Dead Water is a raw glimpse into the psyche of an artist
By CHIN JIAN WEI Emotion permeates every frame of Dead Water. Explosive rage, unbridled joy, deep self-loathing, crippling fear; almost every type of human emotion …
Familial strength from Women Photographers Malaysia at PJPAC
By DANIAL FUAD These past two years seem like a blur to everyone as they passed by in the blink of an eye. Due to …
Lessons from ‘The Prophet’ redelivered
By NABILA AZLAN Magnetised by Kahlil Gibran’s timeless catalogue of reminders in The Prophet upon first read, I was excited to watch how this would …
The Lone State of Mind in Ajim Juxta’s Dystopians
By WAI LU YIN A dystopia is an imagined society in which there is great suffering caused by current trends, societal norms and the implementation …
Of Reddened Cabbage and Sisterhood
By NATASHA P. Daring enough to exit the confines of propriety, artist Dhani Illiani Yusof, in her Jakarta art show Arus Binti: Kobis Merah takes …
Carving Reality out of Social Realism
By FARAH DIANPUTRI There’s something inherently rebellious about woodblock prints. It’s meeting the resistance of carving out an image into existence from unrelenting material. Scratching …
Izat Arif vs. the art world
By ELLEN LEE In Gentle Reminders, Izat Arif appropriates the style of typical road signs to present pithy advice for younger artists of the obstructions …
KL Shakespeare Players present Sang Kancil Folktales Online
KLSP is on the right track in creating innovative approaches to telling Malaysian folktales beyond the stage. No matter what platforms they use, KLSP is doing wonders in preserving these stories and reaching out to a wider audience. It is a great initiative in building future generations of Malaysian storytellers.
The Woes of Owning a Uterus
By NATASHA P. Artist Lith Ng Yee Leng encapsulates the gritty, ‘dirty’ aspects of owning a vagina – the bleeding, the pain, the excretion of …
Hummer and Tagistan at Zhongshan
Hummingbirds, rusty saws, bottlecaps, floating chess boards, and the beauty in reclaimed things at the Zhongshan Building.