Wayang Fajar is done!

(Wayang Fajar gang in black, having dinner at Central Market)

Wayang Fajar played to two full-houses this past weekend! We're very happy with the responses so far, and look forward to reading reviews in the Malaysian media.

Thanks for all the support, and here's to a good year ahead!

Next performance: Wayang Siang (work-in-progress title), 2nd part of Wayang Cahaya series.

Wayang Fajar

“What Malaysia will we wake up to today?”

Since the last General Election, Malaysians have been treated to so many visions, dreams, and hopes for new Malaysia(s), yet how much has really changed? With so many ‘surprises’ that each new day brings, how do we keep sane? How do we stay safe? How do we respond to these events?

Or is the saying still true, that “the night is darkest just before dawn”?

Wayang Fajar, the first part of the ‘Wayang Cahaya’ series, is a performance of stories inspired by the many dawns we - and Malaysia - experience.

Performed by Azmyl Yunor, Fahmi Fadzil, Grey Yeoh, Lisa Foo, Myra Mahyuddin, Ronnie Khoo and Zedeck Siew.

11, 12 Dec (8.30pm), 13 Dec (3.00pm)
Annexe Gallery, Central Market, KL
(part of the Art for Grabs weekend!)
entry by RM10 donation

for more information, call/fax Five Arts Centre at 03-77254858, email fivearts@tm.net.my or visit www. fiveartscentre.org

Click here for the Facebook event page

Wayang Fajar

Just a quick note to say that Projek Wayang is working on a new performance - Wayang Fajar - part of the Wayang Cahaya series. The performance is slated for 11-13 December.

Collaborators: Azmyl Yunor, Fahmi Fadzil, Grey Yeoh, Lisa Foo, Myra Mahyuddin, Ronnie Khoo, Zedeck Siew.

More details soon.

Wayang Pasar @ CapSquare, 5 April

Hi everyone, just a quick shoutout about an upcoming *new* wayang creation - Wayang Pasar - which will be performed for the first time at CapSquare, KL.

Some of the thoughts that have gone into the making of Wayang Pasar (or Market Wayang):

• How do pasar's begin/evolve/transform, from a pasar malam to a pasaraya?
• How is human relations affected by the staging of commercial performance/transactions, in terms of the loose boundaries in a pasar tani, in relation to a hypermarket for instance?
• If a pasar could be wayang-ed, what would such a performance be like?

Come catch Azmyl Yunor and Fahmi Fadzil on 5th April, 12.30-1.30pm at CapSquare to find out some of our answers to the above and more!

Wayang Lampu @ Earth Hour

A little belated, but we just wanted to say that Projek Wayang had a good time performing Wayang Lampu at YTL's Earth Hour celebrations in Starhill. Thanks, Five Arts Centre for the chance + connections!

Pics to come :)

New Project!

Since the last posting, Projek Wayang has been hard at work putting together plans for the coming year. First up, we will be collaborating with some of the people who participated in the December edition of SiCKL Open Lab, as well as some fresh faces. The main theme will be developing Wayang Lampu (lightbulbs) into another performance form (potentially), meaning we will be looking at the theme of Light itself in an urban context of storytelling.

The collaborators thus far include architect Lisa Foo, multimedia designer Jazmi Izwan, musician & engineer Ronnie Khoo, musician lecturer Azmyl Yunor, writer Zedeck Siew, and writer and occasional photographer Myra Mahyuddin.

If all goes well, we are looking at presenting a workshop performance sometime in June 2009.

Pics

(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: