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(Photo by Myra M).

The music + light performance at SiCKL Open Lab (SOL) #04 went very well, with good responses from the audience. There will definitely be more collaborative work between the participants, and we will announce the presentations here. (Rather unfortunate that we did not get to video the event...)

More pics here and here.

Merry Christmas!

Projek Wayang wishes one and all a very merry Christmas, happy holidays, and here's to a good year ahead in 2009!

Wayang Lampu @ SiCKL Open Lab (SOL)

As promised, here are the details for the upcoming Wayang Lampu performance. I will be working with Lisa Foo, Ronnie Khoo (of Furniture), and Jazmi in an experimental DJ and light installation set. Expect wackiness!

Here's the FB event page.

Here's a map:

SiCKL Open Lab (27 Dec 08)

Projek Wayang will be working with Lisa Foo on an art installation + wayang lampu performance at SiCKL Open Lab in Cheras, KL, this 27th December. A flyer for the event will be posted once it's ready.

Happy Deepavali!

In conjunction with the Hindu celebration of Deepavali, Projek Wayang is proud to announce the resumption of its Wayang Lampu research and development works. We hope to be able to present a workshop performance sometime at the end of the year or early next year.

Wayang Buku at Readings@Seksan's

Azmyl and I had an enormously fun time performing at Readings@Seksan's, a monthly gathering of writers, poets, and avid listeners of Malaysian literature conceived by Bernice Chauly and kept going by Sharon Bakar. I'm sure we'll have some pictures soon, but suffice to say, it was an enjoyable afternoon for those who caught the half hour performance! This time round, we even interviewed a piece of blank A4 paper :)

Oh, here was where we performed. Aah...

Projek Wayang @ Urbanscapes 2008

Hi guys & gals,

We have a new batch of photos from our recent escapades at KLue's Urbanscapes 2008. Check 'em out here. Courtesy of Ms Myra M.

Upcoming CAIS Project performance

We're proud to announce that in conjunction with Rumah Air Panas' CAIS Project Project Wayang will be presenting 'Wayang Buku' in the library of Stella Maris on these dates and times:

# 29th August (Fri) - 3-4pm
# 30th August (Sat) - 3-4pm

As Azmyl may be teaching on that Friday, Fahmi may be performing Wayang Buku solo.

More soon!

Projek Wayang in School Library

Check out this wonderful Art-in-School project, organized by our good friends at Rumah Air Panas.

Projek Wayang will be performing Wayang Buku in the Stella Maris library on 29th & 30th August (exact time to be determined soon).

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Also, our Wayang Rakyat gig with CapSquare has been called off. Oh well...! It will give us time to work on it more, which is great.

Wayang Lampu rehearsals!

(Ronnie and Fahmi, amazed that they haven't burned down the house with their poor electrician skills)

The Projek Wayang team has been hard at work rehearsing for the KLue Urbanscapes 2008 event happening this weekend, 28th June 2008, at the KLPac. As we've mentioned before, we will be having two performances happening that day:

# Wayang Buku - 3pm, Resource Center (next to the Pentas 2 entrance)
# Wayang Lampu - 8pm, at the Indiecine (on the way to Pentas 1 entrance)

On the rehearsal side, Wayang Lampu seems to be growing in an interesting direction; thanks to the triumvirate of soundsters - Aziz, Azmyl & Ronnie Khoo - we'll be exploring sounds in this piece more concertedly. It's looking good.

Hi guys,

The Projek Wayang team is proud to announce we're in talks to bring a few more shows to Klang Valley folk. As we're still in discussions, a lot of details aren't available at time of this post, but we'll be sure to update the site as soon as more info trickles in!

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28 June 2008: Projek Wayang @ KLue Urbanscapes





Taking place at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Art Centre (KLPac), we'll most likely be performing Wayang Buku and another performance as well.

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August 2008: Projek Wayang @ CapSquare Merdeka soft launch








Wayang Rakyat: Kisah Sang Kancil & Sang Buaya+ The Misadventures of Pak Pandir

Wayang Buku performance area

This is where we'll be performing Wayang Buku come August 08. More pics soon!

Two more performances

As promised, here are some more details of upcoming Projek Wayang performances in the 2008 calendar:

Aug 10: Wayang Kenduri, Ipoh (details tbc)
Aug 29-30: Wayang Buku, Stella Maris school library, KL (time tbc)
Oct 27 - Nov 2: Wayang Emergency (working title), The Annexe (details tbc)

We'll keep updating as and when we have more info.

And if you are in Malaysia and would like to host a Projek Wayang performance, please get in touch with Fahmi Fadzil at fahmiDOTfadzil AT gmailDOTcom.

Sound of Color

Gap (the clothing label) worked with Chris Do and Blind, Inc to create a music video for a Danish band, The Raveonettes, based on the question: "What sound would black & white make?"

The answer, curiously, was articulated through some elements of shadow puppetry. Video below:

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To a panggung near you!

Projek Wayang is proud to announce an up-coming performance that for the 2008 Season.

Aug 29, 30 - Wayang Buku at Stella Maris' Library. Time tbc.

More performances are being slated, for sure!

We've been a little quiet, we know, but there's been a lot of 'wayang' happening in Malaysia that warrants us to just pay attention to all the different dalangs wanting to weave their own stories about the country. A lot of material for our performances, no doubt, and you will soon be the beneficiaries of these political turbulences.

(Photograph of Anwar Ibrahim - on the cellphone - outside the Bangsar Sports Complex where his daughter, Nurul Izzah, was standing to contest in the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency for the 12th Malaysian General Elections. She would go on to defeat two-term incumbent from Barisan Nasional, Sharizat Jalil; 24 Feb 2008)

Happy 2008!

Dear all,

2007 had been a wonderful year for Projek Wayang - we had our first invitation to an arts festival, further understanding of wayang through a theatre performance, and a rather interesting stint of performing in a mall, amongst others.

For 2008, we'll be consolidating this work. We hope to create a full performance by mid-year, hopefully at the Annexe at Central Market, Kuala Lumpur. It's a beautiful space with so many possibilities for performance!

So, here's to a bright year ahead!