Published: June 2009
"Chasing old ghosts down the dank and dark alleyways of central Kuala Lumpur has become a palliative game for Malaysian artists these past few months. Whether it's heated banter about thwarted artworks while dining al fresco after a gallery opening, or mounting installations poking fun at new prime minister Najib Razak, or even surviving police arrests at candle-lit vigils for Malaysia's sickly democracy, the nostalgia here for a previous era and its ghosts of a less racially-divided polity seems palpable, just as the economy sinks into its deepest crisis in a generation...."
... read on http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2009/letter_from_kl
Artist Yee I-Lann and musician Joe Kidd transformed the traditional 'baju Melayu' uniform (Malay shirts) with the slogans and logos of local underground punk and rock bands. Personal Effects exhibition (RogueArt, Kuala Lumpur) © Photo: Alex Yong
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