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Kungyu Liew Kungyu Liew was born in Jitra , Kedah. He is an elusive artist who ponders his world through very satirical eyes. His works explore a lot of folk symbolism which he juxtaposes with a hidden humor that inevitably hits you in the face. His latest solo exhibition was entitled `Cadangan-Cadangan untuk Negaraku’ (Suggestions for my country) at the Petronas Gallery in April 2009. `Cermelang, Gemilang, Terbilang was exhibited at the Singapore Biennial in 2008, borrows from both local folk symbolism and the grand narratives of literature and applies this to the modern developing world as a means of story-telling, creating a space where beauty, high camp and kitsch, theatre (the Wayang Kulit analogy) and a playfulness in the installation meet.’ In 2006, Kungyu collaborated with Laurence Loh and Heritage Trust of Malaysia to facilitate the `Digi Amazing Malaysians: Lunas, the Rubber Story’ in Lunas, Kedah. This project saw the conservation of an old abandoned smokehouse into a local community museum, where all the contents of the museum were collected and presented by the children of the local communities. This project was a huge success that it was short listed in 2009 for the Aga Khan award, one of the most prestigious international humanitarian architecture awards. Kungyu Liew 's interview video
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Lim Kok Yoong Lim Kok Yoong is a raising new media artist. He graduated from Multimedia University, Malaysia and Norwich School of Art & Design, UK. He works in the framework of installation, explores the presupposition of what constitutes art. Human confrontation with the life predicaments has become his constant theme and his works always have the inclination to urge viewer look out from the (gallery) window and consider the possibility of art in the everyday ebb and flow of life. He is currently working in Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University as the Head of Department. As a practicing artist, he was a part of the artist in residence programme `dis-locate’ in Tokyo 2009 Lim Kok Yoong's interview video
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Kok Siew Wai
Kok Siew Wai works with video art, sound and voice improvisation. She gained her BA in Media Study at SUNY Buffalo, New York; and her MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts at Alfred University, USA. During her 8-year stay in the States, she had studied with art luminaries such as Pauline Oliveros and Tony Conrad, who had introduced her to a whole “new world” in the arts. Siew-wai has participated in festivals and programs such as EX!T 2010 Taiwan Experimental Media Art Festival 2010 (Taiwan), Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival 2009, Malaysia-Japan Video Art Exchange 2009/2010 (Japan), Iskandar Malaysia Contemporary Art Show 2009, Choppa Eclectic Improvised Music Festival 2008 (Singapore), International Film Festival Rotterdam 2007 (Netherland), Les Rencontres Internationales 2007 (France), Beyond/In Western New York Biennial 2005 (USA) and more. Siew-wai is the co-founder of alternative artists collective Studio in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur (SiCKL), co-director of the Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film & Video Festival, and co-director of the Sama-sama Guesthouse Mini Alternative Art Festival. Siew-wai is currently teaching at the Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia. Kok Siew Wai's interview video
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Wong Hoy Cheong Hoy Cheong (b. 1960) is a native to Georgetown, Penang. He studied literature, education and fine arts at Brandeis University, Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts ( Amherst) in the USA. His work is inter-disciplinary, involving areas such as drawing, installation, video/photography and theater/performance. Working in a wide range of media, Hoy Cheong addresses concerns and ideas about identity, location, globalization, and colonialism, using popular genre conventions, as well as the allure of unusual materials. He has always sought to disturb our sense of security, reminding us of the slippery surface that lies between fact and fiction, past and present, and the perpetual reinvention of our own histories. He is currently Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University Singapore.
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Digicap Digicap was formed in 2008 as a research group under Multimedia University’s Flagship R&D Project; Malaysian Culture and Heritage Digital Bank. The group focuses on digital media capture and construction in the context of culture and heritage preservation. The areas involved are virtual reality and still photography, video, soundscape, oral, digital drawing, and 3D objects. The group focuses on technology, methods, processes, and applications. Since its inception, Digicap has accumulated digital assets that include natural, cultural, and historical heritage; and published and exhibited its works. Members of the group consist of academics and technical staff from Faculty of Creative Multimedia, MMU Cyberjaya.
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Re-cap.org Re-cap.org is a collaboration of architects and designers who work on cross-disciplinary projects that promote social responsibility and cultural-heritage awareness. We believe that art and design must take a pro-active stand of advocating and educating the public to be ecologically sensitive, socially responsible and culturally respectful. Re-cap.org actively participates and instigates art works and projects in the realm of electronic media arts and architecture. |
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Chung Hwa School Union (Penang) Dragon & Lion Dance Group
Headed by Mr. John Ang, the dragon dance troupe or wu long have competed in numerous international events. Based in Butterworth, Penang they are avid performers.
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Fytullah Hamzah An architect by profession, an artist by passion. He is an active member of the digital art community since 1999. Since then, he has contributed his experiences into the development of the digital art scene in Malaysia. Exploring new painting method and drawing are an everyday routine for him.
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Motiofixo Motiofixo (mo-sho-fixo) is an IDEAS agency. Specializing in Visual Communication, motiofixo is a team of young, passionate and energetic designers with various clienteles.
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VGA.LV
VGA is Kuala Lumpur-based creative collective with a passion for audio visual aesthetics. It provides a platform for artistic exchange between industry practitioners and enthusiasts to share their personal exploits and industry experience in the realm of audio visual experimentations. VGA continuously seeks to entice and engage the public into this emerging electronic audio-visual field. New critical dialogue between artists and designers through presentations, conferences and technology-electronic demonstrations are the focus of the VGA road tour. This event aims to groom new practices and endeavors between artists and the industry by providing an avenue to connect and network.
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Fairuz Sulaiman Fairuz Sulaiman is a multi-media artist and .has made live video projections and music videos for many local bands like KLPHQ, Bittersweet, Ferns and Butterfingers. These videos are made with a very distinct style, using stop-motion, puppetry, hand-made masks, 3D animation and live video mixing. His first involvement in theatre began with Cloudbreak and Welcome Community Home in ’Fallen Leaves’; a play written and performed by HIV/AIDS patients, visuals for the director Zahim Albakri’s ‘Tarap Man’in 2007. In 2010, he worked with director Namron & Rumah Anak Teater(RAT)to produce visuals for the much publicized ‘Tanda’.
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Fauzi Yusoff Fauzi Yusoff is a visual artist based in Kuala Lumpur. He explores audio visual aesthetics, crossing into new media technology. His works advocate the need for a strong relationship between audio and moving images. Traditional Malaysian culture is central to most of Fauzi’s imagery as he searches visual inspirations. They may relate in ways of contradiction to harmonization, inevitably converging into an experience that is both exciting and melancholic. Fauzi has collaborated with numerous international acts such as OneDotZero, D-Fuse, The Light Surgeons, Benny Bennassi, Boysnoize, Pitbul, Above & Beyond, Godskitchen, British Council Malaysia, Canon, Yahoo, Monoloque and many more .
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Kontak Kontak!, is a collective in the field of design. |
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Deepset Deepset, a quartet from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, discovered the trial of composition that has been appropriated by indierock after being refined over the centuries by harmonic and sonic experimentation, the birth was late 2002, the band pushed the enthuse to produce instrumental piece which as the band believe that music is nothing without inspiration that has an influence. http://www.myspace.com/deepbeep
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Flica Reviving romanticism in the material world is a task often endured by musicians and artists. Doing so without the use of words or lyrics makes it all the more daunting for experimental soundscapist, Flica. |
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RainF He is a K-L based electronic audio artist who performs live as a singular entity. His pieces can be described as richly textural, from fractal process music to neo-romantic electronica, that are harmonically complex yet awash in consonance. Rain-f experiments an array of hardware equipment s such as Yamha Rs-7000, Korg KPIII, Technics SLDZ1200 digital turntable, A&H Xone 02 and Korg EMX - 1. He is also a member of one of Malaysia 's most promising Cantonese dark-core band, Dropout (formerly known as Mumster) as turntablist and sampler. |
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