DANCE: KAMPUNG BARU
Venue: KongsiKL, Jalan Klang Lama, KL
Date: Oct 14 and 15
Raymond Liew Jin Pin, a Malaysian modern choreographer who’s at present primarily based in Hamburg, Germany, returns for a homecoming dance manufacturing known as Kampung Baru at KongsiKL, Old Klang Road in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 14 and 15.
In this present, which is supported by the Goethe-Institut Malaysia and KongsiKL, the Johor-born Liew delves into the area of conventional Malay, Chinese and Indian dance actions searching for “a new village and a contemporary zone.” His analysis usually focuses on conventions and gender with a deal with South-East Asian our bodies.
The Kampung Baru piece – created with three modern dancers in Germany – was as a part of a 2019 residency programme (K3 Tanzplan at Kampnagel, Hamburg) and it premiered on-line at the TanzHochDrei digital competition in 2021. In the manufacturing notes, the choreographer’s quest is “to reinterpret his cultural roots and embody his biography, to merge old and new, East and West, ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’.”
In Kuala Lumpur, Kampung Baru will probably be reinterpreted with three Malaysian artists Loke Soh Kim, Harshini Sukumaran and Tai Chun Wai, in addition to long-time collaborator music composer Ng Chor Guan to find new storytelling prospects via dance and past. Guest artist and dramaturg is Jascha Viehstadt. Tickets for Kampung Baru are RM40. Showtime is 9pm.
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The ‘Telur Pecah’ group exhibition at the GMBB arts mall options 128 artists, giving guests a glimpse of a various array of Malaysian art. Photo: GMBB
TELUR PECAH 2.022 – A CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
Venue: GMBB, Jalan Robertson, KL
Date: ends Nov 13
The Telur Pecah exhibition sequence returns to the GMBB mall for its second version.
From newcomer names and particular wants artists to senior painters and combined media/digital artists, the exhibition involves life with 128 individuals. From giant scale work to delicate sculptures, each single art work and artist comes with a narrative to inform … with the essence of merely being Malaysian.Here, you can see veteran artist/educator Choong Kam Kow and deaf artist Lim Anuar sharing wall house with Orang Asli artists Ramlan Koyok and Leny Maknoh, whereas toy designer Oodplex, and artists comparable to Emila Yusof, Ajim Juxta, Bop Sopan, Sliz and Christine Das add to the selection.
Telur Pecah, full of greater than 300 works , hopes to domesticate a brand new tradition of appreciating art, the place borders and boundaries are eradicated. GMBB’s Kesana Kesini flooring is the place this free admission exhibit is being held till subsequent month.
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Sharini’s art work titled ‘Coherence’ (oil on canvas, 2022). Photo: Sharini Yogi
SHARINI YOGI: ‘HOLI’ JOURNEY IN ABSTRACTION
Venue: ArtVoice Gallery, Jalan Kovil Hilir, Sentul, KL
Date: ends Oct 22
Your art journey weekend will not be full and not using a go to to the ArtVoice Gallery the place Sharini Yogi’s new physique of abstraction titled HOLI affords guests a mysterious but celebratory really feel.
Her works are impressed by the Hindu competition of ‘Holi’ (Festival of Spring), the place color is lifted as much as the skies. The artist additionally explores a hybrid of Jackson Pollock’s drip-dry approach and her personal experimental course of.
The childlike gestures in her works via manipulation of fluid dynamics, colliding strokes of commercial oil paint and viscosity of the paint play mirrors Holi as water is often dyed with vibrant colored pigments and is then splattered at festivegoers throughout the celebration.
The exhibition, curated by Stephen Menon, sees Sharini exhibiting 12 giant works.
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Adil Johan heads out together with his group for a two-night jazz stint at Liberal Latte in KL. Photo: Handout
ADIL JOHAN QUINTET
Venue: Liberal Latte, Bukit Damansara, KL
Date: Oct 14 and 15
A bookstore cafe is simply the proper place to get pleasure from a small scale gig of the jazz-minded persuasion.
The Adil Johan Quintet (AJQ) matches the invoice in such intimate areas because it heads out for two nights of jazz, hip hop and soul grooves.
Led by saxophonist/vocalist Adil, the group – Ashwin Gobinath, Gabriel Januarius, Faz Aznam (guitar), Laura Lim (bass) – thrives on music that’s rooted to the every day encounters of our global-urban lives.With a repertoire of originals and re-arranged covers (Tom Misch, Incubus, Zee Avi, SonaOne, Luqman Podolski), the AJQ resonates with constructive vibes, contemplative lyrics, and soulful grooves for a discerning cosmopolitan viewers.
This ticketed sequence additionally options singer-songwriter Hameer Zawawi in the present’s line-up.
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ARTOBER | CIMB – MALAYSIA EMERGING ARTIST (MEA) AWARD
Venue: Glo Damansara Mall, KL
Date: ends Oct 24
The Malaysia Emerging Artist (MEA) Award exhibition, which is one in all the banner occasions for CIMB’s Artober, is now displaying at the Glo Damansara Mall.
The exhibition, which options 168 works by 66 artists, has taken up six areas in the concourse space of this suburban mall. For the art fanatic and curious customer, there’s lots to discover right here as the modern art work mediums span work, combined media, installations, material art and extra.
Issues comparable to local weather change and the surroundings are additionally prevalent themes amongst these younger artists.
The exhibition can even be complemented by an Art-to-Wear vogue showcase from 4 vogue schools, and retail cubicles run by the CIMB Foundation beneficiaries. Free admission.
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