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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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24:31

The End, on Film

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2018/08/01

Dead insects, dried plants, and tiny skeletons are captured in an otherworldly photo exhibit called “Redux” by Shareem Amry. She talks to us about her debut solo exhibition, what drew her to photographing these unlikely subjects, and why she uses film photography in her works.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27:40

Soundtrack to Teenage Love

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2018/07/31

Music from the 80s and recollections of teenage love come together in “Stories from a Mixtape”, a musical by Malaysian band Leonard Theng and The Cerita. Band frontman Leonard Theng, and members Sharon Chong and Mizzie talk to us about how they will be bringing together narrative and live performance in a unique way for the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:41

Hands Percussion’s Unbeatable K5

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2018/07/27

The fifth biennial international percussion festival organized by Hands Percussion. Bernard Goh introduces the international and local guests, including Ariefwaran who with choreographer Kathyn Tan, work with the drummers to create a new vocabulary of movements for the performance. Ariefwaran hints on what to expect from the percussionists. Together Bernard and Ariefwaran point to some new directions that this Malaysian troupe will be taking to create their works.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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12:51

Portraits in Dreamscape

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2018/07/27

The visiting artist and adjunct professor of illustration at Pratt Institute at Brooklyn was in Kuala Lumpur to exhibit her works, some 20 portraits depicted in a dreamlike state. While several of her works are dark--like the one of her son with two bombs falling into the sides of his head--most in this collection are light and whimsical. Like women with cupcakes and wedding cakes on their heads. Foster reveals what she strives for in her art and also on her most recent project, capturing women.See

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33:09

Music as Dissent

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2018/07/26

When it comes to the local indie music scene, Azmyl Yunor needs no introduction. As a fiercely independent musician, Azmyl views his art as a way to comment on the social, cultural, and political aspects of life in Malaysia. With the country being under a new government, we talk to Azmyl about the role of popular art forms in a democracy - particularly as a form of dissent, critique, and protest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:03

Getting Creative with Advertising

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2018/07/25

The Kancils is the Malaysian advertising industry awards. This year, in a bid to expand and redefine itself, the awards is introducing a two-day creative festival that aims to bring together practitioners from fields like the arts, filmmaking, and literature. But when it comes to the advertising industry, can the commercial aspects of the business ever truly be separated from the creative? We speak to the Kancils 2018’s creative council chairman and deputy chairman about what their industry

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32:12

Woman of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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2018/07/24

The acclaimed Malaysian play called “A Modern Woman Called Ang Tau Mui” by Leow Puay Tin has had numerous stagings since it was first written in 1993. One of the adaptations that has proven to be very enduring is director Loh Kok Man’s version, which has been staged in both Mandarin and Cantonese. With another staging coming up, Kok Man and visual artist Fairuz Sulaiman - who worked on video art for the show - talk to us about the play’s enduring themes and how it resonates

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30:40

Me & My Shadow-Friends

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2018/07/20

Malaysians may know of wayang kulit, but not of shadows by a hand-dramatist. Drew Colby from England was in Kuala Lumpur for a little over a week entertaining children and adults alike and running workshops to teach those interested how to use their hands, arms and shoulders to create creatures in silhouette on a screen. Drew Colby tells about his journey into this performance art and the joy that it has given him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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34:12

Moving, Inspiring

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2018/07/19

Seven Malaysian choreographers are coming together in a dance showcase called “Ilham: Inspiration”. Each choreographer uses their individual approaches to comment on living in a new Malaysia. Three of the choreographers talk to us about what it means to be a Malaysian dancer, and how they both found and examined their identities within their art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:41

Sketching Out a Laugh

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2018/07/18

It’s been six years since popular comedy revue “Indicinelive!” went on hiatus, and it’s now back with fresh new material - and of course, with Malaysia Baru, there is plenty of fodder for humour. Some of the folks behind the latest edition of “Indicinelive!” talk to us about sketch comedy, Malaysian humour, and the challenges of keeping the funny alive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29:02

The Art and Soul of a Community

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2018/07/17

As a global arts practitioner, Asad uses the arts to create and nurture sustainable communities around the world, particularly amongst groups who are under-represented within the global arts landscape. He often focuses on contemporary Muslim culture, redefining stereotypical ideas of what Muslim arts can be. We speak to Asad about his work, and how young people in Malaysia and globally can create arts communities that are both authentic and self-sustaining.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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22:30

SOLO with 3

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2018/07/13

In Wei-Ling Contemporary, the artist meets the microphone to tell about his third solo exhibition there. Sean Lean plays with the triptychs. In the works, collectively called ‘3’, he captures “the past, present and future,” “the body, soul and spirit,” the naturally occurring three’s which feature in tales, folklore and religion. The artist describes and explains two out of the several works in the exhibition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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28:23

The Many Faces of Art

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2018/07/12

Four visual artists from Malaysia and Indonesia - Caryn Koh, Dedy Sufriadi, Indra Dodi, and Syahbandi Samat - come together to explore the stories that can be created by exploring the human facade in an exhibition called “Masks and Stories”. Dedy, whose works inspired the theme, and the show’s curator, talk to us about art, human personas, and social interactions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:37

In Good Company

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2018/07/11

“Company” is one of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known musicals, one of that feels fresh and relevant more than 40 years after it first premiered on Broadway. The show is making its Malaysian debut through a staging by PAN Productions, and some of the folks behind it talk to us about bringing the iconic musical to life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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18:05

Home is Where you Imagine It

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2018/07/10

In an increasingly connected and globalised worlds, discussions on boundaries and borders are more relevant than ever. Artist Phuan Thai Meng examines these issues within a Malaysian context in his exhibition “Imagined Homeland”, asking questions like: what does the notion of “home” mean? Thai Meng talks to us about the inspirations behind his works.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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18:39

The Songstress and the Band

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2018/07/10

Malaysian singer-songwriter Mia Palencia has settled in Tasmania, Australia, for eight years, and has been bringing her unique approach to singing and songwriting to the music community there. Mia returns to Malaysia with the Derwent Valley Concert Band to present a series of concerts that feature both Australian and Malaysian flavours, including some of her own compositions. We speak to Mia and the band’s conductor Lyall Mcdermott about the concerts and their collaboration.See

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15:21

Artfully Yours

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2018/07/06

Kumar Nagalingam is a trainer, author, and former law lecturer - but since the age of 13, he’s also been an artist. After nearly four decades of painting, Kumar has decided to show his works for the first time in an exhibition called “Beyond the Canvas”, which traces his artistic journey from the 1980s to present day. We speak to Kumar about his art and his aspirations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:35

In Defense of Poetry--Multimedia Exhibition

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2018/07/06

Our guests explain why they think that it is significant that emerging talent remain unnoticed in our current visual art landscape. They tell about their upcoming exhibition, titled ‘In Defense of Poetry’, in which the collective asserts it brings a “renewed form of artistic action.” A peek into the opening gambit which will be held on “a rooftop of a furniture warehouse that will soon be torn down.” The exhibition incorporates visual arts, performance art, the

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32:50

Political Theatre, Reframed

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2018/07/05

Over the years, Five Arts Centre has presented a number of theatrical works that engaged with contemporary and political issues. Now, with Malaysia under a new government for the first time since Independence, political changes and upheavals seem to be happening rapidly - from the release and pardon of former Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak facing trial on corruption charges. How are previous political works of theatre reframed by such events? Mark Teh

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34:14

Come to the Opera, My Pretties

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2018/07/04

Most of us have heard the story of how Hansel and Gretel get lost in the woods and entrapped by a witch who lives in a gingerbread house. The Kuala Lumpur City Opera is revisiting the fairy tale in opera form, by staging Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel - A Fairy Tale Opera”. We follow the trail of breadcrumbs with the folks behind the staging, to talk about bringing the opera to life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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