ah, listen carefully. don't know how do you miss today? go, ah, you go magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. oh, mm cunning boy is my home and birthday. but in the next 48 hours, i'm going to be in tours 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 and is culturally diverse. i, i am i've come to gales historic regarding street area to meet one of the cities hottest young photographer. daniel adams is known for a powerful conceptual portraits which challenge ideas of identity and culture. his theories and casual racism deep went viral and were 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 life.

no one stepping into here. i feel like i'm in 1915 calling. no one has low or the whole quiet high home 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 left the school with it really looks so cool. it's like an open air museum. it really is. this area is that we've gone through a lot of a facelift over the years. i mean, i never used to come here when i was younger. now as i tried a lot of new young people, including myself a lot now with the transformation is amazing. i mean, like this place used to have a reputation for being really, really dingy pdf just on times and not nice. not know exactly, you know, but this is one of my favorite brands because it doesn't really exist anymore. mm.

oh, 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 old in 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've maintained 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. yeah. which is an old building that's been called by since in new space here in chinatown. yeah, it's a really cool concept. i can't wait to see.

ah, so welcome to rest. hell, this is actually an old cinema that's been turned into space. it's perfect for pocket life performances, life music and event with the mean bones of the actual buildings sometime. 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 the wide open spaces it is the perfect. they have a band. and exhibitions, like the one upstairs is a super 1st my heart is going to go and check out now. okay, let's go with this is my exhibition and title illuminated rove. cale 2020, which is a mini photography festival. here in hell. what i wanted to do is i want to take 20

individuals have no one in 5 me, but boy feel out paving the way for the next generation. and they're all incredibly talented artists who range from models to fashion designer directors and drag queens very wide variety of people are 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. mm hm. so the challenge here today is for you to create your own self portrait using the stuff that we have for you. so it's 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. mm hm. 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, ah. 6 ah, well, and this is not my produce as today when i today i am forced to turn a fly, figure it out as a go. so in my mind, i see slats of color coming down that coming, coming in. 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 as exhibition rubiser ammonium or she is a great really talented artist who uses her ought to talk about women's bodies and societies controlled women's bodies. wow. so are you ready, mia? i'm quite ready, but i need to get out of the yeah, this 1st. okay. let's go 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. got to talk. thank you, danny. are a supervisor now. so upa, this is your canvas. yes. wow. painting the human form. that is so different,

especially the female body. how did you get into this? the female indian body, especially in militia, has been released over the years. are even with our traditional governments, religious officers, stellers, how exactly we are 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 owning it, owning our skin, owning our color only our tradition. i mean, i'd like to really understand your process. i mean, this is new to me because where does she go? after i am done painting, usually the dancer performs it and takes the energy and present sitting home we our day and lowered his car. so we watch you slow with ah

ah ah 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 for just being ourselves 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. 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 and not wait for that flu. i'm now headed to the studio of one of count, leading textile artist who's famous for weaving traditional malaysian fabrics with everyday household items. and so much 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. you are forks nice . you know, for the plastic chines and all that. how did you get into this? you know, 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 said that you confused a lot of different kinds of motives, your mix heritage. tell me about your mix origin. how you've been a yeah. actually i have maria, 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 because of the mix barren t h i thing is for me to combine everything, it comes natural. mm. 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 a go. it is as easy as that, but of course it is not buddy's. and when i prepare it, something for you, for me to show you really, you can teach me a little bit. i do assure it to right now. so i want to know if i can, what do you call it? door to lat, stormy dawn. 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 hat 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 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 didn't get to me. i was, i am so i know beautiful trendy hotel in chow, kate. i called 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 feeling that it, you better go and relax and enjoy it. thank you. i show much and you're welcome to come back and have coming tomorrow. yeah.

ah ah. the child kate hotel, located in the northern part of the city center, host, a diverse collection of beautiful artwork, all by local artist. i'm lucky to be getting a tour with a curator, liza ho as a special commission for the hotel. okay, this painting is whole flow. and if i talk to you, if you know, deuce, you might see that it looks like a chinese in painting, but it's not, it's actually a chocolate painting it charcoal. yeah. any of you can not use this light estimate where yeah. so she's using western media. yes. the char by then, 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 packet 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 busses i used. all right, so no longer there. yeah, it does take back a little bit through all the hotel you'll find always by different ologies from different backgrounds from well stablish, all these to emerging oddities so wonderful the way you flight just brought everybody together. all the artist, one. it is important for them to be in one space, having the always policy with each other about sounds amazing. mm. today i've come to realize just how rich kills art scene is. artists like 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. 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 picked up and world famous artist i way, way. ah, the gallery is 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 from indonesia. we have from sovereign felon 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, all, as you can see here, it is almost mona, of importance is like

a mos kind of losing him at any time. you can see all those element, the wood carvings in the wood carvings it and it shows nature elements that been used as a motif. you can see, flowers, tenders, fruits, even fruits, and also a mountainous dick making distinctive and also an identity on his own. oh, oh, you can see here is a masterpiece. it is, i see that one of the best in the scholarly and it is earlier for i'm familiar with is so different from them. and you can see these element in the motif now that you mentioning it, i can see that the tendrils in the coming to same. but at this triangular sort of like the, the one thing i'm gonna like going on that which is mountain monday and 8 greeted some is a coffee loss of that is i to one the one and, and, and something's,

you know, 2 to 3 of, oh oh, just south of the islamic arts 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. creative and cultural enterprises shared with space and collaborations have flourished. the community is diverse and multicultural. 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 july me elbow, hudson, one of malaysia's leading contemporary artist. ah,

ah, ah jai, as he's affectionately known, is an award winning artist, an educator. it's famous for incorporating malay customs in his modern believe the ana art. and i can't believe he's offered to teach a master class for me. i day, i me, how are you? i think you, i come in year to your studio and i find you on the floor. what's up with that work here in deploy, snatch of all, all of us, especially for them, lea, a really culture come from the for the show where you are you florida secret space each on the floor, the on the floor. we got married. oh, for consistent hipaa on the floor in this thing down

doesn't bother to lift this one and you can see the changes in the progression from this data file. i want to know more about that particular. sure thing. yeah. as i'm looking at your new he says i can see parts of your old work coming through . yeah. yeah. you tend to use a lot of like malaysian elements like the fruit, the tamrin and a village live in malaysia. tell me more about back. i grew up in the small of order li community. i was surrounded by this images and it's always come back and forth in your you're thinking about images. going back to the room, going back to where you come from. this always a sas offer, connecting to your boss, picking up process may happy, the best spot. i'm going to show you some of our master class. i'm going to show you how you're going to work with the process. would you like to see that i would love it? we we

going to do something strange? yep. okay. yeah. i wanna show you something, at least for your brushes. and when you look at, look at it with red color, 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 want to have. try okay. on, on wet suitcase. okay. and after that you would be color wiper when you meet with no brushes, because you actually can feel it play. yeah. yeah, that's the whole idea. with one idea you get to monitor your finger mark. now what did you try that with? don't get to commit a control can and then we can help me react to that. okay,

with this brush it all over. there you go out. there you go. there you go. very well. they will see this beautiful, beautiful, this is because of the material when, when water and are mixed together. yeah, pal looking, i look how beautiful it with . so the finger must tell you that you're in charge. this is your finger. does your dna think that on that piece of paper with me like i'm so restricted and of course a very likely well now when you get to hang a right, you're going to lose. yeah, i mean, i love the idea of working on the floor. it's totally like floor contribute different

way in, in the making your are a, 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 ask them to you know what to expect. yeah. and for me, there's always an idea of what i want and i go, that's kind of like what i need to break. well, you got it 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. ah, in a contemporary twist. local artist 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 with

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