{"id":27874,"date":"2006-05-05T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myartmemoryproject.com\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T05:57:16","slug":"the-awards-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myartmemoryproject.com\/ms\/articles\/2006\/05\/the-awards-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"The Awards FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

As we go crazy dealing with the DBKL, the VVIP, and the scariest of them all, the RSVPs, while preparing for a glitzy, controversial and memorable 4th<\/sup> Annual BOH Cameronian Arts Awards 2005, we take time out to answer some Frequently Asked Questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the new awards this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Actor\nin a Leading Role <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Actor\nin a Supporting Role<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best\nChoreographer in a Mixed Bill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best\nChoreographer in a Feature Length <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best\nArtistic Director (Dance)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best\nTheatre Production <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Dance\nProduction <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Music\nProduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best\nCommunity Art or Art Education Project <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Mention – Best\nInterdisciplinary Production<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings the total of awards up\nto 39, up 19 from the first awards of 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does the size of the arts scene in Malaysia justify the increase in the\namount of awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Kakiseni, we’re not hung up on\nsize. It’s the fit that matters most, and most of the new awards were created\nto better reflect the shape of the practice. For example, splitting the Best\nPerformer in Theatre award into awards for actors in Leading and Supporting\nroles is to recognise the different roles played by both. We also differentiate\nbetween choreography for short length and feature length works and recognise\nthe key role of the Artistic Director in dance productions, given the\npredominance of mixed bill dance productions in KL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the Best Production Awards —\nsince we began the awards, artists and judges have suggested that we offer an\naward which recognises the best overall production in the three genres of\nmusic, dance and theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People have commented that the nominees list consist of a lot of new\nnames. Is this a reflection of the judging process being less “crony”\nor is there something else to it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What? There are people who are not\nour cronies yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some other comments and questions from the feedback to the\nNominees list. Could you please respond to some of them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kenapa produksi di bawah institusi pendidikan dicalonkan sedangkan\nianya untuk tujuan pembelajaran seperti Bangsawan dan Road to Mecca, jika\nbegitu banyak lagi produksi yang tidak diambilkira untuk diadili seperti dari\nUM, ASK, UKM dsbgnya.” – posted by EEMMMM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road to Mecca was not staged as part\nof a course requirement for students. The actors were professional actors, and\nit was in fact a fully commercial production, staged for the public. ASK\nproductions such as JAMU regularly get nominated and even win — again, the\ncriteria is that these productions, while staged by learning institutions, are\nnot staged as part of the student course requirement or for examination\npurposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would have thought that either Adeline or Kakiseni should have\nbeen courageous enough to make a decision to either (1) allow Adeline to remain\nas a judge but to disqualify her from being nominated or (2) disqualifying her\nas a judge and allowing her to be nominated.” – posted by Vox<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year we get asked the same\nquestion. Here is an excerpt from our judging process, which is open to the\npublic: “Judges who are involved in ANY capacity in a production cannot\njudge that show. It is the responsibility of the judge(s) to inform Kakiseni of\nany such involvement.” Furthermore, during the meeting to decide on the\nnominee list: “If a judge is involved in any of the potential nominees,\nthey have to leave the room while the award category is discussed. They cannot\nvote in the entire category.” And at the final judges meeting during which\nthe judges vote (in a secret ballot) the nominees they feel are most deserving\nof the award: “Judges who are involved in any way in a nominated show cannot\nvote for the entire award category, which they are also nominated for.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“pada pendapat saya, memangnya perlu ada juga kategory yang bezakan\nyang contemporary dan yang tradisional. sangat susah untuk kita melihat aspek\ndari nilai dan estetika tradisional\/klasik dengan yang modern\/contemporary”\n– posted by pexstret<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impulse to differentiate between\ntraditional and contemporary, or between comedy and drama, or between Mandarin\nand English or BM, is one we discuss with the judges every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good art is good art is good art,\nand these distinctions really should not matter — presuming we even believe\nthat such absolutes as ‘traditional’ or ‘contemporary’ exist at all. Having\nsaid that, our judges do realise the need to be knowledgeable about the\ndifferent conventions which exist in ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ works,\nand there is always a healthy debate among them come nomination time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“hey, how about a catergory or two for the visual arts next\nyear?” – posted by Simon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry, no can do. We created these\nawards specifically for the performing arts since none existed. There are\nalready several credible visual arts awards in existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back at the last four years of the awards, have some of your\noriginal vision\/mission changed or evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic objectives remain the same\n— to promote the arts to a wider public, to acknowledge local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has the awards achieved so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s too early to tell. It’s still\nevolving, and to be honest we sometimes wonder what this ‘thing’ we’ve created\nis. A lot of soul searching goes into the whole politics of ‘awarding’\ncreativity, but for now, it does seem to bring some very tangible benefits —\nthe total value of prize money each year which goes directly to the artists\nincreases (this year, the awards amount to the RM84,000, bringing the total sum\nof four awards to RM264,000), the media coverage of the artists and the awards\ncontinues to grow (valued to more than RM13,600,000 — yes, it’s hard to\nbelieve), and the very fact that the awards is establishing itself as part of\nthe KL art scene — love it or hate it, is noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does one promote arts in a country that is constantly worried about\nthe evil of arts? Can bad arts destroy a culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad judgment destroys a culture. Bad\nart disappears. We should not get stifled under the weight of our imagined\nmartyrdom. Other nations have been much more oppressive of artists and art, and\nyet have yielded tremendous work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can we expect in terms of performances at the awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be pretty low key compared\nto previous years. Its a long night and we’re trying to keep it as short as\npossible, so we can get to the free food and drinks after!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is the theme called “Your Malaysia?”<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re constantly being told what is Malaysian and what is not, so the theme really reflects our curiosity about how the arts community views Malaysia. Our Malaysia changes every day — both as we remember it and as we experience it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Published: 03.05.2006 on Kakiseni <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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