by ARTERI

Calling all creatives: The 48 Hour Inclusive Design Challenge returns this October to the stunning and thrilling city of Seoul, Korea. The British Council are scouting for 2 young, talented and passionate designers to participate in this year’s challenge taking place 12 – 14 Oct 2009.

by Tan Zi Hao

Never underestimate the vernacular!

Whether it is a commercial message, spiritual, abstract or instructive, these forms of typographical communication attest to the villagers’ expressiveness that were, in the past, suppressed and left unnoticed.

oleh Nirwan Ahmad Arsuka

Selain deretan karya yang sungguh beraneka ragam dan dikerjakan dalam kurun dua dekade lebih dari mungkin perupa terpenting Indonesia saat ini, penghargaan memang harus juga diberikan ke pelaksanaan pameran, Still Crazy After All These Years.

by Sharon Chin

Interview with Amir Zainorin and Nur Hanim Khairuddin on UNCUT09: the first ever Malaysian Arts Festival in Denmark. Featuring workshops, dance performances, forums, screenings and an art exhibition (with paintings by National Laureate A. Samad Said @ Pak Samad!)

by ARTERI

David Pledger, who is currently on a residency programme in Instant Cafe’s spanking new art space, CHAI, will be holding 2 evenings of public talks.

by Latif Kamaluddin

A circumvention of Liew Kung Yu’s recent series via an uninterested exercise of visual ethnographic deconstruction.

By June Yap

After watching visual artist Brian Gothong Tan’s first foray into feature film-making, Invisible Children (2008), it took a while for me to pin down exactly what I felt about the work – a ordinary sensation, but remarkable nonetheless.

by ARTERI

I wouldn’t call a Doof a beanbag, it might get mad at me. Say instead: the plushest, loveliest thing your body will come into contact with (except maybe another body). Here’s a chance to take one home for FREE with the GET DOOF QUICK SCHEME #2. Read on!

Photos by Jun Kit
Words by Simon Soon

So much is achieved in one grueling, enlightening and fun-filled week of championing sexuality rights over at the Annexe gallery. Here are some photographic evidences.

By ARTERI

An evening of magical realism, story telling, puppetry, total installation, suspension of disbelief and contemporary fairy tales by Iwan Effendi and Maria Tri Sulistyani at Valentine Willie Fine Art KL.

by Simon Soon

Art writing in Malaysia gets its fair share of flak from informed audience all the time. Here’s one reason: Writers think readers are too stupid to understand so called ‘difficult art’.

by Simon Soon

Last Friday’s Performance Lab at Findars Space featured renown artist/poet Rahmat Haron and Poodien as well as Taring Padi member Exicrot.

by Sharon Chin

On 1 Aug 2009, I joined 20,000 other Malaysians in a peaceful protest march against the Internal Security Act, a law that allows for detention without trial for indefinite periods of time. Here are two videos documenting the day.

by Sharon Chin

A visit to Instant Cafe Theatre’s new home – CHAI House, or Instant Cafe’s House of Art and Ideas. With white paint fresh on the walls, the airy one-storey bungalow in Petaling Jaya was glowing with optimism and possibility. Read on for a photo tour and more on the exciting things planned for this great new space.

By Eva McGovern

Birdprayers is an ongoing multi site, multidisciplinary project that combines performance, exhibitions and talks by artists Sara Nuytmans (The Netherlands) and Arya Pandjalu (Indonesia).