Performance maker and researcher Mark Teh presents a lecture performance investigating the multiple futures of Malaysia that have been postponed, recycled, or remain out of reach.
Using Dataran Merdeka as a prism to think through different Malaysias that had been enacted and contested in this most public of spaces in Kuala Lumpur, this work weaves together documentation, speculation, and personal reflection to examine competing futures proposed by the colonial, the national, the protest, and the commons.
The Complete Futures of Malaysia (Chapter 4) is part of The Complete Futures of Malaysia, a generative series of projects in multiple chapters and formats initiated by Mark Teh and collaborators. These projects include:
- Headlines, 1991-2020, at Wawasan 2020: Townhall, 31 December 2020-10 January 2021, at Tun Perak Co-op, Kuala Lumpur.
- Version 2020, 15-18 March 2018, at Kotak TTDI (Five Arts Centre), Kuala Lumpur; 24-25 February 2018, at Theater Commons Tokyo, Japan; 28-31 October 2017, at SPIELART Theaterfestival Munich, Germany.
- Coming Soon, at Mode of Liaisons, 31 March-2 July 2017, at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand.
- The Complete Futures of Malaysia (Chapter 1), at Escape from the SEA, 24 February-23 April 2017, at APW Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
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