PROGRAMMES

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Boom Boom Bang: Play & Parody in 1990s K.L.

Film Screenings & Forum

Perempuan, Isteri dan… (1993)
Followed by a conversation with U-Wei Haji Saari (Director) and Sofia Jane (Actress), moderated by Ridhwan Saidi

All three of these films are from the early 90s but have differing tones. Perempuan, Isteri dan… (1993) portrays rural life, exploring a complex and intense relationship between a man and a woman. Hati Bukan Kristal (1990) depicts city life, following a young woman journalist who starts working at a newspaper and becomes entangled in urban crime. Bintang Malam (1991) is an action film about a brother, just returned from working abroad as a sailor who must rescue his younger sister who has been forced into prostitution in the city. 

Film Forum
Panellists: Nik Amir Mustapha (Film Director, Imaginur) and Ali Agung (SIAR Founder)
Moderator: Alee Isa (Wayang Budiman)

Talks, Tours, Conversations

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A Torrid Tour of Books Banned in the 1990s
Talk by Amir Muhammad

725 books were banned in Malaysia in the 1990s by the Home Ministry. This talk will look at the titles and categorise them according to language and theme; and also look at news reports of rationales behind the more high-profile bans, in order to consider what elements exist in this forbidden terrain. For example, did you know that there were more banned books in that decade with “Arqam” in the title (54) compared to the combined “sex” and “seks” (43)?

As some of the titles are very vague with no synopsis given, audience members will also be encouraged to imagine what those books could have possibly been about, and what dangers they could have posed to society. Visuals of the book covers will also be shown in order for us to make some deductions about design commonalities that need to be avoided if we don’t want to get banned in Malaysia. 

In collaboration with PEN Malaysia

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Apokalips: 1990s Kuala Lumpur – the Rainbow and the Dust
Talk by Eddin Khoo

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ILHAM Conversations
with artist / researcher Roopesh Sitharan and Hasnul Jamal Saidon

Join us as artist and researcher Roopesh Sitharan speaks to Hasnul Jamal Saidon, Associate Professor of Electronic and New Media Art at University Sains Malaysia (USM) and Director of the Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah (MGTF), USM. Hasnul will speak about the development of the New Media movement in Malaysia in the '90s and his role in developing pioneering projects such as e-art asean online, which he co-founded with Niranjan Rajah.

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The Joy of Sharing
ILHAM Conversations with Han Nefkens and Faisal Tehrani

ILHAM is delighted to be hosting this conversation with our long-term partner and friend Han Nefkens, the of the Han Nefkens Foundation with Malaysian author and playwright Faisal Tehrani in conjunction with Han's publication The Joy of Sharing. Many of the artists the Han Nefkens Foundation works with have been inspired by literature, but with this book the Foundation has turned it around. To celebrate the twenty-five years Han Nefkens has been an activist in the art world, the Foundation invited twenty-five international writers and poets to write a piece inspired by one of the videos the Foundation has produced. The writings have now been published in the book The Joy of Sharing. Writer Faisal Tehrani, whose writing is included in the publication, joins Han Nefkens in conversation about the book, the process of writing, and the inspiration of video art. 

The book The Joy of Sharing will be available for purchase at the event.

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Reading of Hangus from Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu
with writer Hatta Azad Khan and actor Imuda

Join us for a staged reading of Hangus, an episode from the sitcom Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu followed by a discussion with writer Hatta Azad Khan and actor Imuda.

Performers: Mia Sabrina Mahathir, Roshafiq Roslee, Tharwa Karina, Tarrant Kwok, Grace Ng, Eff Hakim, Hafreez Amminuddin and Nurul Aizam
Direction: Ridhwan Saidi

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The End of the Nineteen-Nineties
with author Hafiz Noor Shams

Economist and author of The End of The Nineteen-Nineties Hafiz Noor Shams speaks about his book which explores important events in 1990s Malaysia and its long-lasting impact on the country.

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Malaysian Rock Music & Development of Sub-Cultures 
ILHAM Conversations with Joe Kidd

Punk rocker and archivist Joe Kidd takes us on a journey tracing the development of rock and alternative music and its attending youth subcultures in 90s Malaysia.

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Art in a Time of Change: Artistic Responses in 1990s Malaysia
Talk by art historian Sarena Abdullah

Join us for this talk by art historian Sarena Abdullah as she explores how artists in Malaysia responded through their work to the immense socio-political changes occurring in the country during the 1990s.