Front Row

AweGallery's first curated community-based art event, “Paramount Art A-fair" is a showcase of art pieces that cost less than RM5000 each - an effort to make art more affordable to the masses. Featuring works by eight Malaysian artists aged between 30-50, we'll see a mix of artworks made from oil, watercolour, mixed media and pottery at this group exhibition. We speak to sisters Dora Ong and Diane Ong, the co-founders of AweGallery, to find out more about what they are trying to achieve beyond a traditional art exhibition through Paramount Art A-Fair, and how they want to nurture emerging talents through their gallery. 

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Rexperience: The ‘Otherworld’, the immersive art experience at REXKL, is entering its final two weeks. Part of the show includes 'Annihilation' - the final 17-minute show in the hour-long ‘Otherworld’ experience - which is described as a first in Malaysia to feature dancers using live motion capture technology. A collaboration with Belgian digital artist Colas Fiszman and Berlin based composer Jonas Margraf, we find out more about this performance that combines dance, digital art, lasers and a 360 spatial soundtrack from two of the performing artists involved, Grace Ng and Arifwaran Shaharuddin.

Image Credit: Rexperience (RXP.KL)

Gerak Bayang: The Art of Storytelling is an exhibition featuring 39 local artists, and showcases various works of art revolving around the theme of wayang kulit. We speak to the curator of Gerak Bayang, Siti Melorinda Khuzaina binti Sakdudin, about what the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Museum and Art Gallery's biggest post-pandemic exhibition has to offer.

Image Credit: Wayang Kulit Kelantan By Nik Zainal Abidin Nik Salleh, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery

Rexperience: The ‘Otherworld’, the immersive art experience at REXKL, is entering its final two weeks. Part of the show includes 'Annihilation' - the final 17-minute show in the hour-long ‘Otherworld’ experience - which is described as a first in Malaysia to feature dancers using live motion capture technology. A collaboration with Belgian digital artist Colas Fiszman and Berlin based composer Jonas Margraf, we find out more about this performance that combines dance, digital art, lasers and a 360 spatial soundtrack from two of the performing artists involved, Grace Ng and Arifwaran Shaharuddin.

Image Credit: Rexperience (RXP.KL)

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Gerak Bayang: The Art of Storytelling is an exhibition featuring 39 local artists, and showcases various works of art revolving around the theme of wayang kulit. We speak to the curator of Gerak Bayang, Siti Melorinda Khuzaina binti Sakdudin, about what the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Museum and Art Gallery's biggest post-pandemic exhibition has to offer.

Image Credit: Wayang Kulit Kelantan By Nik Zainal Abidin Nik Salleh, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery

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After taking the Bobo stage by 'barricade-storm' last August with their musical theatre revue, Sean Ghazi and Friends return for a re-stage of Bobo on Broadway. Once again, Sean shares the Bobo KL stage with guest soprano Lara Maigue, lyric baritone Christopher Morandi, Bobo-favourite Ida Mariana, and vocal electra Izen Kong, performing a program that includes top Broadway hits from Cabaret, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera, led by musical director Nish Tham. We catch up with Sean, who is an actor, singer, and the artistic director of Bobo KL, to find out more. 

Image Credit: Bobo KL

Following a successful run in 2023, local improv comedy troupe, AIIA Improv, returns with One Word Wonder, described as a performance where long form improv comedy meets live music, for a hilarious night out. In this unique performance, the audience plays a pivotal role by suggesting a single word that the improvisers will use to create an entire show on the spot. The show will feature the talents of AIIA Improv members Tung Jit Yang, Farah Rani, Shamaine Othman, Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin, and Ashraf Modee Zain, alongside musical guest, Irena Taib of The Impatient Sisters. We catch up with Farah and Shamaine to find out what's in store. 

Image Credit: AIIA Improv

After taking the Bobo stage by 'barricade-storm' last August with their musical theatre revue, Sean Ghazi and Friends return for a re-stage of Bobo on Broadway. Once again, Sean shares the Bobo KL stage with guest soprano Lara Maigue, lyric baritone Christopher Morandi, Bobo-favourite Ida Mariana, and vocal electra Izen Kong, performing a program that includes top Broadway hits from Cabaret, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera, led by musical director Nish Tham. We catch up with Sean, who is an actor, singer, and the artistic director of Bobo KL, to find out more. 

Image Credit: Bobo KL

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Following a successful run in 2023, local improv comedy troupe, AIIA Improv, returns with One Word Wonder, described as a performance where long form improv comedy meets live music, for a hilarious night out. In this unique performance, the audience plays a pivotal role by suggesting a single word that the improvisers will use to create an entire show on the spot. The show will feature the talents of AIIA Improv members Tung Jit Yang, Farah Rani, Shamaine Othman, Iedil Dzuhrie Alaudin, and Ashraf Modee Zain, alongside musical guest, Irena Taib of The Impatient Sisters. We catch up with Farah and Shamaine to find out what's in store. 

Image Credit: AIIA Improv

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Self-taught artist Syahbandi Samat’s fifth solo exhibition, The Road Less Travelled, is described as a mini-review of the artist’s career that began in 2011, when at the age of 19, he was selected as one of the five winners of the 2011 Malaysia Emerging Artist Awards (MEAA). Thematically, Syahbandi’s artworks selected for this exhibition focus on his more introspective works, surreal renderings filled with metaphors and symbolism, as he comes to terms with past traumas and articulates the insights he’s gained on his continuing journey of self-realisation. Presented by Artemis Art in partnership with  HARTA Space, we find out more from Syahbandi himself, and Ivan Gabriel, a co-curator of the exhibition with Artemis Art.

Image Credit: Artemis Art