Kaki Seni Arts Exchange 2012
Immunity to Collaborate
It all begins with an invitation to leading artists around the world. The meeting point is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a country that is rich in its cultural mix, strong heritage tradition and a melting pot of people; all serving as multitude of inspirations to draw from, for the creation of new, collaborative works.
Carefully set up as a concentrated creative time of 20 days, the programme seeks to explore and draw from local inspirations where notable and new Malaysian artists will work with international artists to facilitate creation and finally, dissemination of the new works either as an outreach presentation or a full-fledged production.
The team of facilitators for the Collaborative Outreach programme will include Sam Scott from New Zealand, Andre Jewson from Australia, Ling Tang and Ayam Fared from Malaysia.
International Artists
1. Ben Cutler (UK) Actor/Director/Dramaturg
2. Sergio Martinez (Spain) Actor/Director/Playwright
3. Vassiliki Papailiou (Switzerland) Actor/Singer
4. Alfian Sa’at (Singapore) Playwright
5. Monthatip Suksopa (Thailand) Actor/Puppeteer/Artistic Director
6. Paula Alfieri Ferreres (Argentina) Director/Producer
7. Minh Tri Doan (Vietnam) Festival Director/Electronic Music Performance Artist
Local Artists
1. Ahmad Firdaus Che Yahaya @ Mark Yong Actor/Dancer/Choreography
2. Sharifah Mariam @ Sherry Alhadad Actor
3. Megat Sharizal Mohd Yusoff Actor/Director
4. Siti Aishah Hassan Hasri Actor
5. Tony Leo Actor/Musician/singer
6. Jerome Kugan Musician/Singer songwriter/ Writer
7. Zedeck Siew Writer/Art Critic
8. Stephanie Van Driesen Vocalist/Musical Theatre Artistes/Actress/Sound Therapist
9. Chew Soon Heng Percussionist
10. Leow Sze Yee Drum Coach/Performer
11. Nish Tham Music Director
12. Abdul Qahar Aqilah Actor
13. Syed Zalihafe Actor/Director/Producer
14. Amerul Affendi Actor
15. Mislina Mustaffa Actor/Activist
16. Alison Khor Musician/Soundscape Artist/Singer
From my point of view, I think it is a great idea to organize this collaborative outreach in Malaysia as this will help enhance the performing arts industry in Malaysia. The Meet and Greet session was beautifully done, everything was totally creative. From the food to the ambience, it was just spectacular. The greatest thing was that all these artsy people are very fun and sporting and supportive, they are not like the typical Malaysia having no respond to what's going-on on stage. Sheela was fan-ta-bu-lous, love her humour. The painting that was done during the dance performance itself and the clothes worn by the dancers are going on auction. I had a wonderful time that night. :)
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