with there another way. after all, the environment isn't recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah. i need clinton and gore is my home and birthday. but in the next 48 hours, i'm going to be a tourist in my own city. i mean, you, maurine, and i'm a visual artist. this is my journey to rediscover the artsy side of this metropolis, also known as k l, with some of malaysia, most exciting contemporary art blue. they're going to show me how art is bringing people together in this culturally diverse i,

i am i've come to gales historic returning street area to meet one of the city's hottest young photographer. daniel adams is known for powerful conceptual portraits which challenge ideas of identity and culture. his theories and casual racism, the peer went viral and was shared all over the world. and today he showing me around quite i hung a refurbished back lean that uses art to bring history back to like you know, what? stepping into here. i feel like i'm in 1950. it's one of them has always been our the whole quite as high hong area they use murals to depict the life of the old chinese as less. yeah. so that's more there's more to see. yeah. there's more, less the school with

it really looks so cool. it's like an open air museum. it really is this area that we've gone through a lot of a face left over the years. i mean, i never used to come here when i was younger. now as i tried a lot of young people including myself a lot now. ah, the transformation is amazing. i mean like this place used to have a reputation for being really, really dingy dd on times and not nice. not know exactly, you know, but this is one of my favorite bit because it doesn't really exist anymore. a lot of the laborers were illiterate when they used to come and watch young. the calligraphy would help them send letters back home and they'd embellish the letters just to make it more interesting. exciting. basically the olden day, instagram filter learning so many things i

can. so as malaysians were pretty used to seeing these traditional shop houses all the time. but the, so you need to southeast asia itself, you don't really see them anywhere else in the world. yeah, i completely feel that it is so remarkable how they maintain that old heritage charm yet kept it content. cool. no. as actually it's really interesting. i want to show you one of my favorite buildings, which is an old building that's been come by since and new space here in chinatown . yeah, it's a really cool concept. i can't wait to play with . so welcome to rex cale. this is actually an old cinema. it's been turned into space. it's perfect for pocket life performances, life music and event with

the main bones of the actual building some time. but now it hosts a variety of social enterprises. bars pave is upon us via and the bobbies on says, and those have been to shop with, but with wide open spaces. yeah. is the perfect place have a van? and exhibitions like the one upstairs is a super close. my heart is going to go and check out now. okay, let's go. ah. with this is my exhibition and title illuminated rove. cale 2020, which is a mini photography festival. young hell. what i want to do is i want to take 20 individuals have known in 5 me, but boy feel i having to wait for the next generation of friends and all incredibly talented artists who range from models to fashion designer directors and drag

queens very wide variety of people. i'm impressed. i'm also blown away by your work, daniel. congratulations. it's lovely and it's lovely to see malaysians display like i have a surprise. you know what? we're going to find out. oh, okay. i. so the challenge is day is for you to create your own self portrait using the stuff that we have for you is completely up to your imagination, your creativity. i'm feeling a little bit anxious, nervous, all sorts of things, because this is the 1st time i'm having to do something like this. great. okay, so good luck. thank you. okay, daniel, i've changed into my painting where i'm ready to get messy. this challenge. i have no idea how to start, so i'm going to start here and i'm thinking of extending the pants and on to my body and see where that takes me. ah. 6 ah, well,

and this is not my piece as today, right? i today i'm forced to kind of fly, figure it out as a go. so in my mind, i see slats of color coming down. it's coming, coming in and it's like that is yet in a we were kind of collaborating. yeah. because i think you're going to figure out how to shoot me and i think i'm ready for shoot. okay, great. do you think we can shoot tons done? i'm going to surprise you. okay. yeah, i really want to introduce you to a friend who i shop was exhibition, rupa romano, or she is a great really talented artist who uses her ought to talk about women's bodies and societies control the women's bodies. wow. so are you ready, mia?

i'm quite ready, but i needed to get out of the yeah, this 1st. okay, let's go with in the event space next door we're meeting group us romanella who's of indian descent. she creates art at the intersection of gender, religion and culture. her process involves close collaborations with other women, blurring the line between artists and subject. her work has been shown in asia, europe, and latin america. i'm excited to find out more. so i hope you guys have a great time and i'll leave you. go to talk. thank you, danny. are a few revising? yeah, so rupa, this is your canvas. yes. wow. painting with a human form that is so different, especially the female body. how didn't get into this, the female indian body, especially in militia, has been released over the years, even without traditional governments religious officers stelis, how exactly we're supposed to,

where the government people in society will correct old fashion. so i think me using the body as a form of protest and ordering it owning our skin, owning our color or neo, or tradition. i mean, i'd like to really understand your process. i mean, this is new to me because where does she go after it's done? after i'm done painting, usually the dancer performs it and takes the energy and, and present sitting home we our at a lower discount. huh. so we watch you slow with. ah, [000:00:00;00]

ah ah, ah, thank you. thank you, paul jenkins so much. i'm brought to you here crying. yeah, i think it's a beautiful process. i being as artists when the work just sort of transform. yeah . and there's a beautiful energy exchange i think. and we definitely connect as women and the

being that we go through. yeah. the kind of looks we get out for just being assaults on the streets on everyday basis. there's always goes, bob's house getting good and very powerful and, and you did it so well, what an expert i did not expect this, nor did i expect to tear at the end. thank you. by i learned a lot from me today. i really am going to reassess how i feel about the canvas and i try different services next time. i'll wait for that flu. i'm now headed to the studio of one of care, leading textile artist who's famous for weaving traditional malaysian fabrics with everyday household items. and summit is an internationally acclaimed artist and her work has grace, prestigious, b, analia and museums across asia and europe. she's also had a solo show in new york, and i'm intrigued to get

a sneak peak to day to understand the unconventional ways she combines ancient art form with a modern urban outlook. seeing it up close, i'm coming up. overwhelmed with the amount of things that you are showing me you being a textile artist, but you're using all these materials and some conventional ways in our forks. nice . you know, you've got the plastic chains and all that. how did you get into this in my work? is all about malaysian culture, where am i land? tradition and modernization which is on pairing and preserving the old and the new . so that's the reason why that i views the humble materials such as the faults of course, and then the thought it reminds me when i was younger. this is the time that me and my siblings we played together while speaking of design. i know you've, you said that you confused a lot of different kinds of motives, your mix heritage. tell me about. yeah, i mix hydrogen how you've been

a yeah. actually i have meliss half chinese. my father's actually from bob. i'm an a. my mom is a malay woman. you know the bible, you're not you sexually. we are their descendants from the chinese immigrants. right? because of the mix. barren teach i thing is for me to combine everything. it comes naturally a, let me show you this is spread, the magic happens. i will to a very basic weaving, remember about the unconventional materials. so in this matter, i'm using a for, okay. so what i have to do is i'm going to insert the fork in between also walk. so what you have to do is just put them together, just repeat the same and go, there you go. it is as easy as that, but of course it is not buddy's and well i prepared something for you for me

to show you or you can teach me a little bit. oh do. yeah, i mean it showed it to right now. so i want to know if i can, what do you call it door to lat stone either. mm hm. let's start it. i have some materials over here. i got here with no plan. i just whacked that sharif. do you do the same thing or is there a plan and had in your mind, i will start with his of paper. so it's always thought from a very simple sketch. and then i will develop everything after that for me, it's not about the finished problem. use about your journey to what that destination. c ah,

for care. i think i'm reading, it's a stunning. i love it. well, i wouldn't think started. i was, i am so i know beautiful trendy hotel in chow, kate. i call it the child kit hotel and that have a lot of great artwork in that hotel and he's been produced by the localities. okay . so i think that it, you better go and relax and enjoy it, and q i show much and you're welcome to come back and have coming tomorrow. yeah. ah ah. the child kit hotel

located in the northern part of the city center host, a diverse collection of beautiful artwork, all by local artists. i'm lucky to be getting a tour with a curator liza ho as a special commission for the hotel. okay, this painting is called flow and he's by talking if you know, deuce, you might see that it looks like a chinese in painting, but he's not, it's actually a chocolate painting. it's charcoal. yeah. any of you can not use this light estimate where yeah. so she's using western media. yes, the char well, but then the landscape is actually east. this is a special in this war. i mean, it was very important for us to honor the past, especially chunk it again is very important for one another one. there is

a mix of everything to tell the story of childhood from the past and now. yeah, brilliant. i recognize the many buses that you all right, so when i was younger is are yeah, it does take back a little bit through all the hotel you'll find always by different ology, from different backgrounds from well stablish, all these to emerging oddities so wonderful the way you like just brought everybody together all the artist, one. it is important for them to be in one space having the always pulled buffy with each other about sounds amazing. mm. today i've come to realize just how rich kills art scene is. are so slight, daniel adams, rubiser manya, and, and some are all challenging social norms in their own unique ways. but i want to find out more about the many ways are, comes alive and k l and how creatives are transforming spaces and bringing people

together. oh, it's day to and i'm starting at one of kelsey top contemporary art museums, ill hum gallery, less than a kilometer from the petronas twin towers outside our sculptures by thailand's p t r e son, peter, and world famous artist, i way, way, ah, the gallery, it's critically acclaimed for its thought provoking exhibitions, while its permanent collection includes malaysian masterpieces and art for emerging regional talent. ah. after checking out contemporary art, now i'm delving into the ancient path to discover all this creativity comes from and there is no better place than the award winning

a fleming art museum. amid the sprawling national botanical garden, with thousands of artifacts, the museum houses the biggest collection of islamic art in southeast asia. we have our defects, form, believe peninsula. we have form indonesia. we have from silent ellen and also up until this on in philippines. and i think artifacts is so important, especially for me and my heritage is on. could you show me a couple of pieces here that really reflect on what other special features of his fun oh, as you can see here, it is almost more not important. just like a moss kind of loose sagging him at anytime. you can see all those element, the wood carvings in the wood carvings here, and it shows nature elements been used as a motif. you can see flowers, tenders,

fruits even fruits, and also a mountainous duct mic distinctive and also an identity on his own. oh, ah, you can see here he is a masterpiece is to proceed at one of the best in this gallery. and it is a royal crew on from the malay, with this uniform trends and, and you can see dist element in the motifs. now that you mentioning it, i can see that the tendrils in the would cover the same. but at this triangular sort of like the, the one thing how guna landlord on which is mountain monday and 8 greeted sluggish coffee, little feet, that is odd to $1.00 to $1.00 and something similar to the tree of life. oh,

just south of the islamic art museum. if the chunks on building a block of 19 fifties shop houses converted into the only creative hubbub its kind in k l. more than 20 artists created and cultural enterprises shared with space and collaborations have flourished. the community is diverse and multi cultural, different disciplines, backgrounds, and experiences are all under one roof. it's truly a reflection of what kale is all about. ah, now it's time for me to pay a visit to delaney. elbow has on one of managers, meeting contemporary artists. ah, ah, ah jai,

as he's affectionately known, is an award winning artist. an educator is famous for incorporating many customs in his modern ma need the ana art and i can't believe he's offered to teach a master class for me. i me, how are you? i think you, i come in year to have studio and i find you on the floor. what's up that, what calendar foyce natural for all of us, especially probably really culture come from the for the show where you are you florida secret space each on the from the, on the floor. we got married a consistent hipaa on the floor in this dan doesn't bother to lit this one and you can see the changes in the progression from this guy, the site i want to know more about that particular. sure thing. yeah. as i'm looking at your new pieces,

i can see part of your old work coming through. yeah. you tend to use a lot of like malaysian elements like the do and the fruit, the tamrin and a village live in malaysia. tell me more about that. i grew up into this more affordable li community. i was surrounded by this. you may just know and he's always come back and forth and you're, you're thinking about images going back to the root, going back to where you come from. this always a sofa connecting to your boss, picking up process me, me happy. that's best spot. i'm going to show you some of our monster class. i'm going to show you how you're going to what we go process like you see that i would love it. we with okay, we gonna do something strange. yep. okay. yeah, i will show you something for you brought it when you look at,

look at it with that you don't get that on the brush is no way you don't get that from color clef palate. so this is a kind of a mock making that you would want to have try okay on on wet. so face. okay. and after that you'll be color wiper. when you make a note brushes because you actually can feel it play. yeah. yeah, that's the whole idea. with one idea, you get a model there, your finger, mark. now, what did you try that with? don't get to commit a control can and then look at how i'll be to me react with brush it all over. there you go. there you go. i see this beautiful beautiful,

this is because of the material. well, water and are mixed together pal looking. i look at how beautiful it with . so the finger must tell you that you're in charge. this is your finger, this, your dna pink eye on that piece of paper. with me like i'm so restricted and of course a very likely one. now when you get to hang a right, you're going to lose. yeah, i mean i love the idea working on the floor. it's totally like floor contribute different with my whole experience doing. i was confused and i was confusing with that. what am i doing? not knowing what you're doing is the best thing to do that asset. them to you know

what to expect. yeah. and for me there's always an idea of what i want. and i thought that's kind of like what we need to break. well, you got it. that's all i don't i go because you're a plus. i love my pleasure. ah ah, i'm back at quite. i hung to meet daniel adams for the lantern festival, celebrated predominantly by the chinese community in a contemporary twist, local artists have re interpreted the mythical jade rabbit. i've always loved my city, and in the last 48 hours, i've truly felt the youthful buzzing energy of carol's art scene. here, old spaces are given new life, inspiring,

endless creative collaborations. art is simply everywhere in kal, just waiting to be discovered. good bye, from kuala lumber. see you ah,

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