Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 088)
We skipped a SPIL lab in June to focus on hosting the incredible cross-regional free jazz band Big Foot on 4th July, in which we had a full house! Next Saturday, SPIL 088 welcomes the homecoming of 3 Malaysian artists currently based in the west, Berlin-based Yee SueKi (dance), Illinois-based [...]
KLEX SPECIAL SCREENING: PASSAGE OF TIME
Date: 5 July, 2024, 8pm (EST) Venue: Le Petit Versailles, 247 East 2nd St, New York, NY 10002-1106, USA We are honoured to present a video programme over the cloud to be screened at the Le Petit Versailles, New York City community garden in the Lower East Side neighborhood. Founded [...]
Big Foot – Percussion Store
For the first time in Malaysia, Japanese free jazz saxophone legend Akira Sakata will debut with his group Big Foot at the Percussion Store on July 4, 2024. Big Foot is a free jazz group that combines the best musicians from Japan and Southeast Asia, including Akira Sakata on saxophone [...]
Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 087): 10th Anniversary!
The Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL) series is 10 years old! A little history here, SPIL is a project of KLEX Festival. KLEX was first established as a film and video festival in 2010 by a small group of artists across film, video, visual arts, and music disciplines. Since its [...]
ExScreen 23: Raito Low Animated Shorts Screening + Q&A
KLEX is happy to host a solo stop-motion animation screening by Malaysian animated filmmaker, Raito Low Jing Yi. Raito will present the programme in person, and engage with the audience in the Q&A session that follows the screening. Raito’s work presents a comprehensive stop-motion process and research of nature, using [...]