by Simon Soon

Little has been said or theorised about conceptual practices in the region, much less of its history. Yet, this is what artist and research, Ringo Bunoan, sets out to do in ‘Archiving Roberto Chabet’, which is held in the Cellar Gallery and Basement B of University of Philippines Vargas Museum, from 3 March – 4 April 2009.

by SHARON CHIN

Over drinks last night, a fellow wurator (writer/curator) asked me, in the context of the local art scene: “Whose work do you like?”

by ARTERI

One of ARTERI’s commitment is to trawl the cyberspace in search of video works from Southeast Asia that are uploaded onto youtube or other video channels and bring them to our readers’ attention.

The inaugural entry for this series highlights excerpts from Ming Wong’s Four Malay Stories, commissioned in 2005 for Labilabu, a two-man exhibition with Khairuddin Hori as part of Pesta Raya Malay Cultural Festival at the Esplanade, Singapore.

by ARTERI

ARTERI is a blogging initiative that focuses on contemporary art in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Serving both as information portal and conversational forum, ARTERI is your one stop feed on exhibitions around Malaysia as well as a hub for promoting region-wide awareness of contemporary practices across a variety of media including performance, installation, video, painting, sound, web-based art, etc.

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