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Front Row

Don’t be afraid of the arts. You too can enjoy it! Don"t believe us? Tune in to Front Row to find out about the best shows and exhibitions that will recharge your brain and restore your spirit, as told by the producers, performers and artists themselves.

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41:34

The Arts that Migrated to Malaysia

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2020/08/27

The story of the Malaysian arts is often a story of migration: art forms that journeyed from other countries and cultures to find a home here, to evolve in their own unique ways. In conjunction with this year's Merdeka and Malaysia Day celebrations, we explore the histories and journeys of some of these art forms, and how they became a part of Malaysian culture. Image Source: PUSAKASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:46

Snapshots of the Past

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2020/08/25

In this age of being able to take and store thousands of photographs with ease, it is quite easy to overlook the unique position photographs have had throughout the history of their existence, particularly in terms of photography’s cultural significance. An ongoing exhibition at Ilham Gallery, called “Bayangnya Itu Timbul Tenggelam - Photographic Cultures in Malaysia” aims to capture some of this, by displaying Malaysian photographs from the 1920s to the 1970s. We speak with

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29:42

Online Festival of Video Art

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2020/08/18

The past few months have seen many artsmakers and creatives taking to the online space as a way to show their works, thanks to COVID-19. Capitalising on this, A+ Gallery is debuting its inaugural Online Festival of Video Art, featuring a whole month of works that each explore the potential of video art. The festival is from the 1st of August to the 12th of September, with new selections being unveiled every weekend in August, each curated by a different artsmaker. We speak with the festival’s

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19:47

Falling for Dance

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2020/08/18

After nearly 4 months of not being able to perform, Dancebox August 2020 is back to present 10 new dance works from emerging and established choreographers. And it looks to be an interesting mix of everything ranging from Indian classical dance to contemporary. We speak with one of the featured dancers, Hwa Wei-An, about how he has been reinterpreting notions of falling and freeriding into his dance works. Image Source: Hwa Wei-AnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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45:26

She Who Is Watching

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2020/08/11

A group art exhibition called “She Who Is Watching” aims to explore and complicate the position of women and artists as observers. Six international female artists - from Indonesia, Turkey, Algeria, Lebanon, Iran, and Germany - share their works and points of view on issues like gender, discrimination, migration, and ecology. We speak with three different artists to understand what it means to them to “observe”. Image Source: Wei Ling ContemporarySee omnystudio.com/listener

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39:02

The Other Hundred: Healers

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2020/08/04

The Other Hundred is a global photography initiative that aims to challenge stereotypes by highlighting people, places, and cultures that are often overlooked by major media. The initiative, which was started by the Global Institute of Tomorrow, brings together 100 photo stories by photographers around the world through an open call for entries, and currently, it’s on its fourth edition For 2020, the project is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the theme “Healers”. We speak

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30:11

Arts Under the SEA

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2020/07/28

The annual Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (BIPAM) is adapting to current times by presenting a series of webinars entitled "Under the SEA: Neighborly Talks on the Performing Arts in the Time of COVID-19”. The series aims to bring together arts practitioners and experts from the 11 countries in Southeast Asia, to familiarise each other with the regional arts scene, as well as to discuss issues and challenges currently facing the industry. We speak with the folks behind the

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14:56

Dancing Across (the) Cloud

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2020/07/28

As the local performing arts try to figure out how to move forward from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are trying various new initiatives that take into account this “New Normal” - which includes many virtual efforts. The Kwang Tung Dance Company is presenting a fundraising project called “Merentas Awan” from July to December 2020, which uses photography and videography to depict contemporary dance in the online space. We speak with dancer Tan Bee Hung

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29:49

Zoom Parah

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2020/07/20

If you were a Malaysian theatregoer back in 2011, you’d remember the sensation created by Parah. A play written by Singaporean playwright Alfian Saat, it was inspired by the then-protest over the Malay-language novel Interlok by a Hindu rights group. The play went on to win many accolades, and has been restaged seven times. Now, in keeping with this “New Normal”, the Instant Cafe Theatre Company is bringing us a virtual restaging, called Zoom Parah. We speak with director Jo

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18:47

Reflections on Performance

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2020/07/14

With Malaysia currently under the Recovery Movement Control Order, the performing arts scene is slowly beginning to stage shows again. And they are trying various ways to make this work while still complying with the SOPs provided by the government. For percussion ensemble Hands Percussion Malaysia, this involves presenting their first live-streamed show, called Reflections, in collaboration with the Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC). We speak with Hands’ and DPAC’s artistic

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18:52

All By Myself… Making Art

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2020/07/14

Artist CC Kua’s arts residency at Rimbun Dahan was an unexpectedly isolated one as the Movement Control Order came into place. So she spent her time allowing her thoughts to run playfully unrestrained amidst the lush tropical rainforest garden, while simultaneously dealing with the anxiety of being amidst the global pandemic. All of these are captured with a sense of humour and whimsy in the art she created during this time, which is showing at an exhibition called “All By Myself”

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32:57

What Does Your City Sound Like?

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2020/07/07

After months of staying indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, how can we reconnect with the cities we live in? The Sound of X project by Goethe-Institut might have an answer: by using the sounds, noises and acoustics of our urban environments to rediscover the stories they have to tell. The project gathers sound artists from Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand to present works that attempt to answer the question, “What does your city SOUND like?”. We speak with Han-Song Hiltmann,

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28:43

Writing for Hollywood

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2020/06/30

The BOH Cameronian Arts Awards Gamechangers is a recognition of artistic Malaysians who have been trailblazers in their fields, and have made a name for themselves internationally as well as at home. One of this year’s Gamechangers is screenwriter/producer Adele Lim, who worked her way up in Hollywood - she was co-showrunner/executive producer for Starcrossed, and most recently co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians and the screenplay for Disney’s Raya and the Last

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19:02

The BOH Cameronian Arts Awards 2020

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2020/06/30

With the Malaysian arts industry having come to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement Control Order, arts workers are still trying to figure out what the future might hold. The 17th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards, which is happening online on July 2, therefore, is both a celebration of the industry and a rallying point for coming together. We speak to Low Ngai Yuen, president of awards organiser Kakiseni, about the awards, its significance, and going virtual for the first time.See

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35:12

Comedy in the Time of COVID-19

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2020/06/23

From podcasts to online cooking demos to a digital comedy album, Malaysian comedian and self-professed grumpy person Kavin Jay has been using the past few months to explore different ways to use the digital space for comedy - but he is also the first to admit, nothing beats doing it live. We catch up with Kavin to talk about his recent projects, the state of comedy in Malaysia, and reimagining what stand-up comedy is in the age of COVID-19 and physical distancing.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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29:37

Storytelling… On Screens

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2020/06/16

As they deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and the current halt on live performances, the KL Shakespeare Players have embarked on a series of online interactive storytelling sessions, aimed at children. We speak with performer Lim Soon Heng and storyteller Johnny Gillett from the KL Shakespeare Players about the intricacies of delivering live performances remotely for a younger audience, and the mechanics of making it financially sustainable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:45

Streaming Sketch Comedy

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2020/06/09

Sketch comedy “Indicinelive!” is set to take the digital leap with its upcoming “Quaranstream Edition” - possibly Malaysia’s first multicast live online show. We speak with the people behind the show - director Freddy Tan, creative advisor Tung Jit Yang, and actor Jon Chew - about this “new normal” of performing arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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34:33

How Can We Fix Malaysian Arts & Culture?

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2020/06/02

Like many local industries, the Malaysian arts and culture sector has gone through several upheavals in 2020 - first, with the sudden entry of the Perikatan Nasional government, and then, to a larger extent, by the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the industry begins the process of regrouping, what are some possible ways forward? We speak to Datuk Ramli Ibrahim, dancer, choreographer, and founder of the Sutra Foundation, for his thoughts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:53

Arts Check-up #2: Visual Arts

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2020/05/19

With the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need to avoid public gatherings, as well as the implementation of the Movement Control Order, art exhibitions, galleries, and museums have been forced to shut their doors. This has affected not just planned shows and exhibitions, but in many cases, the livelihoods of artists. We speak with artists Sharon Chin, Rupa Subramaniam, and Haris Rashid, about the challenges being faced by visual artists, what needs to be done, and what the way forward might

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38:29

Arts Check-up #1: Performing Arts

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2020/05/12

With the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need to avoid public gatherings, as well as the implementation of the Movement Control Order, performing arts activities in Malaysia have ground to a halt. This has affected not just planned performances and stagings, but in many cases, the livelihoods of many members of the local arts community. We speak with producer choreographer/arts educator Joseph Gonzales, ReformARTsi representative Junyi Mah, and Pusaka’s Pauline Fan, about the challenges

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