Front Row

As the first recipient of the WOLO Artist’s Residency Program, Dr Hedley Roberts shares how art captures the in-betweenness of things: the space between lovers, the space between the person taking a selfie.

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Creative industries are meant to contribute over RM33billion to Malaysia's GDP by 2020. Is the creative industry ready to step up? Or is this just a rhetorical question?

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Making traditional performing arts connect with the young. Pusaka is participating in the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival and with a stage of its own. The curators share what they will do to bring young buns into seats to watch and engage with the many traditional performing arts in the country.

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The Arts--the stepchild of most economies, more so in emerging ones--is often seen as an industry standing in the corner or going door-to-door with a tin-cup seeking donations to produce visual products or performances. Some accept this as a necessary tension in the industry; others do not. Representatives from the Ministry of Finance and MyPaa tell how they are sustaining arts.

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Though quite young and relatively new to the scene, Evelyn Feroza Fernandez is a singer that serious music lovers flock to. While in love with current artists are Bruno Marz, Ed Sheeran, Pink and the late Amy Winehouse, she describes herself as an old soul, listing her favourites as Ray Charles, Etta james, Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Bassey.

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The productions under review this month are A Streetcar Named Desire and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches.

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Even as he turned 73 on Aug 20, Malaysia’s foremost painter Abdul Latiff Mohidin is showing no sign of easing up on his work. On that day, Latiff opened his “Latiff in Singapore” exhibition at Opera Gallery, Singapore. This solo exhibition of 22 recent works comes to The Edge Galerie in Kuala Lumpur in September. TK Sabapathy tells about Latiff’s questions found in liquidity.

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The Japan Film Festival returns for its 11th year and will feature 13 movies which includes five new releases making their Malaysian premiere. Cinephiles are sure to enjoy the festival which features a variety of titles to whet every appetite -- from light-hearted mainstream fare to movies that have made rounds in film festivals. With the Film Festival on us, the program director shares the offerings and points to some highlights of the Japanese film industry.

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This is the first ever arts festival organised by Yayasan Sime Darby. This festival is timely in bringing a broader awareness of cultural art forms to the masses, providing the public with the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in the very best of our traditional and contemporary arts, and cultural heritage from around the country. From the bottom to the top of the programming, Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival aims to bring diverse people together to celebrate, inspire and be inspired.

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Child Aid Asia Goes Jazz is a charity concert which provides economically disadvantaged children with artistic potential the opportunity to develop their artistic talents. Pete Churchill, Guest Tutor for the first Jazz Choir Festival, tells us about Jazz. 

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