“Lapisan Masyarakat”, which stands for Society’s Layers, is a Kuih Lapis inspired fashion ensemble. Depicting Malaysia’s cultural diversity through a profusion of outfits presented in this colour popping series. Traditional Baba-Nyonya desserts are reimagined as multi-layered outfits pieced together from thrift store treasures.
Read MoreMeet Brindha Kumar: a 25-year-old rising young talent currently painting the local scene with her marvellous animated illustrations. Her bright and bold illustrations are a fresh interpretation of modern art, coupled with subtle hues of her interests and concerned issues.
Read MoreThey wiggle, wring, writhe, and wrap - anemones and other sea creatures of the deep spread their tentacles for unsuspecting passerby of art aficionados, critics, and curious wanderers in OUR Art Project’s previous curation of artwork by Philippines-based artist, Bree Jonson. Slowly moving across the sea bed, these mysterious creatures with their writhing tentacles, thorny spines, and alluring yet alien-like (to our standards anyway) have made the white walls of OUR Art’s Project’s gallery space their home last June (02.06.2017 - 24.06.2017).
Read MorePeople often find difficulty in balancing time between work and play, while yet others still believe that there can be no such thing as a balance between work and play! Then there are the outliers like Jerome Kay and Josh Mosh, two individuals who believe that work can be just as much play as play is to work. Together, the dynamic duo have conceptualised this philosophy in a brand aptly named KnurD
Read MoreMix Oxygen(O) and Magnesium(Mg) and you’ll get an explosive chemical reaction certain to set tongues wagging. Certainly, fashion designer CASSEY GAN is OMG at its best (see what we did there?). Despite hanging up her lab coat and kissing her chemical engineering days goodbye, Gan’s intuitive knowledge of how to stimulate reactions has not gone amiss since her transition into the exciting world of fashion.
Read MoreThe thing about great movies is that they often leave you feeling short of breath, as if you've been submerged underwater and only just remembered to come up for air as the end credits start to roll. That was how I felt after watching Michel Dudok de Wit’s rather magnificent animated feature film “The Red Turtle.”
Read MoreLate last February, our Executive Producer and Chief Editor, ADAM JEFFERY, took a trip up north to the metropolitan city of Bangkok, Thailand to relax, unwind, and get the lay of the local art scene. Catching the tail end of an exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, he managed to take a gander at the Erwin Wurm exhibition, aptly named ‘The Philosophy of Instructions’, curated by Pichaya Aime Suphavanij. The exhibition ran from 26 November 2016 to 26 February 2017.
Read MoreNostalgic. Monochromatic. Introvert. These are the three words that best describe 25 year old MARK TAN, an artist specialising in the sheltered art of printmaking in Malaysia. The pattern of three’s continue with the elements of nostalgia that his artwork possesses. Focusing on place, memory, and identity, Tan invites us to see where we have been, what we remember, who we are, and perhaps even where we are heading towards.
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Do these hashtags ring a bell? They should. In 2016, an astounding 85 million videos and pictures were posted on Instagram in a single day! So, what does this mean? Are our lives deserving of the spotlight? Is it relevant for everyone to know what we are doing? Does this mean that we are so greatly in need of being acknowledged by everyone around us?
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