sandi Tan’s "Shirkers": Moving Backwards in Order to Move Forwards | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles December 19, 2018 By Ke Weiliang (1180 words, six-minute read) NB: It is important to differentiate between the two versions of Shirkers that were filmed...
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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 (11/07/2018)
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 66 months ago (10/29/2018)
“Closer” at Both Sides, Now: What Do We Choose to Remember? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Zinkie Aw for Both Sides, Now October 29, 2018 By Loo Zihan (1430 words, six-minute read) “What will we forget? What do we hold on to?...
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about 66 months ago (10/25/2018)
On the Indonesian Dance Festival with Maria Darmaningsih | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 25, 2018 As part of ArtsEquator’s series of interviews profiling festival directors in Southeast Asia, we get to learn more about Maria Darmaningsih, co-founder and current artistic director of the bi-annual Indonesian Dance Festival (IDF), which was launched in 1992...
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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 (09/17/2018)
Cambodia Town Film Festival presents perspectives beyond ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ (via Long Beach Post) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 17, 2018 Kilong Ung was just a teenager when the Khmer Rouge overtook his hometown of Battambang in Cambodia...
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about 68 months ago (09/17/2018)
Short film fest to send winner to Hollywood (via The Manila Times) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Filmmakers of 'As Time Flows By', Janna Lejano (left) and Annika Yañez (right) September 17, 2018 Ten bold and emotionally stirring stories have been selected as finalists the 2nd Viddsee Juree Philippines, a festival of short films that celebrates and supports filmmaking communities in Asia...
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about 69 months ago (08/02/2018)
SMU Series: Down the Rabbit Hole, We Go: An Intern’s Dive into the Realm of Arts for Young Audiences | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles August 2, 2018 This article is the second in a series of essays by students from the Singapore Management University Arts and Culture Management programme...
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about 70 months ago (07/10/2018)
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...