"Now That KL Fest is Over"

It was the same time last year in July that I was struggling with organising KL Fringe Festival, I becoz I was doing it all by myself, which is crazy, but I tot I could start it small for the first year. My friends in Singapore and US keep telling me that I should continue and do the festival despite all the hardships, getting the artists together, looking for space to perform, people to handle technicals, run the front office and do promotions for publicity. Well, I did it with the help of few students, which in the end having to pay them too, so I have to use money from my own pocket which is crazy. I am not some rich kids with duit melimpah-limpah. But I did it, may be for the love of the arts. This year, we have to find a different way of organising the festival. Our moto is the same, giving space to young talents, hidden talents and people who could not make it to the main stage or whose works are not suitable for the main stage. So we are re-launching the festival, hoping that it will berjalan after Hari Raya Puasa.

KL Fringe 2/2009 - ARTIFESTO

Kuala Lumpur Fringe Festival 2/09

ARTIFESTO

ARTIFESTO is a newly coined word, combining two important words, ARTS and MANIFESTO. This word is chosen to be the theme of Second Kuala Lumpur Fringe Festival, 2009. The word “Manifesto” is derived from the Italian word manifesto, originated from the Latin manifestum. Manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions. A person's life-stance is his/ her relation with what he/  she accepts as of ultimate importance in commitments and practice of working it out in living. Roughly, it is the value system or moral code based on the intrinsic value, the personal commitments and practice of working it out in living the lifestyle. Ultimate importance may be explained by what has intrinsic value and "for its own sake".

The “Art Manifesto” has been a recurrent feature associated with the avant-garde in Modernism. Art Manifestos are mostly extreme in their rhetoric and intended for attention in seeking to achieve a new way. They often address wider issues, such as culture and society. The manifesto gives a means of expressing, publicising and recording ideas for the artist, art group or art community. Manifestos were introduced with the Futurists in Italy in 1909. Due to the internet usage there has been a resurgence of the form, and many new manifestos are now appearing to a potential worldwide audience. Manifesto is now a new communication made to the whole world, whose only intension is to the discovery of an instant cure for the artistic world.

ARTIFESTO is a renewed commitment, made by Kuala Lumpur Fringe Festival to present a selection of young, new and hidden works by Malaysian and foreign artists in dance, theatre, performance, words, visual and moving images.

Artifesto Bukan Anti-Pastor Tapi Anti-Pistol

Nampaknya bulan sudah masuk bulan ke empat tahun 2009, tapi festival kecil ini masih belum mendapat sokongan apa-apa. nampaknya juga sudah ada beberapa orang yang menghantarkan proposal dari luar negara tapi masih belum ada karya dari dalam negara. Saya masih menunggu

KL Fringe 2009

Arts Exchange is Asia (AXiA) and Svarnabhumi Studio is once again preparing for KL Fringe Festival 2009 in June 2009. The festival will be divided into sections:

# Theatre

# Dance/Performance

# Music

# Film

#Book/ Reading

# Visual Arts

This little festival is now open to accept new work for screening process. Please send works and description to Zubin_mohamad@yahoo.com or call +60192459282 for further information. Thank you and look forward to hear from you fellow talented artists

Apa Seterusnya?

Organised Chaos@KLFF

The Organised Chaos@KLFF08 was organised by Fathullah Lokman of Fathulistiwa Soundscapes. Thank you very much. Thank you to all the groups for performing and thank you audience for coming. Hope you have enjoyed the music and sounds of Malaysia's talented yound musicians.

Finale Program at KLFF08 on 8 August, 8.30pm, Stor Teater, DBP