Wayang TEK-tek with Sekolah Main Wayang

Fairuz Sulaiman, Co-founder, Sekolah Main Wayang | Ayam Fared, Co-founder, Sekolah Main Wayang | Arnont Nongyao, Experimental Sound Artist

09-Mar-23 14:00

Pause
Embed

Sekolah Main Wayang (SMW) is an experimental theatre school targeted for underprivileged teens, and is facilitated by art practitioners in the fields of music, theatre, film, and the visual arts. Wayang TEK-tek is the latest theatre workshop series by Sekolah Main Wayang, which focuses on Orang Asli (OA) youths, and the program brings together traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and lo tech or DIY tech (tek) into a wayang-like performance with the aim to open up conversations, promote creativity and critical awareness, whilst celebrating OA culture and heritage. We find out more about the project from three of its facilitators, visual artist Fairuz Sulaiman, theatre director Ayam Fared and sound artist Arnont Nongyao.

Image credit: Sekolah Main Wayang

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: performing arts, visual arts, History/Heritage, culture, education

Tags: sekolah main wayang, wayang tek-tek, traditional ecological knowledge, the bigger picture, live & learn, experimental theatre, orang asli, theatre workshops,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Is Kwai Chai Hong preserving heritage, or curating it for a modern audience? Its Co-Founder, Zeen Chang discusses the fine line between community and commodity.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) The team reviews Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die & Wuthering Heights on this episode of Popcorn Culture!

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) Are Malaysians switching to EVs at an acceptable rate? We unpack where we are in this week's episode.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Instead of talking about equitable societies, AI has once again decided we have to revert to the ‘world in peril’ format. Richard and Matt try to make sense of it all. Again.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) We speak with Lanuza Layon, Chairperson of the Kampung Sungai Kurau Village Development and Security Committee, and Sarah Amer, a Community Organiser from Gerimis Art Project, about the broader struggle for Orang Asli land rights in Malaysia.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) We discuss the latest changes made to BWF's tournaments and competitions, set to take place from 2027 onwards.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women whose life changing illnesses led them to set up new businesses after they discovered high street clothes are uncomfortable and difficult to wear when you have restricted mobility or medical needs.

PROGRAMMES