Conversations
Art in Times of Crisis by LingJie Tuang
Albeit heavily criticised for questionable methodology and an unrepresentative sample size of 1000, Singapore’s The Straits Times published an infographic back in June that revealed what the general public perceives as essential or non-essential roles. Photo by Edvard Munch (Norsk, 1863–1944)
Anak Dara: Azzah Sultan
“Art is not what you see but what you make others see” — Edgar Degas Sultan’s work centers around identity and staying true to her Malaysian Muslim roots. Taking control of her narrative, Sultan shares her discoveries and stories through challenging social norms, pushing boundaries, and nostalgic installations. From talks about identity to challenging societal…
Paradise No More by Tasha Ariza
This aesthetic, fed to us across generations through countless highly-descriptive purple proses and movies may have been nothing save a romanticization, yet I believe we can generally agree that there is some sort of foundation to this age-old fascination with book-reading.
Senjamachine
Transcending and calm, grounding, and chaotic. Both these bands debuted into the Malaysian music scene around the same time within the first six months of 2018 and have been active with their own progress together, and individually since. On Saturday, February 22, I attended Down To Riot! at Panggung Asia and sat down with the…
Satu Peggy Di Goala Lumpur
I’ll take you back to November 30, 2019. It was a sweaty party that I arrived too early for. One claypot chicken rice, two Family Mart trips and three dead phones later, the whole of REX KL was housing the likes of party go-ers and anti-socialites crooning lullabies to themselves in corners. Peggy Gou by…
keJOHNtanan
"Before I was an editor, I used to write. A lot. Then I fell in love with films. The reason I went into editing was because I thought that understanding how to edit a film would give me the extra mileage in telling a great story. I feel that it does. And, from this experience…
RANTI-NG
The 19th of October 2019, like every other day, happens differently for everyone. For me, it was the day I shook hands with Jason Ranti, an Indonesian born and based creator who came to Malaysia to perform his work. This was his debut staging outside of his home country. The event, organized by Mendam Rasso,…
Kara Inez on Art: A Disucussion on Feminism & Its
Porn was a topic touched on during one of these interviews. It is not just porn but the media as a whole that bombards us with one sided representations of the female body. The vulva for example is portrayed as hairless and tucked in when in reality vulvas come in all shapes, colours and sizes.…
