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| Title : | "Revive Our Cultural Town" - Kajang Community Art Carnival |
| Venue : | Kajang Town ,Selangor |
| Date & Time : | Project: Fri 23 May - Fri 6 Jun 2008; Parade: Sat 7 Jun 2008 (10am - 12pm) |
| Phone : | 03-8739 2770 ext 6231 |
| Email : | artcarnival08@gmail.com |
| URL : | http://artcarnival08.blogspot.com |
| Synopsis : | The Kajang Community Art Carnival (KCAC) is an educational project to create greater awareness about the arts amongst the Kajang community. Taking various approaches, it is a long term project divided into several stages, with the dream to revive Kajang as the “Cultural Town” it was once known to be, back in 1948. But more so than that, the main organisers, New Era College, hope the carnival will create a space for Kajang folk to interact and communicate, transcending ethnicity, culture, class and age through art. ~ So how it works: a few artists will work together with students from various schools, to trigger their imagination through their art, and eventually create an art work together in various forms (visual arts, music, dance, theatre). Some of the participating schools are Tadika Kajang, Apple King Kindergarten， Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Yu Hwa, Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Yu Hwa, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Convent, Sekolah Menengah Jalan Bukit. All this will culminate with the Kajang Community Art Carnival Parade, where over 200 children and teenagers will depart from New Era College and walk around Kajang Town. There will be various kinds of dance and rod puppet performances, and loads of other fun stuff too! There will also be a fund raising event to raise funds for victims of the recent tragedies in Myanmar and China. All this happens on Sat, 7 June 2008, from 10am - 12pm. ~ Artists involved in the project: Curator + Artistic Director： Dr. Wong Oi Min She holds a PhD in Arts from the Nihon University, Graduate School of Arts. Dr. Wong is also an actor, director and educator. She is currently lecturing in New Era College, Drama & Visuals Department and the National Arts Culture and Heritage Academy (ASWARA). She has been actively involved in international events, including The Mexico Street Theatre Festival, The 8th International Theatre of the Oppressed Festival, The 6th World Congress of International Drama/Theatre and Education Association and IDEA Performance Festival. She upholds her beliefs in “multicultural coexistence and boundary-crossing” in her work. ~ Selected Artists in School Profile： Machiko Watanabe (Japan) After finishing the child nursing major in junior collage, Machiko Watanabe joined Puppet Theatre PUK as an actress, director and producer. She has directed the PUK shows such as "Aya To Jorokichi-Ookami (Aya and Jorokichi the Wolf)" and "Nigedashita Jupitaa (Jupiter Ran Away)". In the PUK Puppetry Academy Projects, in the Puppetry Summer Classes, and in many other occasions, she facilitates fun workshops on puppet making and acting, using everyday material such as newspapers, etc. She participated in the New Era Collage Workshop in Malaysia 2007. Jun Uematsu (Japan) After graduating from the commercial design course in vocational school,Jun UEMATSU joined Studio Nova the film division of Puppet Theatre PUK. He has designed for a number of puppet programs on TV and puppet shows on stage. He also worked for some miniature models. After additional experience in direction and composition for children's programs, he directed and designed "Tenshu Monogatari (Story of Donjon)" that was programmed in the UNIMA Congress Croatia International Puppetry Festival. Among his works in PUK are set design for "Haiji (Heidi)", "Tenshu Monogatari (Story of Donjon)" as described above, and puppet design for "Pinokkio (Pinocchio)". Since 1999, he also has his private projects of filmmaking and event production. Ng Chong Leong (Malaysia / Taiwan) He is the Artistic Director, founder, director and performer of Sun Son Theatre (Taiwan). After graduating from the Malaysian Institute of Arts, he started have an interest in exploring theatre languages. He then went to Taiwan and founded Sun Son Theatre, one of the leading contemporary theatre companies in Taiwan. Their works have a close relationship to ritual and percussions. Sun Son Theatre also involves in a lot of community works recent years. Chan Han Fei (Malaysia) Han Fei is the Director of Fei Dance Studio and she is also a dance narrator, dancer and dance instructor. Inspired and instructed by Wong Kit Yaw, she's been involved in dance since her primary school days. Among the performances she’s been involved in include “Solo in Blessing” choreographed by Wong Kit Yaw, Leading Malaysian dancer for "Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes." In 2001, she was enrolled by Lembaga Kebudayaan Sabah as a professional dancer, choreographer / instructor for Chinese dance. She was also the Choreographer / Instructor of Kota Kinabalu High School - "Long Xin" dance troupe; Shan Tao Primary School; Sutera Habour Resort Cultural Dance Performing Group. In 2006, she returned to Kuala Lumpur and is now the Director of Fei Dance Studio. In 2007, She had directed performance entitled "Divine" with University Putra Malaysia for “Immerse In the Colour of Love" Exhibition and Stage Performance. Aisyah Baharuddin (Malaysia) Aisyah holds a Bachelors of Fine Art degree in Painting (First Class Honours) and is currently with the Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is one of the co-founders of TIGA, (Tindakan Gerak Asuh). TIGA consist of three core members whom are full time artists, actively participating in local and international art exhibitions as well facilitating art workshops for government and non-government organizations. Before this she was also one of the co-founders for Komuniti Jalan Kempas since 2004, they organised an art event and well received art program called Art Port in Shah Alam. This event is under the collaboration of three art communites in Shah Alam. Now, She held various projects such as Rumah Anai-Anai with Arjuna, a self funded library situated in Shah Alam. This place displays her personal collection of books, paintings, catalogues for public especially for students. As an artist, she starts actively involved in art scene during my school days. Her serious work start from installation work called ‘Tablo’, the title is ‘In The name of father’ in the year of 2000 at Galeri Shah Alam For the Open Show Exhibition. From the installation work, she tried to explore mixed media painting, wall painting and art performance. Most of her art works are individualistic expressions of self, talking about joy and pain, engages with social, political, cultural, emotional, dream, hope, and self-criticism. Goh Chiu Kuan (Malaysia) Goh Chiu Kuan was born in 1981 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia. This self taught artist's passion lies in the art of pottery. His work richly illustrates cultures and natural beauty. As a young artist he has had the opportunity and experience in participating and organising the infamous Sonneratia Camps organised by the National Art Gallery of Kuala Lumpur. Through his creativeness and dedication he was awarded ‘Best Participant’ by the camp's committee, and later joined a Malaysian Pre-camp program for ASEAN Youth Camp. Highlight of his engagement was his selection to represent Malaysia for the 4th ASEAN Youth Camp in Myanmar in 2002, where he was presented with the “Best Youth” award. ~ The Kajang Community Art Carnival (KCAC) is organised by the Drama and Visuals Department, New Era College, and is co-organised by Majlis Perbandaran Kajang and Jawatankuasa Gabungan Persatuan-Persatuan Tionghua Daerah Hulu Langat Kajang. Supported by Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia, and with media sponsors kakiseni.com and Ai Fm. |
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