ART FOR GRABS RAYA SPECIAL!

Arts & Crafts Bazaar + more!

Sat 26 & Sun 27 Sep, 12pm to 8pm

Presented by The Annexe Gallery & Central Market

Admission Free


Celebrate your Raya with your friendly neighbourhood artists at Art For Grabs. Experience our kenduri of creativity, where colours and coolness unravel like a well-peeled ketup-art. What better way to spend your duit Raya? All arty stuffs are under RM100 each!

Note: Please be advised that the Central Market carpark will be closed for the whole day on Saturday 26 September for the CM Annual Lantern Festival. Parking will be available at Dayabumi and other areas near CM.


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PENTAS RAYA

Presenting our programme of fringe events during our Art For Grabs Raya weekend! Featuring Nurul Izzah Anwar, Farish Noor, 15Malaysia, Filmmakers Anonymous, The Lost Poets, Troubadours, and more!

All events are FREE except where indicated.

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SAT 26 SEP


12pm – HANG TUAH THE PACIFIST: DECONSTRUCTING OUR HEROES
Lecture by Dr Farish A. Noor
Presented by The Other Malaysia & The Annexe Gallery



For too long the legendary character of Hang Tuah has been cast primarily as a warrior in the service of the state, and adopted by ethno-nationalist ideologues as a symbol of nationalism that denies our cultural connectivity with others. This lecture will look at the Hikayat Hang Tuah in its entirety and consider how the second half of the Hikayat revises and deconstructs the character of Hang Tuah, by representing him as a cosmopolitan rational agent endowed with free will and a keen interest in other cultures and societies. We will show that the intention of the Hikayat Hang Tuah is to open up the minds of the readers, to preach a doctrine of non-violence and to sow a sense of universal love for a common humanity instead. Hang Tuah was indeed a hero, but only because he was a man of peace who ultimately renounces the ways of power and violence.



2pm – POETRY SELL OUT
Spoken Word & Poetry Performance
Presented by The Lost Poets

A spoken word poetry event without boundaries, tickets or cultural coercion featuring a random collection of KL-based poets, rappers, writers and performing artists either working for their art or working at it. Including Poetry Slam seductresses, Sheena Baharudin and Kathleen Choo, Lost Poets, Afi Momo, Illya Shariya and Elaine Foster (also Poetry Slam KL Champs), poetry open mic giggers Sharief Manjur and Jamal Raslan Abdul Jalil and many more! Want to spread the word? Join us in during our open mic session. Word!



4pm – REFORMASI GENERATION SPEAKS
Forum & Book Launch
Presented by REFSA



The future belongs to the young, needless to say. And they want a bright future. Since Malaysia's older generation has failed to provide for that future, the country's young has to secure it for themselves. Liew Chin Tong, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Hannah Yeoh will speak on their own perspectives about what they feel and where the country is heading from their own perspectives. The book “Speaking For The Reformasi Generation” by Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong will also be launched.



6pm – FILMMAKERS ANONYMOUS 11: WOMEN IN LOVE
Film Screening
Presented by FA Herstory Films Project



Women filmmakers explore and showcase their stories of love, sex and desire for this special FA. Herstory Films Project wishes to launch this space to share your love story, be it fairytale or forbidden, proudly or anonymously. Premiering Mien.ly’s film “2 Boys, 2 Girls and A Beat Up Car”. Also featuring films from Margaret Bong, Juliane Block and more! Visit http://herstoryfilmsproject.blogspot.com


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SUN 27 SEP


12pm – TANGERIN & NIKOTIN
Reading & Book Launch
Presented by Sang Freud Press



New poetry book “Tangerin & Nikotin” by Mimi Morticia.



3pm –15MALAYSIA
Film Screening
Presented by Time Out KL
*Admission with free voucher in Time Out KL September issue



Produced by the same people that made MAFU (Malaysian Artistes For Unity), 15MALAYSIA consists of 15 short films directed by 15 young filmmakers in Malaysia. Most of the selected filmmakers have won international film awards from major festivals around the world and represent the core of what is known internationally as the Malaysian ‘New Wave’ filmmakers. The cast consists of numerous celebrities, actors, musicians – and most refreshingly – high profile and often controversial politicians. Taken together, the films represent a broad spectrum of filmmaking voices in Malaysia today.

Directors include Yasmin Ahmad, Ho Yuhang, James Lee, Tan Chui Mui, Amir Muhammad, Liew Seng Tat, Nam Ron, Benji Lim & Bahir Yeusuff, Khairil Bahar, Johan John, Woo Ming Jin, Suleiman Brothers, Linus Chung, Kamal Sabran and Desmond Ng. Cast include Khairy Jamaluddin, Nik Aziz, Liow Tiong Lai, Tian Chua, Zaid Ibrahim, Adibah Noor,  Bront Palarae, Namewee, Atilia, Serena Choong, Amber Chia, Jay Menon, Sharifah Amani, Hon Kahoe, Jason Lo, Harith Iskandar, Patrick Teo, Daphne Iking, Sarah Lian, Nam Ron, Ciplak, Azmyl Yunor, Ida Nerina, Lorna Hoong,  Baki Zainal, Nick Dorian and many others.



5pm – AZMYL + JEROME + SEI HON - LIVE!
Music Performance
Presented by Troubadours Enterprise


Singer songwriters and Troubadours founders Azmyl Yunor, Tan Sei Hon and Jerome Kugan perform together for the first time since 2007, in a preview gig for this year’s KL Sing Song happening from 30 Oct to 1 Nov. Catch Azmyl the punk folker, Sei Hon the acoustic ah beng, and Jerome the pink spirit perform a mix of new and old original songs in their own inimitable style. Not to be missed!



6pm – GADOH
Film Screening
Presented by Freedom Film Fest



“Gadoh” is a film that tells a story of a group of teenagers beset by racial tensions further escalated by their environment and school system. In the ensuing aftermath, one teacher ropes in the help of an old friend and reluctant maverick theatre activist to deal with the bigotry. Is there hope amid the cycle of discrimination that surrounds us? Directed by Brenda Danker and Nam Ron. Starring Nam Ron, Nick Davis, Zahiril Adzim, Amerul Affendi and Maya Tan Abdullah.