By Akanksha Raja (900 words, 8-minute read) The Regional Forum on Creative Hubs and Cities, organised by the British Council, took place at the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) on 10 October 2017. It was an extension of a research and mapping project conducted earlier this year by the Council, to chart creative hubs […]
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“After a controversy over terminology and a year’s preparation, the ambitious Yangon Art Expo has helped to create greater international interest in contemporary Myanmar art. U Aung Min of Yangon’s Magic Art Gallery declared last week’s Yangon Art Expo the best exhibition of Myanmar art for 100 years. Objectivity may have been elusive when the
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ANWESHA-Beyond the darkness! by Maya Dance Theatre, 1 – 2 Dec, Drama Centre Black Box Daily stories of unsuspecting victims crumbling under its consequences increasingly populate the media and social forums. Anxiety, depression and pressure are regular features, yet the awareness and discussion on the extent of their impact on mental well-being is rarely discussed. Maya
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Penangites of a certain age still have fond memories of the Blue Bus that ran up and down the island until the 1980s. The company’s garage, built in 1947, sported a sleek Art Deco façade, still visible today. But years of neglect took their toll and even the purchase of the property by a group
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali from 20 – 26 November 2017 JAKARTA Senandung Simfoni Pertiwi, 20 November 2017, 7:30 PM, Teater Jakarta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta Senandung Simfoni Pertiwi is Jakarta City Philharmonic Orchestra’s last concert of the year. For this last concert, the JCP presents an anthology
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BOOM! by Jean Tay, presented by The Callbacks, Drama Centre Theatre, 24 Nov 8pm The Callbacks once again presents a night of truth, humour and sentiment with their take on ‘Boom’ by Jean Tay. Centred on the struggle between a mother and son who are divided about their HDB property going en bloc, the play will
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We Just Turned One Year Old! To celebrate, we’re launching a photography competition that honours the practice of artmaking. If you have any questions or need more information, email us: contact(at)artsequator.com Tags: Competition
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What happens when you are an artist who has been given, say, five days, to make and present a new work for a site-specific event in a place that you have never seen before, in Japan? You will be required to install your work anew each day, between 3 and 6.30pm. When it “starts to
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Discipline the City (23 August – 26 November 2017) is a three-act multi-arts exhibition held at The Substation. Going beyond a static presentation commonly utilised in exhibitions, the show includes permanent exhibits, site-adaptive performances, punk tours, talks, workshops, a shop and rotating exhibits. The monumental programme demands repeat visits over the whole period of the
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Padang, Yogyakarta, and Bali from 13 – 19 November 2017 JAKARTA Lukisan Tanpa Teori, Now – 23 November 2017, Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta. A painting essentially is made up of brushes of paints on a canvas. Is there really a need for theory
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Dreamseeds Arts Fest by Club Rainbow, 18 – 25 Nov, *SCAPE An initiative by Club Rainbow (Singapore), Dreamseeds Arts Fest 2017 is a multi-experiential arts festival headlined by the non-profit organisation’s beneficiaries. Dreamseeds Arts Fest is an open-to-public inclusive arts platform that offers beneficiaries the opportunity to realise their creative potential and connect with a
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“The Unsung Museum (Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa) is a landmark, travelling exhibition that is currently crisscrossing the country and features miniature artworks that are big on cultural significance. The exhibition highlights the most important issues challenging Indonesia’s ongoing struggle for democracy since the nation’s colourful, fledgling journey began. These issues include tolerance of minority groups, along with ethnic, ideologically and
“They have been harassed, threatened, publicly scorned and surrounded by large, aggressive mobs. They have been held behind bars, and faced the wrath of furious governments. Yet, they appear not to have lost their moral compass, their passion, or their hearts. Their “crime”? Art. Despite government pressure, Malaysia’s Zunar and South Korea’s Hong Sung-dam continue
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Bersama-sama: Exhibition Launch by Jasmeet Notay and Steph Jack, Supernormal Gallery, Kreta Ayer Road, 11 Nov 6pm – 10pm Bersama-sama is a small collection of abstract works by Jasmeet Notay and Steph Jack. Jack splatters and blends acrylics to create fluid, whimsical dreamscapes while Notay’s paintings are moody
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Makassar from 6 – 12 November 2017 JAKARTA Jiwa – Jakarta Biennale 2017, 4 November – 10 December 2017, various locations, Jakarta Jakarta’s biannual international contemporary art exhibition is back with a theme of Jiwa. Jiwa or soul is the spirit or energy that drives
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Banda from 30 October – 5 November 2017 JAKARTA Japanese Film Festival, 2 – 7 November 2017, CGV Grand Indonesia, Jakarta Organised by the Japan Foundation, the Japanese Film Festival is a celebration of Japanese cinema outside of Japan. This year’s festival is held
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“A lasting impression one got from the exhibition “After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History” at the Asia Society Museum in New York was the sense of art’s power to propel. Walking a tight rope between personal aesthetics and the repressive sociopolitical conditions of their countries, seven artists and a collaborative group—from
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali from 23-29 October 2017 JAKARTA Murni? – Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design, Now – 15 November 2017, grandkemang Hotel Jakarta Murni in Bahasa Indonesia translates as “purity”. In this 8th exhibition of Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD), the word Murni is asked
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Macho Dancer and Corponomy by Eisa Jocson, Esplanade Theatre Studio, 27 – 28 Oct This weekend at the Esplanade’s da:ns festival 2017 sees Eisa Jocson perfoming a double-bill of Macho Dancer and Corponomy. Corponomy is a new commission by the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay
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Poop! by The Finger Players, Victoria Theatre, 20 – 22 October A man dies. His widow grieves. His mother laughs out loud because to her, death is merely a joke. His 8 year old daughter wonders, “When is life worth living; when is death worth celebrating?” Ticketing and more information. A Design Film Festival 2017
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The “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now” exhibition in Tokyo has collected so much material that it could be split into two substantial halves, one at the Mori Art Museum and the other at The National Art Center, Tokyo. It is a showcase of a profusion of artworks through a sampling of important
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Between 21 April to 3 July this year, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin hosted Misfits: Pages from a Loose-Leaf Modernity, curated by David Teh. The exhibition featured three artists from Southeast Asia: Fillipino filmmaker Rox Lee, who sowed the seeds of a nascent experimental scene; Thai artist and poet Tang Chang, known
Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, and Padang Panjang from 9 – 15 October 2017 JAKARTA Xalisco, A Place, 14 – 15 October 2017, 7:30 PM, Salihara Theatre, Jakarta Xalisco, A Place began as a story that is dedicated to Latin American writers. “A man arrived in Mexico City on his journey
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By Elaine Chiew (1350 words, 10-minute read) The stitching together of alternative histor(ies) within artistic exploration as a kind of “false radical chic”, to borrow Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen’s term[1], can cloud the tougher question of where lies the artist’s burden of truth when playing with history. The four artists showcased in Ghosts and
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In what ways does an art institution inhabit the stone mausoleums of two former colonial structures; how can citizens take ownership of those immaculately preserved halls? Susan Sentler trained at the Martha Graham School in New York, danced with the Martha Graham Ensemble and is currently based in Singapore, teaching at LASALLE College of the
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali from 25 Sep – 1 Oct 2017 JAKARTA Memoria: Five Indonesians Shorts Films, 26 September 2017, 7 PM, Goethehaus, Jakarta This week’s Goethe Art Films presents 5 Indonesian Short Films. They are Pulang ke Indonesia, Sendiri Diana Sendiri, Memoria, Lemantun, Prenjak. All five
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Bandung and Jakarta from 18 – 24 Sep 2017 BANDUNG Prabu Perdana – Artist Collaboration Month, Now – 26 September 2017, SemAta Gallery, Bandung SemAta Gallery is one of the very few art galleries that focus on children. It is a children art center in Bandung that
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By Chan Sze-Wei (920 words, 8-minute read) Given that the publicity synopsis to Dries Verhoeven’s video installation pretty much tells all, I’m surprised by how excited I am by the time I’m finally summoned to enter the heavy white door. A lot of the theatricality in my experience of Guilty Landscapes III is in the anticipation
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Sumba, Jakarta, and Bali from 11 – 17 Sep 2017 SUMBA FEMART Sumba – Art & Peace Festival, 14 – 16 September 2017, Sumba FEMART is a peace & art gathering with a focus of bringing the Women Peace Table to Sumba and the province of Nusa
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Yogyakarta from 4 – 10 Sep 2017 JAKARTA +51 Aviación San Borja, 6 – 7 September 2017, 8 PM, Teater Salihara, Jakarta The title of this performance by Okazaki Art Theatre is lifted from Peru’s international calling code and director Yudai Kamisato’s grandma’s address
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