Stream time: Sarawak’s longhouse tradition, KLPac's Ramadan special

Badan Warisan Malaysia's webinar will focus on Sarawak's longhouses, which exemplify the communal way of life of ethnic groups such as the Iban, Orang Ulu, Bidayuh, and Melanau. Photo: Living In Sarawak

VIRTUAL THEATRE: WFH@KLPAC RAMADHAN EDITION

Date and Time: April 16 - May 1, 3pm and 8.30pm

This Ramadan season, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) will be revisiting three shows under its WFH@KLPac series. They will be streamed on CloudTheatre.

Hikayat Si Miskin Menjadi Raja tells the tale of two young men, Amir Hamzah, a wealthy prince, and Kadir Jabun, a poor boy. The duo accidentally exchange identities and get into all sorts of trouble, including a prison sentence and a wrongful coronation.

Pragina: EMOSI is a coming together of traditional and contemporary Balinese dance, presented by Emi, Shafiq Yussof and Zhafir Muzani.

Life Sdn Bhd: Differences is a platform to highlight young voices in the arts as they share their dreams, hopes, nightmares and struggles.

WFH@KLPac Ramadhan Edition, ticketed, can be streamed via CloudTheatre.

Edroger Rosili will look back at the late veteran artist Datuk Mohd Hoessein Enas’ artwork. Photo: Handout

VIRTUAL ART: APPRECIATION OF DATUK HOESSEIN ENAS

Date and Time: April 16, 11am

Contemporary artist Edroger Rosili will look back at one of the late artist Datuk Hoessein Enas’ classic artworks in this Saturday’s edition of Pendidikan Seni EDU@NAG.

This National Art Gallery online initiative invites artists to discuss influential Malaysian artworks.

The upcoming session by the Sarawak-born Edroger will discuss Hoessein’s 1962 Memetik Daun Tembakau Di Kelantan (oil painting). The artwork depicts three women plucking tobacco leaves in a rural plantation in Kelantan.

Hoessein, born in Bogor, West Java, and shaped his artistic beginnings in Medan, fled Indonesia during his homeland’s revolutionary war against the Dutch occupiers. He moved to Malaya in the late 1940s – landing in Singapore in 1947, and then heading to Penang and finally settling down in Kuala Lumpur in 1949.

In Kuala Lumpur, Hoessein’s talent was given a broader platform as his portrait commissions – in oils and pastels – increased. He held a range of government-related jobs in the 1950s and 1960s, before embarking on an influential art career. He is also known as the Father of Malaysian portrait painting.

More info here.

VIRTUAL ART: JEJAK SENI MALAYSIA

Date and Time: April 16, 4pm

Have you ever wondered about the art scene in Selangor? This National Art Gallery initiative spotlights the state’s art ecosystem.

Moderated by art curator Intan Rafiza Abu Bakar, this Jejak Seni Malaysia episode features an exciting panel of speakers - curator/gallerist Sharmin Parameswaran, Shah Alam Gallery director Alina Abdullah, Morne Hashim and Faisal Mohd Khialdin.

Find out about Selangor’s art history, the current state of art and what makes Selangor’s artworks unique.

More info here.

WEBINAR: THE HERITAGE OF SARAWAK’S TRADITIONAL LONGHOUSE

Date and Time: April 21, 5pm

This is the first episode of Badan Warisan Malaysia’s six-part webinar "Spotlight On Sarawak" series.

Sarawak's longhouses exemplify the communal way of life of ethnic groups such as the Iban, Orang Ulu, Bidayuh, and Melanau. Tun Jugah Foundation research director Dr Robert Menua Saleh will discuss architectural elements and longhouse society - various aspects of their way of life, including their leadership structure, hill rice farming, festivals, culture, and crafts.

He will also talk about how longhouse communal dwellings have been modernised while retaining their critical cultural values. Additionally, he will discuss lessons learned from the foundation’s efforts to preserve and conserve two traditional wooden longhouses for future reference.

More info here.

VIRTUAL THEATRE: THOSE WORDS THAT SHAKE

Date and Time: April 21-24, 8pm

In this virtual theatre show by Pitapat Theatre, its founder Seng Soo Ming brings to life the world of Shakespeare, exploring fragments of the Bard’s text. By taking out the stories, the characters and the specific historical period, this show focuses on the chemistry and the impact between the chosen texts and Seng. The chosen texts are from Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, Titus Andronicus and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Those Words That Shake, ticketed, will be streamed via Pitapat Theatre’s Youtube channel.

More info here.