Manifested Forms Of The Past And Future: A Review Of A Song Of Crossing To The Southern Seas
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WHAT I HAVE always found magical about Potehi, or glove puppetry, is the amount of life that a once-inanimate…
George Town’s Fate, Predicted In John Clang’s Dreaming Islands Project
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DID YOU KNOW that George Town became a city on 1 January 1957 at 8.30am? It made the front…
Mai Cerita: A Student Project With High Intercultural Ambitions
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you bring together two distinct Malaysian puppetry traditions? In December 2025, I participated in “Mai Cerita, Hidupkan…
A Fully Engrossed Artist In Residence: He An Explores Malaysian Culture
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A Wind-Blown Fire Needs Little Effort by He An explores multicultural Malaysia through industrial materials, rituals, and local collaborations, blending contemporary art with Taoist and festival traditions to reflect identity, community, and the “in-between” spaces of culture.
One of Malaysia’s Few Female Silversmiths Reinvents The Craft
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AS JESSIE KOH switched from her front- to back-facing cellphone camera, I leaned in closer to my laptop screen…
