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 [...]
Serious Play Improv Lab (SPIL 086)
It’s new year after new year these first few months of 2024! Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to our Muslim friends! We welcome two international guest musicians: based in Berlin, Turi Leng Seong Agostino (electronics); and based in Taipei, Tyler Bennett (bass/electronics). Dancer Yeow Lai Chee will be performing at SPIL [...]
KLEX Special Screening: Passage of Time
Date: 7 March, 2024 Venue: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, USA. Web: https://www.hallwalls.org/media-arts/6492.html We are honoured to be invited to curate a video programme to be screened at the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, a non-profit art organisation located in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1974, Hallwalls has [...]