❤\(´^ ___

Saturday, June 20, 2015

W.I.P. - a documentation

https://www.facebook.com/events/125132814936213/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AsBrjOvCYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHq_EEZZaEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-0tGkACdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lGYmAhSpnk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4wKfQt-ls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hex6UtMc5wY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcmkIOcJQco

•18Nov2018

Trans Helsinki Week
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rHhZShvLQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CE7TBCFUsM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH3-9yKODX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTF3gzf_AfY

•25October2017

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Madrid / Matadero / TransEuropa Festival:

http://beteve.cat/barcelona-creative-commons-film-festival-llibertat-expressio-artic/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/euroalter/albums/72157665765276789/
25October2017 / Madrid / Matadero / TransEuropa Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xikUX9UaumQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1h_AjbGbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySDejnnYDVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUeK0Yottw

•22April2017
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Gender:Human
(Gender randomizer / natural selection)
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/04/test1.html

•10April2017
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Ongoing documentation (time line) on Trans person/LGBTIQ struggle in Malaysia/South East Asia/World:
http://tingtangting.blogspot.fi/2017/04/arkib.html

•29March2017

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Artist talk at The Nordic Culture Point / Nordisk kulturkontakt

Hosted by Artist at Risk / Curated by Perpetuum Mobile

https://www.facebook.com/events/1682200512079955/

•28March2017
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Archiving/animate previous hand-drawn comic strips into gif animations
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/03/archieved-hand-drawned-gif.html

•22March2017
Tingtongketz acrchieved
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/02/tingtongketz-archived-uu.html

•16March2017
30second drawing workshop for MAA art students Helsinki

•3Feb2017

Interviewed by local media Yle under Perpetuum Mobile/HIAP artist residency (Finnish) http://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9439956

•18thJanuary - 25March 2017

Gender:Human Exhibition by KulturKontakt Nord. Kajsaniemigatan 9, 00100 Helsinki.

https://www.facebook.com/kulturkontaktnord/?fref=nf

https://www.facebook.com/events/1708561566125231/

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/01/genderhuman-jan-25-march-2017.html

•1stJanuary2017

Safe Haven Helsinki

http://www.hiap.fi/project/safe-haven-helsinki

http://www.hiap.fi/artist/shieko-reto

•14thDec2017

Small mural / window display of 'Bali Brunch' (Indonesian restaurant) in Helsinki

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/12/bali-brunch-at-hapaanieminkatu-14a.html

•19thNov2016

Live performance (Tingtongketz) during Trans Helsinki Week

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/11/19thnov2016-tingtongketztranshelsinkiwe.html

•15Sep2016

pixel gif reviewed by Justseeds artist collective

http://justseeds.org/shieko-retos-gifs/

•1st Sep2016

Social activism in art/design (magazine print)

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2017/03/hand-drawn-illos-for-magazine-print.html

•Slumb-a-Chamber group exhibition (pixel-gifs animation)

Artists: Eryn / Kim Khaira / DhiyanahH / Shieko Reto

with a performance by spoken-word artist Skid More

Curator: Dhiyannah Hasan

13-14th Aug2016 (6pm - 10pm)

15-19th Aug206 (10am - 6pm)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1555128554796628/

https://forwardslashsea.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/slumb-a-chamber/

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/08/slumb-chamber.html

•Punx for Seitan fest at Kirjakavilla Turku

(Band performance-Tingtongketz)

7thAug2016 (Sunday)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1830264363876808/

https://www.facebook.com/Tingtonglah/

•21st May2016

Acting in a student art film for a film competition Uneton 48

Make it work productions - My body is a battleground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBz4MK92xt0

http://areena.yle.fi/1-3432576

http://uneton48.com/finalists-nominees-winners/

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/09/make-it-work-productions-my-body-is.html

•3rd May 2016 Artist talk to Theatre Academy,

University of the arts Helsinki performance art master students

Oraganized/Curated by Professor of Performance Art & Theory

Ray Langenbach

•Buang Bayi (solo art exhibition) 12-27 March

(Kerbau works studio)

Curator: Self

http://www.star2.com/culture/arts/2016/03/13/no-babies-were-harmed-in-the-making-of-buang-bayi/

http://sharonchin.com/notes-on-shikashieko-retos-buang-bayi/

http://artklitique.blogspot.my/2016/03/buang-bayi-kerbauworks.html

https://www.facebook.com/events/1075058945879644/

http://ongoingogawa.jugem.jp/?day=20160524 (In Japanese)

Video documentation:

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buang-bayi-exhibition-documentation.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buangbayi-exhibition-documentation.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buang-bayi-documentation-2.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buangbayi-exhibition-12-march-2016_36.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buangbayi-exhibition-12-march-2016_15.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buangbayi-exhibition-12-march-2016.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buangbayi-exhibition.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/buang-bayi-12march.html

•5th March 2016 (Band performance/Tingtongketz)

Kongketrons:Femmecoats 2016

https://www.facebook.com/events/571766666332266/

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/08/tingtongketz-femmecoat-gig-2016.html

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/03/femmecoat-2016.html

•11th February 2016

Duct tape mural (woman with pestle and mortar)

venue: Koon Tan (Balai Seni Visual Art office)

http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.fi/2016/02/buang-bayi-duct-tapedokumentasi.html

= 2015~
May2015: Peasants and Proletariats @ Xin Art Space
http://artklitique.blogspot.com/2015/05/peasants-and-proletariats-xin-art-space.html
http://www.star2.com/culture/arts/2015/05/31/peasants-and-proletariats-art-of-the-working-class/

Antologi Lukis + Tulis oleh Fixi sempena hari UNESCO Malaysia 2015
http://fixi.com.my/produk/garis

April 2015: Seed Fundraiser-The art of giving / A night of hope
http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Arts/Frame-Up/2015/04/02/Exhibition-raises-funds-for-marginalised-Chow-Kit-community/

11th April: ArtACT! Performing gender
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2015/04/performing-gender.html

25th April 2015: Kongketrons
http://heyevent.com/event/5dl2ivfu674k4a/kongketrons-the-gig
http://doriti.com/kongketrons/
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2015/04/kongketrons_27.html
http://shikacorona.tumblr.com/post/117389931091/apa-lagi-tingtongketiaw-kongketrons-shhdiam

21stMarch 2015: Missgendered Pageant award performance at Artforgrabs
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2015/06/miss-gendered-award.html
https://www.behance.net/gallery/27538923/Miss-Gendered-beauty-pageant-KL-2015

28th January 2015: 15th International Manga Conference / 6th Women's Manga Conference
Sharing session
https://deremoe.com/2015/01/chronicling-the-15th-international-manga-conference-part-2/

January 2015: Projek dialogue
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2015/01/projek-dialog.html

•25th October - 31st October 2015: (Ilga Asia Conference in Taipei)

Attending Transwomen / Transmen / Queer & LGBTIQ conference

supported by UNDP

http://ilga.org/the-ilga-asia-trans-pre-conference-statement-on-gender-incongruence-in-childhood/

= 2014~

Nov 2014: myIsean logo
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2014/11/logos.html

25th September 2014. The launch of Human Rights Watch Report on violence towards transwomen in Malaysia

23rd September 2014. Meeting with SUHAKAM (Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia/Human Rights Commission of Malaysia) and Human Rights Watch

22nd September 2014. Meeting with European Union ambassadors, Dutch ambassador resident meeting with Human Rights Watch, cocktail with diplomats of the EU ambassadors and other local NGOs activists.

23rd & 24th August 2014 - Updated version of IAMYOU campaign dvd

22nd July 2014 -The 2nd edition of Chit chat bersama Jelita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VFARSLHoFw&feature=youtu.be

16th July 2014: Art for grabs
http://shiekoreto1.blogspot.com/2014/07/artforgrabs-2014.html

14th July 2014: The launching of first episode of Chit chat bersama Jelita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEmKiyUBaqU&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Workers day print art exhibition

Contributed 3 stencil artwork for this Peasants & Proletarians' early last May and my subject is about sex work, an issue that's closely related to transwomen. 'Peasants and Proletarians:A Print Art Exhibition mounted by Xin Art Space in conjunction with the Workers Day celebration for the month of May 2015. It features the print works by both veterans and upcoming artist in various medium and approaches in expressing their observations and to celebrate the lives of ordinary workers, especially farmers, labourers and the other working classes at rest and revelry.

This special print exhibition will be launch by Mr.U-Wei Haji Saari, reknowned film maker, art collector, curator and gallerist, on 16th May, (Saturday) 3pm at Xin Art Space.

http://artklitique.blogspot.com/2015/05/peasants-and-proletariats-xin-art-space.html

Kittynapper by The Herbaliser

The Herbaliser - Goldrush

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Adele Blanc-Sec (song)

Elle est au-dessus des lois, terre-à-terre Elle trouve un peu trop étroit, l'univers Aurait du sang-froid en Enfer Il me sort son cinéma, j'exagère Il est dans tous ses états, à bout de nerfs Elle ne me voit pas, j'désespère Je lis sur son doux visage un rêve Son cœur se rit des naufrages et se relève Un jour enfin son voyage s'achève Et moi j'porterais bien ses bagages Elle côtoie de drôles d'oiseaux sanguinaires Fait valser les anges gardiens, les cerbères Vraiment quel foutu caractère De New-York à Calcutta, rien à faire Je s'rais toujours planté là dans sa sphère Au moindre faux pas j'obtempère Je lis sur son doux visage un rêve Son cœur se rit des naufrages et se relève Un jour enfin son voyage s'achève Et moi j'porterais bien ses bagages Des chapeaux de marquises Mes bibelots, mes valises Même une baignoire et un arrosoir Tous mes grimoires, mon samovar Mademoiselle Adèle ? Oui ? J'vous ai pris une passoire Pourquoi ? C'est à tout hasard parce que on sait jamais… Oh quel bazar ! Enfin elle est là si vous en avez besoin, elle est là… Très bien, merci ! Au revoir ! Elle n'a pas besoin de moi, comment faire ? Pour qu'elle pense à un peu à moi, j'veux lui plaire C'est pas c'que tu crois, au contraire Je lis sur son doux visage un rêve Son cœur se rit des naufrages et se relève Un jour enfin son voyage s'achève Et moi j'attends sur le rivage

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Planetes

just finished watching 'Planetese' anime series, this one hands down, the best ones....eventho it was broadcasted 2003 - 2004
after scouring the online what's good to watch, i noticed that i watch this series before but halfway and i took 3 days to finish the whole series...it was really good. I guess there are no fillers at all, every episode is good and tell each of the character backstory and also the plot of the whole series. Its been awhile i watch anime series this good since....Cowboy Bebop.......that was really long time ago...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes

Summary:

In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris, which can cause excessive and even catastrophic damage to spacecrafts and equipment. This is the story of Technora's Debris Collecting section, its EVA worker, Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino, and the newcomer to the group, Ai Tanabe.

Sunday, May 31, 2015

nostalgia

That day we go and watch Madmax. It was a non-stop action in a post apocalyptic wasteland world.
This film reminded me of the time where i was growing up. Post apocalyptic world was part of my social construct. During the early 80s, there were many stories, movies, animation, games, books, illustrations, art of post apocalyptic world and where i was growing up in a suburbs, i was really living in one.

During my teenager time, anime like Mospeada, Stephen King movie the Stand, anime like AppleSeed, Venus wars, Macross, Battle Angel Alita, games from Lucas art like Full Throttle, hollywood and B grade Scifi movies like Mad Max, Cherry2000, Escape from New York, Blade Runner, Terminator, Robocop, Star Trek, Krull, Brazil, Hitchhikers guide and many more shape my vision of a perfect world, where there were few pockets of human left live in this wasteland, and travelling to faraway places with a bands of motley crew towards some sort of destination.

This last few days of healing and recovery is the perfect time to recap watching back the complete series of Mospeada online, and this story truly bringing back nostalgic memories and fantasy of the past that is still stored somewhere in my head today....

srsly, rites of passage

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#srsly #lockdown #ritesofpassage #postop

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

the letter and person-behind-counter encounter

11am
went to UM hospital for psychiatric letter that was send to house but no one at home, so the letter is unknown floating around between the Post office Kelana Jaya and UM. 'Person-behind-counter' said the letter was send out on 20th it must be at the post office.

1230pm
Drove to Kelana Jaya Post office. 'Person-behind-counter' insists badly on the registration number of the letter. Felt dumb, stupid and agitated for not asking for the registration numbers of the letter earlier at the hospital. Calm the beast down. Not gonna generate more T after stopping the E and blockers for 5 days already. Y_Y

230pm
Back at UM, repeat (looking for parking, walk 500 meters to patients record office, take numbers).
Inquiry about registration number on the letter.
Person-behind-counter: "blablabla binti blablabla
Me: ^_^
Person-behind-counter: looking at the receipt and correcting the name on IC.
Me: :(
Person-behind-counter: Can take a sit? The person not at his post, he will call back when he got the numbers.
Me: Ok...
waiting..................then phone rings, another person-behind-counter answered the call...then she look around and said "The letter came back on 23rd".
Me: (bucket ice challenge but somebody else poured over my head)
Person-behind-counter: Dash out from the office door and handing the letter...
Me: :) x 10000000...Now all this driving around, walking, sweating in hot sun, i need to reward this self a nice coffee.....hmmmmffffff

Monday, April 27, 2015

make music

use your computer keyboard, explore frm A-Z keys, make music

Kongketrons

Yesterday The launching of Shh..Diam! album (proper sound-engineered), we (the transperson) manage to form a side group (Tingtongketiaw) and i guess i'm happy to have perform infront of small crowd before they got bigger for the Shh..Diam! performance. I tried broke several layers of boundries/walls. I guess i like performing making songs but to face crowd more than 10 people its a bit difficult. But yesterday was fun. The crowd was supportive. I know that most of us are introverts but some manage to break their own rules i guess....
3 short songs/peformance. Hopefully this experimental folkintranspunk can go on....

1. Marilah Pulang
2. 6x6x6
3. Apa lagi

http://shikacorona.tumblr.com/post/117389931091/apa-lagi-tingtongketiaw-kongketrons-shhdiam

Sunday, April 19, 2015

komuniti

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DUKTIG

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Today Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare presented their National Guidelines for trans people’s health care. This is a work that began in 2011/2012 after a Government Survey on the situation for trans people in Sweden showed numerous issues concerning the standard and scope of health care available.

The guidelines are largely based on the WPATH's Standards of Care v. 7 and will make high quality, publicly funded healthcare available for all trans people, not just restricted to persons with a Transsexualism diagnosis (ICD-10 F64.0) as has been the case until now.

This includes hormonal therapy and surgeries as well as other treatments which will be publicly funded in line with all other health care in Sweden.

The biggest change is that Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) along with liposuction of the pelvic area to enhance masculine body shape will now be made available to patients suffering from severe gender dysphoria.

A special set of guidelines has been developed for young trans people and will cover the use of hormone blockers on the indication of Gender Dysphoria from the onset of puberty and hormone therapy when a diagnosis has been established.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Kongketrons

Demi GST

Monday, April 13, 2015

Gender Identity / multiple identities we adopt and discard

When i was at the women manga conference in Manila organize by Japan Foundation few months a go i came across a conversation between 2 of my friends, She was talking about how she came from a Jehovah Witness family and how she is a free thinker herself and finding hard to fit in or how she kept it all to her self and another friend said something like, yeah its hard, "They will try their best to protect their "identity". That word stuck in my head until i few days ago i was presenting my work at Publika about "Gender Identity" and always figuring out how to tell people or society who's not familiar with the trans issues as simple as i can for example, "Sex is your hardware & Gender is your software, and some people born with both Sex & Gender aligned which they are called "cisgender people" or non-transgender people while for trans people they live their lives try to realigned their outer hardware to match their softwares..."

While compiling the work, i realize something that we actually or "intersectionally" since we were born into this world are also brought into many "solid identities" that was formed way before wether we like it or not, like "race", "religion", "traditions", "nationality", and then when we go through life we adopt to more identities like "geek", "nerds", "introvert","extrovert", "artist", "anarchist", "goth" "liberal", "humanist", "atheist", "punkrocker", "metalhead", "feminist, "genderqueer", "maknyah", "transpinay" etc, and keep creating a new one for ourselves as we navigate this world and our daily lives.

Some identity traditionally passed down and some adopt them without questioning it, and nowadays we create our identities within the reality we go through today.

When i was discovering myself earlier (before the internet age), the only term i knew exists was "transsexual" and then as times go by late 2008 onwards, the word change with the movement, more and more defined and the term transgender exists but its a word that encompasses others who don't fit to the traditional cisgender ones. And now simply transwoman or transgender woman and the awareness about being transgender or transwomen/transmen, is now is more clear and at the forefront to change many laws and policies to be more inclusive to this other part of human being or the reality itself that was once taboo or at the background of everyday life. Life itself is very fluid or like a river and we're just in a boat floating on it, crossing paths with each other, "intersectionalities", learning, experiencing life in this age and times....
So yeah, i wonder how many identities does one adopt and discard in one life...
#justathought

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2011/08/10/transsexuals%E2%80%99-cry-for-acceptance/

http://www.mmail.com.my/opinion/zurairi-ar/article/never-a-better-time-to-be-a-trans-ally

consume.chew.digest.excrete

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

tasty doodles...

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Performing Gender

An Audio visual presentation and conversation featuring Sharon Chin, Shika Corona, Sharaad Kuttan and Edwin Sumun, moderated by Thilaga, Founder of Justice for Sisters, that will explore femininity, masculinity, gender performativity and the diverse expressions and manifestations of gender through art and performance.

Here is an article on gender expression and identities that will give you an idea of the topic that they will talk about :
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2015/03/12/tbt-when-cross-dressing-was-crime

Judith Butler - Gender Performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fndkPPJBi1U

About our speakers :

Sharon Chin (b.1980) is an artist living in Port Dickson, Malaysia. She makes all kinds of things in all kinds of places, from galleries to city sidewalks. She's hung sails across an embassy lobby, listened to strangers' hearts on the streets of Sydney, and gotten teargassed while wearing a costume of yellow flowers. Recently, she bathed in public with 100 people for "Mandi Bunga/Flower Bath", a project at Singapore Biennale 2013. She is currently working on 'In The Land that Never Was Dry', a series of illustrated journalism pieces about water issues in Malaysia.www.sharonchin.com

Shika is an illustrator and artist from Kuala Lumpur. She regularly contributes artwork and illustrations for the use of various groups and NGOs. Select exhibitions include 'The Art of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind' (2015), Singapore Biennale 2013, API scholarship(2013-2014),'Seksualiti Merdeka', Annexe Gallery, Central Market, Malaysia (2012), 'Malaysia's 49th Merdeka Mural', National Art Gallery, Malaysia (2010) and 'Not That Balai', Lost Generation Space, Malaysia (2005). Aside from being an artist and traveling across art circles, Shika or Shieko is regularly involved in community mobilization and empowerment activities with the trans community.

Edwin Sumun is a critically acclaimed award winning theatre practitioner. Having received an award for Outstanding Contribution To Theatre in his early 20s while living in Germany, Edwin returned to Malaysia in 1997 and rebooted his career when he was invited to be a member of The Instant Cafe Theatre Company in the same year. The company fined tuned his perception for socio-political satire. Having found his voice and strength in telling stories of individuals and identity, Edwin founded his own company, SUMUNDA in 2004. Then in 2009, Edwin, having noticed a change in the theatrical and social climate, decided to introduce SHELAH!!! to the public. Created as a reaction to an article by a politician, SHELAH!!! has since become the beacon of expression of self and continues to spread joy and living ‘right’.

“Being my self is just the beginning of what I born to be” says Edwin
“He’s the guy who gives me life (and great hair!)” Shelah quips

Edwin was commissioned to write for the World Economic Forum as he remains in Malaysia. Shelah has travelled and performed, including the Vienna Arts Festival. Together they won the Audience Choice Award at the 11th BOH Cameroonian Arts Awards. Together they continue to share their tears and laughter with everyone.

SPEAK UP! Thie panel is part of artACT!
Free admission.

Thursday, April 09, 2015

A night of hope, nobody gets left behind

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Exhibition raises funds for marginalised Chow Kit community

BY HARI AZIZAN

The Art of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind aims to raise funds for the urban poor and marginalised community in downtown Kuala Lumpur.

She may not be a household name but illustrator Shieko Reto has been thrilling local art lovers with her whimsical and hilarious art for a few years now. Drawn on diverse canvas – from zines to tote bags, posters and postcards – her deceptively simple cartoons belie the gravity of her subject: the experience of trans women in a prejudiced society.

Her Waiting Room installation, shown at the Singapore Art Biennale in 2013, in particular captures the inner world of transgender persons in Malaysia, where transgender issues are still taboo and trans people live in waiting their whole life – ”waiting to heal from surgery, waiting (for a reply) for the job application, waiting for opportunities in life and waiting for acceptance from family and friends”, she said in an interview for the Singapore Art Museum.

It is only apt that now Waiting Room is finally on show in Malaysia, it is to help raise funds for the marginalised communities of Chow Kit whose lives are in limbo after the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development abruptly stopped the funding to their home and refuge, Pusat Bantuan Khidmat Sosial (Social Assistance and Services Centre or PBKS).

Part of The Art Of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind exhibition at Black Box MAP, Publika, Solaris Dutamas, which ends on April 5, Waiting Room is one of more than 20 works by eclectic artists who have come together in support of SEED (Social and Enabling Environment Development), a non-profit community organisation staffed by members of the communities themselves which ran the PBKS centre in Chow Kit.

For seven years, the PBKS drop-in centre has made a difference in the lives of those in need in the city. The centre caters to marginalised peoples such the homeless urban poor, people living with HIV, and the transgender community who face discrimination. The centre provides them with food and drink, medical advice, spiritual and religious guidance.

Other works on show include illustrations by Jun Kit of himself as a Man and as a Woman, silkscreen paintings by Bogus Merchandise and paintings on the Malay women by Norhayati Kaprawi.

Also noteworthy is Repent Or Die: The Rise of Shelah (2010) by Pang Khee Teik, part of a series of photographs made in “response to the Censorship Board’s Policy that LGBT characters should repent or die”. He may be better known as the LGBT activist behind the popular Seksualiti Merdeka festival, but Pang is an acclaimed photographer in his own right.

Some of the artists taking part in this fundraising exhibition include Dhiyanah Hassan, Nazreen Nizam Rao, Azura Kathleen McIlwraith, Sharon Chin, Rat Heist, Regina Ibrahim, Jellene Eva, Julya Oui and Poodien Free Spirit. The free admission exhibition runs till this Sunday, 11am to 6pm daily.

On April 4, a live performance, A Night Of Hope, will be held at the exhibition venue (8pm). The shows features performances by Elvira Arul, Wana, Sajad, Cicie Sinclair Blonde, Fazilah, Vee, Ayu Siti and others. Entry to the show is RM50 (donation). Book tickets at helpseedgrow@gmail.com. More information on Facebook.

This exhibition takes place during ‘artACT!’, an initiative by MAP. This three-week long programme features exhibitions, documentary screenings, talks, workshops and special performances in the name of art and advocacy.

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Arts/Frame-Up/2015/04/02/Exhibition-raises-funds-for-marginalised-Chow-Kit-community/

Saturday, April 04, 2015

me & dia

Friday, April 03, 2015

The Art of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind

The Art of Giving: Nobody Gets Left Behind aims to raise funds for the urban poor and marginalised community in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Arts/Frame-Up/2015/04/02/Exhibition-raises-funds-for-marginalised-Chow-Kit-community/