The Krishen Jit Astro Fund 2008
2008 Grantees
The 2008 Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund grantees were announced on 20 November 2008. at the FINDARS Space, The Annexe, at Central Market. The four grantees are:
- Carolyn Lau (RM10,000)
to hold an exhibition of contemporary lights and light installations. - Chris Chong (RM9,000)
to produce the feature film 'Karaoke'. - Fahmi Reza (RM8,000)
to reseach and document the Hartal event of 20 October 2008 ('Projek Hari Hartal'). - FINDARS (RM7,000)
to create a series of experimental sound and visual art projects over the duration of 12 months ('The Rain Project').
Video
Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund press conference to announce 2008 grantees. Video by Findars.
About the Grant
The Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund has been created by ASTRO to encourage and support creative work in Malaysia. One of the main objectives of Krishen's pioneering work was celebrating original Malaysian creativity in as varied and alternative ways as possible in all the areas of the arts. His groundbreaking theatre practice straddled and brought together a wide range of contrasting spheres, producing projects that were inter-disciplinary, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and experimental. Negotiating between academia and practice, tradition and contemporary pop culture, Hollywood and Bollywood, the mainstream and the marginalized, Krishen's work articulated a Malaysian identity that was ever evolving and encouraged practitioners and audiences to reflect on their lives and societies. This is the spirit of the Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund.
The fund gives out grants ranging from RM5,000 to RM20,000 for:
- Training
- Workshops
- Attachments/residencies
- Experimental productions
- Research and documentation
- Writing
- Creating new work in music, dance, theatre, writing, film, visual/ performance art
- Others
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Artist A might want to study under well known Indonesian theatre director Putu Wijaya. Artist A could apply to be attached to a production directed by Putu Wijaya for a 4-6 week period. This would give artist A insights and learning on methods of this director.
- Artist B might want to do research on a subject for purposes of writing a new script. Artist B could apply to do this research and write the script.
- Artist C could apply to direct and mount an experimental workshop or production.
- Artist D could apply to attend a training workshop within or outside of Malaysia.
- Attachments and internships.
The Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund will try to be inclusive, but work sited in Malaysia will be given preference. All arts practitioners in Malaysia are eligible to apply. The fund will be managed by Five Arts Centre and ASTRO.
The selection panel for awarding the grants shall comprise:
- Dato' Norliza Rofli - Director, Department of Culture and Arts, Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Malaysia
- Har Kok Kit - Head of Production Services, ASTRO
- Leow Puay Tin - Co-head, Department of Media and Performance, Sunway University College.
- Ravi Navaratnam - Five Arts Centre
- Mac Chan - Five Arts Centre
Application Procedure
Deadline for applications is 31 August 2008.
Please mail all applications to:
Five Arts Centre
27 & 27A Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7,
Taman Tun Dr Ismail,
60000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Or email to: fiveartscentre@gmail.com
