Front Row

Pusaka takes us back to the country’s traditional dances. Here is a dance that is performed to appease or invoke the spirits of the sea. This pre-Islamic performance is associated with a story about a sea-princess and a fisherman which precipitated in a war between man and sea-spirits. Of course, both eventually arrived at a happy resolution followed by sacrifices to appease the sea and all that live there.

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From immaterial to an artwork that is material and tangible. The process is as meaningful as the outcome; the process shapes the outcome.

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In this solo exhibition entitled ‘Truth or Dare’, Danish artist, Charlotte Donvang goes deep into spirituality and taps into psychic capabilities to manifest that interior landscape on canvas, in order to dare both herself and her audience to confront their personal truths.

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This is part of a series on drumming in conjunction with a drumming and rhythm festival and conference.

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Looking at Malaysia through a documentary on the changes that have taken place between the time before the the 13th General Elections and after. The documentary details the observations through the eyes of six personalities from the arts.

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Mokhtar Samba, drummer, lends his sound to Malaysian jazz, weaving it with Michael Veerapen's trio in an African Jazz Project. Singers Dasha Logan and Cheryl Tan will contribute their voices too.

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An American whodunit comedy resets to Malaysia. A murder happens in an apartment above a hair salon in Happy Gardens, Section 17, Petaling Jaya and you, the Malaysian audience, get to play the armchair detective and help solve the crime.

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A great contemporary literary voice passed away this past week, Maya Angelou: an internationally renowned poet, educator, historian and author. Add to that list, an accomplished actress, playwright, producer, and director. She received an emmy nomination for best supporting actress in the television series Roots (Alex Haley) and received the coveted Golden Eagle Award for the PBS documentary "Afro-American in the Arts."

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He paints the earth’s fault lines, its creases and deep thrusts to manifest the earth’s sublime and equally terrible beauty. This beauty born of monumental forces compels us to reflect on our place as transient beings traversing the landscape.

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This is part of a series on drumming in conjunction with a drumming and rhythm festival and conference. Drumming is more than just an activity to create music but a glue for the individual to become integrated and for the community to knit together.

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