Front Row

Honouring emerging contemporary artists from across greater Asia and the Pacific, the Global Eye Programme is a not for profit organisation dedicated to supporting emerging visual artists. The programme has held 17 exhibitions worldwide to date, and is set to launch the Malaysian edition, the Prudential Malaysian Eye. We find out more from Serenella Ciclitira, the CEO and founder of Parallel Contemporary Art, who first initiated this programme.

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New Zealand week is an annual event organised here in Malaysia by the New Zealand Government, to celebrate the linkages between our two countries. The theme for this year is Rima Mata Ika and Lim Soon Heng catches up with folks from JGeeks and The Geeks, a Maori comedy music group and also from the the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute to find out more about the cultural offerings in store for this year.

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Photographer Bonnie Yap went to the Arctic in August 2013 to shoot images of the mesmerising landscapes and wildlife of the northern hemisphere. She joins us to share her experiences which has resulted in the photo exhibition, The Jewel of the Arctic.

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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kafayat Quadri's music is said to be a blend of silence from the Sahara Desert and the melody of the Rocks of Abeokuta. Set to launch her debut EP this Friday, we get to know more about the music and poetry of this young Nigerian artist.

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Author of What They Didn’t Teach You In Design School, Professor Phil Cleaver is a multi-award winning graphic designer whose motto is simply to ‘see things differently.’ We find out more about the man, his career, and his design philosophy.

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Featuring the works of Malaysian Sabri Idrus and Australians Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, this exhibition, the last-ever residency show at Rimbun Dahan, promises a collision of Lego and structures. We find out more.

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Tim McArthur, together with pianist Samuel Tan, are set to present an evening of songs from the World of Musical Theatre, in a showcase with stories, humour and a big voice. With theatre credits that include Side By Side By Sondheim, Wizard of Oz and South Pacific, Tim has performed his one-man show across the world and he joins us for a look-back at his career and teaser of his upcoming show.

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Described as a little story about a little boy in a very sticky situation, Stuck is the award-winning story by Oliver Jeffers, which has made the leap from page to stage thanks to UK’s The Big Wooden Horse Theatre Company. Here to perform for the Malaysian audience, we catch up with cast members Sam Hoye and Grace Alexander-Scott, to find out more about the performance. 

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James Lee, one of the pioneers of digital filmmaking in Malaysia, is known for his quirky art house sensibilities. His digital films have been regular features at regional film festivals in recent years, and he joins us to discuss his filmmaking practice in Malaysia and the launch of Doghouse73 Pictures' official website.

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The Rubin Museum is the first museum in New York to have a comprehensive exhibition program of modern Indian art. Dr. Beth Citron is an Assistant Curator at the Rubin, where she has organised a series of exhibitions on Modernist Art from India, and Living Shrines of Uyghur China, featuring photography and video by New York-based artist Lisa Ross. She joins us to discuss her work.

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