by Simon Soon

ARTERI is nine months old. Some thoughts on how we work and where we are heading.

by Eva McGovern

KL graffiti collective TLG is getting some love from ARTERI. Here’s a shout out on some of the video documentations of their work in this fair city of ours.

by ARTERI

What is the function of the contemporary portrait painting in Malaysia? How does it reveal how we see ourselves and those around us? Stop by 67 Tempinissatu and find out for yourself.

by Yin Shao Loong

A trip to the Hma’ Meri (Mah Meri) orang asli village on Pulau Carey leads to an encounter with their arts, crafts, and land struggles.

by ARTERI

National Budget 2010: The allocation for ‘Creative Industries’ is one of the biggest ever – RM 200million. Short on time and resources, we’re putting here the relevant excerpts from the budget speech. We urgently invite debate, comment and any extra information you may have.

by Silent Wall Project

A group of passionate people started The Silent Wall project to document the famous Pudu Jail murals. They managed to capture the entire wall before demolition works started, which they also recorded.

In their own words and images, they talk about the wall and what it means to them.

By Eva McGovern

Editorial thoughts on ARTERI, the good, the bad and the fugly.

Art as laboratory: SiCKL is Studio in Cheras KL, an experimental art space run by a group of multi-disciplinary artists.

I speak to SiCKL co-founder Kok Siew Wai about experimenting, playing and uncertainty – things I wish I saw more of in art, Malaysian or otherwise!

by Sharon Chin

Walls, stones and dust.

Thoughts on the destruction of Pudu Prison.

compiled by ARTERI

Over the next three months, with author Kam Raslan as co-curator, Instant Cafe House of Arts and Ideas (CHAI) present a series of public programmes, conversations, performances & film screenings all around the theme of history. Here is a listing of their programme for the next two months.

Interview with Bilqis Hijjas: Who else should we approach for a more qualified primer on the state of contemporary dance in Malaysia?

by Simon Soon

On Malaysia Emerging Artists Award (MEA): I’m not necessarily a fan of art competition, but the kind of media attention, spectacle and drama that surround an art award (the stuff that art purists would balk at) form the appealing recipe for creating the much needed buzz and encouragement to introduce new comers into the heady, treacherous yet occasionally rewarding art life.

by ARTERI

Join us on 17 October 2009 (2PM til late, Saturday) for a fun-filled family day – THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE

by Shahril Abdul Rani

Theatre Review: Oral Stage presents Oh Dad, Poor Dad…

“Oh Dad, Poor Dad” may seem like the usual parody with exaggerated two-dimensional characters, but there many things which can be read between the lines and interpreted differently.

by ARTERI

House of Matahati (HOM) artist residency programme is now open for application. Started in 2008 as a studio mentorship programme by the MATAHATI boys, the residency has since become a significant stepping stone, where regular guidance from Malaysia’s prominent art stars have helped shape the direction and career of our artistic fledglings.