Angin OMbulan

On-site Experimental Performance

Kamal Sabran and Aida Redza teamed up once again to bring their latest culmination in – “ANGIN OMBULAN”, an on-site experimental performance to George Town Festival 2022. It is an expanded version of “Ssegar Angin” that was presented at the Venice Arts Bienalle in April 2022 under the invitation of Port Perak and supported by George Town Festival 2022. Based on Kamal’s “The Healing Art Project” research and Aida’s journey into SEMANGAT, they have been seen in their own separate works exploring the traditional healing performance, mainly proposing alternative takes in revitalising the angin (wind) that transpires within the panggung (physical space), through an immersive sound and dance experience. In “ANGIN OMBULAN”, prepare to serah diri (surrender) to the light of the moon on top of a bumbung (rooftop) on 14 July, and flow with the angin by the seaside on 21 July, as they revisit the traditions of healing in a choreography that investigates the body power of a woman in taming the wind of desire and emotions. Anchoring the panggung and charging the space with aural-sonic and kinaesthetic energy, the performance moves the public in a therapeutic multisensory experience towards healing and recovery.

Biographies

Kamal Sabran

Kamal Sabran is a Malaysian artist-researcher who lives and works in Ipoh, Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in Art and Design (New Media) from Universiti Teknologi MARA. His work is interdisciplinary and exists at the intersections of art, science, technology, and spirituality. His art-based research work focuses on art interventions for human mental health and well-being. His artistic endeavors are experimental music, performance art, video art, and electronic installations. Kamal’s work is collaborative, and he frequently seeks collaborations with other artists, musicians, choreographers, researchers, and scientists. He received the Malaysian National Art Gallery Best New Media Artist award for young and contemporary in 2004 and won Best NOKIA Music Video Director award in 2005. Also in 2005, he was the artist-in-residence at the Malaysian National Space Agency, and in 2015, he was the artist-in-residence at the 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica, California. He is also the founder of Space Gambus Experiment, an experimental music/sound art collective, and the Ipoh Experimental Art School, a creative space focusing on producing experimental art projects. He has produced numerous film scores for award-winning films with directors such as Mamat Khalid, Shanjhey Kumar, Tan Chui Mui, Ho Yuhang, Pete Teo, among many others. He is currently a lecturer-researcher at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang.

 

Aida Redza

Aida Redza is one of Malaysia’s leading contemporary dancers and choreographers, noted for creating multimedia performances. Based in Penang, she is the founder of Wind River Productions, the artistic principal of Studio Pentas and a member of Ombak-Ombak ARTStudio. Her major recent productions as a performance-maker include “Semangat Restu Padi” (2021), “Wandering Padi” (Ansan Street Arts Festival, South Korea, 2019), “Reclaim” (George Town Festival, 2019), “Entranced: A Mystical Gathering” (Hamamatsu, Japan, 2018), “Call and Response: The Spaces Between” (Penang, 2018), “Entranced: An Evening with a Ghost” (DiverseCity KL International Arts Festival, 2017), “The Italian Restaurant” (George Town Festival, 2017) and “Moved By Padi” (George Town Festival, 2016). Aida has a strong commitment to international creative collaborations. She was the director of a workshop for international collaboration presented at the Tokyo Festival Asia Performing Arts Forum in 2016, and this led her to establish TradeWinds Arts Exchange to foster cultural relations between Penang and Japan, featuring her work with the celebrated Noh master Naohiko Umewaka. In 2018 Aida was named as Kakiseni’s Gamechanger at the 15th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards.

Date:

14 July 2022

Time:

8.00pm

Venue:

Rooftop, Kompleks Pulau Mutiara, Gat Lebuh Macallum

Free-To-Attend

Date:

21 July 2022

Time:

8.30pm

Venue:

Fort Cornwallis

Free-To-Attend

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