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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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  • 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…

  • What Is My Culture

    Cultural identity formation and national belonging in the contemporary age is complex. Most Chinese who…

  • Rabbits’ Eyes and Seascapes

    On January 28th, 2007, the art world’s luminaries and big-spenders converged on the Kuang estate…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Ahmad Fuad’s “Dislocated”

    Tell us a bit about yourself. I was born 38 years ago in Baling, Kedah.…

  • Other Than Angkor – Pt. 2

    Among the lesser-known temples at Angkor is a pyramidal mass of hewn stone blocks called…

  • Other Than Angkor – Pt. 1

    ‘Stung Treng 216 km’ flashed on the blue signboard as our bus sped along the…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Tourniquet Production’s “Okiku”

    Okiku is based on a story from Japanese folklore. Tell us more about the conceptualization…

  • Enjoy the Silence

    The semi-autobiographical domestic drama by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, Betrayal (staged at the Kuala Lumpur…

  • Polymathic Spree

    A celebrated photographer, filmmaker, writer, and actor (for stage and screen), multi-talented Bernice Chauly is…

  • Be Heard

    In 2001, a group of young Malaysians set up a project to help their fellow…

  • Telltale Lovebites

    It has been an important year for independent Malaysian cinema. Triumph on the international festival…

  • Roti Bakar With Planta

    I don’t bother with film shorts in the States. I think of American shorts as…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Lapar Lab’s “Five Alone”

    Tell us a bit about Five Alone — how was it conceptualised? What can the…

  • Ladies and Gentlemen

    He’s practically done it all: the West End (Miss Saigon, Rent), Hollywood (Anna & The…

  • X Marks the G-Spot

    When can you call yourself a playwright? After a three-act play? After one or two…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Integrated Expressions’ “Little Mission Impossible”

    Little Mission Impossible: should we Expect the Impossible? Tell us more about the musical. Little…

  • Bootlegging

    It would take a very hard-hearted person to not admire the gumption of Khairil M…

  • Crossing the River

    An emerging visual artist whose work has been exhibited both in Malaysia and abroad, Yap…

  • Anugerah Seni Negara

    While most people spent Sunday evening huddled at home, awed by the almighty storm that…

  • The 60 Second Plug: Sankai Juku’s “Hibiki”

    Hibiki is described as a work of “unparalleled simplicity and poetic beauty”. What can you…

  • The 60 Second Plug: PingStage’s Theatre Carnival — Monodrama 2006

    ‘Three girls in a play’ is your tagline for the event — sounds naughty. Tell…

  • Stiff Monster

    Watching the KLPac production of Frankenstein in Love, I was somehow reminded of a play…

  • Stop the Sledgehammers

    A nation is as rich as its geography; and geography is enriched when it is…

  • The 60 Second Plug: The DFP’s KL BBC Proms 2

    Tell us about yourself. What inspired you to pick up the baton? The sound of…

  • Pasar Ramadan

    Walking into a Ramadan evening bazaar with a rumbling tummy is almost masochistic. Here you…

  • The Funky Guru

    Finding out about international acts performing live in Malaysia can be a bit like playing…

  • Shining Through The Rain

    Some filmmakers use film as a tool to tell narratives and build worlds. Other filmmakers,…

  • Free To Speak

    Let’s start with a number of disclaimers: first, I’m writing as an individual and not…

  • Why Care?

    Should I be afraid to point a camera at something if it’s wrong? A few…

  • Lepidopterists – the Musical

    Those who are familiar with classical Chinese literature will have heard of Liang Shanbo and…

  • The 60 Second Plug: The ComeBackKings’ “Free Flow”

    Why the ComeBackKings? The first time we performed we were just a bunch of seniors…

  • Pak Saari Abdullah, 1952 – 2006

    I first met Saari when, in early February 1975, I started research work for a…

  • Listening to Pomeloes

    What do the films Lelaki Komunis Terakhir and Gubra have in common? Obvious answer: they…

  • Drawing Water

    An Indonesian artist once pointed out to me the pervasiveness of visual clichés. He said…

  • Assembling Performance Virgins

    Recently we called on Thailand to ask about the coup. From a condo on the…

  • Race and Place

    One should applaud the release of another Malaysian independent feature on local screens – on…