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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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The 60 Second Plug: KLPac’s “4.48 Psychosis”
Director/actor/writer Gavin Yap tells us about his initial meeting and subsequent relationship with playwright Sarah…
Every Frog Has Its Day
Urgh. For some reason, when the arts community decides to embark on a production that…
Malaysia at First Sight
“Selamat Datang ke Malaysia” is a cultural expo of sorts … on one hand playing…
The Dreaming
As part of the year-long My.Oz festivities (that celebrate 50 years of friendship between Malaysia…
The 60 Second Plug: Teater Ekamatra’s “Madu II”
Fast becoming Singapore’s most important playwright, the strength of Alfian Sa’at oeuvre lies in the…
The Business of Theatre
In reply to critical comments in an article we published last year on the Kuala…
Tembak: Instant Café Theatre’s Adaptation Masterclass
“I believe we never stop learning,” said actor Anne James, sitting down at a long…
Sit Down and Talk
Held once every five years in Kassel, Germany, documenta – the Hundred Day Museum is…
More Than a Festival
It gets harder and harder to review the Rainforest World Music Festival without sounding like…
The Politics of Muslim Clothing in Indonesia
Jilbab versus Schools This article is about the dynamics of jilbab conflicting with the social,…
Philippine Art Across the Islands: Luzon
In 2002 and 2003, I essayed “preliminary assessments” of writing on art from different Philippine…
Between Revolution Stronghold and Laboratory of the West: Political Positions in Indonesian Fine Art in the 1950s
Yogyakarta was Java’s principal art centre during the 1950s. According to Claire Holt’s “Art in…
Philippine Art Across the Islands: Mindanao
When the Zamboanga del Norte Federation of Visual Artists (ZANFEVA), a confederation of four art…
Investigating Circulations: The Folly of [Art] Bottom-lines and Number-crunching
The relatively cent ruckus over how the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) figures indicate that…
Philippine Art Across the Islands: Visayas
The cursory view of the raw data would seem a bit depressing. Outside of Cebu…
Wayang Nakal
At a crucial point in “Dua, Tiga Dalang Berlari”, an informal-by-form check-up on Wayang Kulit,…
Regional Survey
Regional Survey Jogjakarta, Penang, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Chiang Dao: a diary of food, art,…
Shadow Runners
Over a year ago, my classmates and I watched a Wayang Kulit performance as part…
Strange Bedfellows
Two very varied feature films opened recently, the first two parts of a planned trilogy…
The 60 Second Plug: KLPac’s “Within / Without”
Taking time off their rehearsal schedule, Lim How Ngean, Loh Kok Man and Reza Zainal…
Tembak: Wed 9 – Wed 16, May 2007
Opera Pinocchio Sat 12, May 2007 Once upon a time there was an old carpenter,…
Metaphors Be With You
The moment you start focusing your attention on them, metaphors wriggle right out of the…
Quiet Please
One of the most intriguing guests at the 2nd Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival, held…
The 60 Second Plug: KL Ensemble’s “A Bucketful of Beckett: 8 Shots”
Kay Chin on knitting, remembering lines, and bizarre initiation rituals. ~ Tell us about yourself.…
Making Spirits
A long, straight and well-paved road leads you into Pulau Carey. Along either side of…
The 60 Second Plug: Nyoba-Kan’s “Curse of the Forbidden Palace”
Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, and I’ve loved…
Best Intentions
I don’t pretend to be an opera buff, but I have seen enough productions to…
The 60 Second Plug: KLPac’s “The Magic Flute”
Shamelessly blow your trumpet, and tell us about yourself. I studied at the Trinity College…
The Red Army on the Russian Steppes
Since returning from England in the late 1980s, Kam Raslan has carved a niche for…
The 60 Second Plug: Balletbase’s “Take Flight”
Tell us a bit about yourself. In 1997, I went off to Harvard for four…
Tembak: Wed 28, Feb – Wed 7, Mar 2007
Kg Berembang Mon 5, Mar 2007 Kg Berembang was a place I knew about only…
The 60 Second Plug: Monti and Logi’s “Indian Stories, Chinese Tales”
Tell the world about Fong Muntoh, AKA Monti. I am from the land of many…
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Profile: Shahnon Ahmad
“I have a bit of a split personality,” says Shahnon Ahmad (January 13th, 1933; full…
Death and Tears
Fancy costumes and hoity-toity language do not generally agree with me in the theatre, so…
Mengalih Punggung
Tell us about yourself. Did you, like any other good middle-class child, have to pick…
Press Statement on the banning of “Apa Khabar Orang Kampung”
Artis Pro Activ (APA) unreservedly condemns the Malaysian Film Censorship Unit’s decision to ban director…