Art & Culture
Sunday, 19 May 2013
BEING a Murut and chosen to become one of the flag bearers for the first National Day in 1984 was a proud moment for Ah Chua Bangau, the current president of the Persatuan Lun Bawang Murut Brunei (Lun Bawang Murut Brunei Association).During an...
THE hand-painted batik designs of Lasem, a small district in the coastal regency of Rembang in northern Central Java, may not be as popular as those of Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Pekalongan, Cirebon or Madura.However, it does not mean that Lasem's batik...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
IN THE shadow of a giant Chinese character for "tea" written in live cypress trees, enthusiasts gather once every three years in Japan to talk about one of the world's favourite drinks.The World Tea Festival this month celebrated the...
A FILM that weaves together stories of the anguish and desperation of American and Filipino soldiers during the notorious Bataan Death March could have been shot on location in a large-scale production. Filipino director Borinaga Alix Jr...
Monday, 13 May 2013
HOW the mighty have fallen in Mexico at least on movie screens and in social media. A comedy lampooning the rich has become the highest-grossing film in Mexican cinema history, with five million moviegoers laughing at the story of a construction...
MULTICULTURAL families play a big role in helping their communities. People from multicultural families are playing greater roles in improving the lives of themselves and their neighbours.Kim Thuy, a 42-year-old Vietnamese, takes pride in helping...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
WHAT does art mean to you? In the words of the youth, art is explained as the tool of self-expression.In the Brunei scene, many young people have stepped out of their shell to showcase their work to the world.Art comes in many forms. From music to...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
DESPITE the heavyweight artworks and big name artists, Long Museum's new exhibition has met with challenges from critics.It showcases more than 50 works created by Chinese Realist artists such as Jin Shangyi, Chen Danqing, Yang Feiyun, and Chen...
WHEN independent dancer-choreographer Raka Maitra started looking for dancers for her latest production, she had one simple criteria."I chose those who have never been trained in ballet or who have not had any formal Western training," she...
Monday, 29 April 2013
THE heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon.Glossy new construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang skyline. Inside supermarkets where shopgirls wear faux French designer labels, people with money can...
KUWAITI author Saud Alsanousi (pic) recently won the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his portrayal of the lives of foreign workers in Gulf countries in "The Bamboo Stalk".The 31-year-old Alsanousi became the youngest winner...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
A TOUR of the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened room surrounded by chilling reminders of the Sept. 11, 2001...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
FOR a theatre production to come together, different elements need to fall into place. Lights need to be in working order, make-up spick and span and sound flawless.This responsibility falls to Safrizan Morsidi, the producer of the Crimson Theatre...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
THE beautifully wild Van Don will charm you with its stone and earth mountains, primeval forests, caves and long sandy beaches.The first gusts of summer wind have only just started to sweep through the country, but Le Thi Mai is already listing down...
ABU Dhabi's new branch of the Louvre considers no artistic subject to be off limits but will not "shock for the sake of shocking", a top overseer said on Tuesday. She spoke as the museum prepared to open a sample of its growing collection...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
MEN in short-sleeved shirts and rolled-up trousers sit around square tables, catching up over cups of a thick black brew. In one corner, a man and a woman are also having a cuppa.In Xinglong, a town of 25,000 people in the south-eastern island...
AMID the onslaught of imported architectural styles applied by commercial developers, Elizabeth Reyes latest book, Philippine Style: Design & Architecture is a veritable guidebook to those wishing to explore Filipino-ness in contemporary...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
HIS graffiti once plastered Hong Kong, dense black ink calligraphy applied with a brush to any public surface, telling the outlandish story of why he believed the territory belonged to him.The self-declared "King of Kowloon", Tsang Tsou-...
GOTHAM City could not be farther removed from the quiet village of Tenggur in East Java. But the two are inextricably linked.The connection is revealed when an Earth-like planet explodes due to mounting internal pressure from its core, after...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
RETURNING to the City by the Bay for the first time in 20 years, China's Terracotta Warriors are striding into San Francisco, looking better than ever. This time, they will come alive with the help of 3-D image technology.By spending a few minutes...
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