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Explore our repository of articles, essays, reviews and interviews covering a wide range of arts and culture. The majority of these were commissioned and published on the online arts magazine Kakiseni from 2002 – 2010.

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  • Violent Symphonies

    Listening to Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony (a.k.a. “Tragic”) performed by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra under…

  • Under Exposed

    When setting out to review the inaugural Kuala Lumpur International Photography Biennale (KLip, 4 June…

  • Too Many Awards, Not Enough Movies

    Talk about efficiency. For the entire first half of the 18th Malaysian Film Festival 2005…

  • No Silk Purse

    Titiwangsa is a nice lyrical sort of name. The Titiwangsa Range itself conjures a sense…

  • Back to Africa

    By Kakiseni Rey Buono chides me: “If you had told me you were going to…

  • Dematerialise Girl

    Everyone knows this folklore, so there is no ending to be given away. On the…

  • Don’t Rain On My Painting

    It was a very wet afternoon. Not the ideal time for a visit to the…

  • Renewal – A Short Story

    All I had wanted to do after my retirement was sit in the patio -…

  • Fine Young Communists

    As the elderly leader of the now defunct Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) points out…

  • Mat Salleh and the Temple of Brown

    Getting Lost You may recall that two weeks ago I had the pleasure of reviewing…

  • Artists Without Borders

    The idea of exchange is an interesting one in today’s world where technology, the internet,…

  • Waiting for the Next Generation

    Not being a dancer or choreographer herself, Rogayah Shahariman doesn’t want to be known as…