Front Row

Set premiere on the 70th anniversary of the fall of Malaya to Japan, the documentary "Rising Sun Over Malaya" tells the stories of ordinary heroic Malayans who resisted Japanese rule and lived to tell the tale.

Producer/Director Lara Ariffin and Director/Cameraman Harun Rahman of Novista Sdn. Bhd. walk us through the making of the documentary and share some of their discoveries and experiences with us.

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The group art exhibition, Interface Bandung, showcases the works of five young artists, Aliansyah, Theo Frids Hutabarat, Satria Nugraha, Jabbar Muhammad and Panca Dz, who all live and work in Bandung.

We find out from the exhibition's curators, Eva McGovern, Yogie Ginanjar and Rifandy Priatna or Darto, how Bandung, as a site or place, generally influences these young artists in their artistic practices and concepts.

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We get a preview if Projek Disko Baldi's latest production "Love" from singer-songwriter Sharifah Fafa and Kpop star Thunder, who will also share their respective takes on love.

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The Rimbun Dahan Residency Exhibition, now in its seventeenth year, will be showcasing artworks by Malaysian Haslin Ismail and Australian Rob Gutteridge, who are recipients of the year-long Rimbun Dahan Malaysia Australia Visual Arts Residency 2011.

We find out more about both artists and the residency from Rob and Haslin themselves, and we also hear from Anum Mohamed, the Arts Manager for the Rimbun Dahan Visual Arts Residency Programme.

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This four-day music festival, presented by The Temple of Fine Arts, will celebrate Indian classical music and honour the great legendary composers Thyagaraja and Tansen.

Sitarist Kumar Karthigesu and vocalist Sveta Kilpady from The Temple of Fine Artsfill explain the contributions from both the great composers and tell us what to expect at the festival, which includes lectures, workshops and performances by world class musicians from both South and North Indian traditions.

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Viva Palestina Malaysia (VPM) is a coalition of Malaysian non-governmental organisations which  cut across racial, religious and political lines, in their effort to seek a prompt and sustainable resolution of the conflict in Palestine.

Among their many initiatives is the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Palestine Film Festival, and Yuzaidi Yusoff, the Head of Viva Palestina Malaysia's Media Team speaks about the coalition and what the film festival will present.

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Dr. Debra Diamond is an Associate Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, in Washington's Smithsonian Institution.

Here in Malaysia for a visit, she will, among other things, deliver a talk titled "From Idea to Exhibition" which will touch on the curatorial development of an idea into a groudbreaking exhibition.

She also speaks about her work and interest in Asian art, and her role as curator at the galleries at the Smithsonian.

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Comedy Court, made up of Allan Perera and Indi Nadarajah, have been performing social and political satire Malaysian style for 15 years now.

They return with the show, "Not Guilty!" and we hear what's in store from Indi.

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After a four year silence, visual artist Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, one of the core members of Malaysia's critically acclaimed art collectives, the MATAHATI group, is back with a solo exhibition at Pace Gallery.

Shukri and Yusof Majid, the Gallery Director of Pace Gallery tell us what's in store.

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Actor and comedian Kuah Jenhan, together with ex-beauty queen Ribena Berry, civil servant Puan Badariah Tudung Periuk and artist Curry Spice (all played by Jo Kukathas) share their Chinese New Year celebration traditions or understanding of it.

ps. It's satire.

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