Film Premier of
Kanta Portraits collaboration with Taiwan. I’ll be here with
Posak Jodian and organiser
數位荒原駐站暨群島資料庫 NML Residency & Nusantara Archive and
OCAC 打開-當代藝術工作站.
Nusantara Archive in Penang: “Lakec – Storyteller and Very Simple River” Screening & Thematic Publication Launch– “Nusantara Archive in Penang” is a combined event of the special screening of
Posak Jodian’s latest documentary on
Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia and the launch of the thematic publication by the
Nusantara Archive. This event will be held at
Ruang Kongsi, an independent space based in Penang run by local cultural practitioners. Previously, a series of contemporary video works screening event –
“Petamu Project” was organised and held at the
Rumah Attap Library and the Collective during the
Kuala Lumpur Urbanscape Festival in July 2018, featuring works by both Malaysian and Taiwanese artists of the
Nusantara Archive. This upcoming event,
“Nusantara Archive in Penang” on 15 December is an extension from such collaborative effort, while responding to the multi-cultural dimension of the Penang-Taiwan through the artistic works of moving images and thematic publication since the curatorial program of
“Hari Ini Dalam Serjarah” during the
DA+C Festival in Penang in 2015. Local artists,
Hoo Fan Chon and
Okui Lala who were involved in projects organised by the
Nusantara Archive will host the after-screening discussion on 15 December.
「《群島資料庫》專題手冊發表」與「《渡河—說故事的人與太簡單的河》影像發表計劃」，皆延伸自2017年初開始的「《數位荒原》駐站暨群島資料庫」計劃。去年11月，我們在吉隆坡Urbanscape藝術節期間，於中山大樓的亞達屋84號圖書館合作「邊境旅行」微型影展，介紹參與過計劃的馬來西亞與臺灣藝術家錄像。今年我們再度將計劃延伸到喬治城的「共思社」藝文空間發表最新的《群島資料庫》手冊。這不但是去年和吉隆坡獨立空間合作後再次與馬來西亞獨立空間交流，也是在2015年DA+C藝術節合作的《歷史上的今天》展覽以後，臺灣藝術家再度以通過影像的合作思考島嶼交流的多元文化維度。另外，這次活動也將邀請曾參與過《群島資料庫》的臺灣與檳城藝術工作者出席，以期深度連結兩地的共享歷史與未來。
