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ANN/THE STAR – Beneath my boots, the ground cautiously crunched as I knelt beside the vacant grave, identified by picks and string. In adherence to Palaeolithic tradition, he was interred within a burial pit lined with a substantial layer of river shells. His flexed body, positioned in a foetal pose, rested upon this foundation, accompanied […] ....
ANN/THE STAR – “This royal throne of kings… This earth of majesty… This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves … as a moat defensive to a […] ....
Hamidi’s Forest Bathing (Chinese ink and acrylic on canvas, 2020), which is one of the works featured in the Visual Poetry Project. Photo: Wei-Ling Gallery A new initiative by Wei-Ling Galleries, a collaborative programme entitled “The Visual Poetry Project”, aims to bring the visual art scene and literature community together, by highlighting the links between these two mediums of creative expression. In this series, the gallery hopes that poets and writers will be inspired to respond to artworks through written word. The subject matter revolves around 20 paintings from abstract artist Hamidi Hadi s solo exhibition Saring II: Sublimity, currently on view at Wei-Ling Contemporary. ....
An image from the lockdown in Kuala Lumpur featuring Civil Defence personnel delivering food for quarantined guests at a hotel. Photo: The Star/Azhar Mahfof Conspiracy theories, frontliners and marginalised communities. The healing power of a garden. A trek through the mystical Sarawak highlands. And a nine-year old’s first encounter with death. These may all seem like very disparate topics, but they are all united by one theme. They are all pandemic-era stories in The Lockdown Chronicles,an anthology of 19 fictional works in Malaysia. The book, edited by Shireen Zainudin and Viji Krishnamoorthy, offers a glimpse into new Malaysian realities in the past year. ....