Malaysia art work

The history of dance is very spiritual. Meanwhile, dance can “tell” the story or send message through expression and movement within a space. It is not necessarily talk about the urban dance like hip hop or ballet. Like the short video Dr Carmen showed us during the lecture class.

I had no idea what are the actors doing initially. The only thing I know is they are classifying among themselves according to races. After listening to Dr Carmen explanation, I just realized the “Melayu” who are standing refers to highest level in community, “Cina” who are sitting refers to middle level while Indian who are lying on the floor is the lowest level since their population is lesser than the other two races. The interesting part is they do not know how to classify “Chilayu” whose parents are Chinese and Malay ethnics, and he is classified to be a “Melayu” in the end.

Also, I have learnt a new vocabulary, xenophobia which means intense or irrational dislike or fear of people who are not the same race as you. It is nothing to do with racism and discrimination. Just that, they like to be with their own ethnic group compared to other ethnics.

 

What is Malaysia art work?

To me, Malaysia art work is the art work created by Malaysian that contains the values which are in Malaysia based.

What significant event do you think should feature in Malaysia art work?

In my opinion, the events that involve all Malaysian or any meaningful events that did by Malaysian should feature in Malaysia art work. These somehow show the identity of Malaysia.

 Is it the responsibility of a Malaysian artist to create a Malaysia art work?

It is important to create Malaysia art work for the sake of not letting Malaysia art work to disappear in the future. However, I think that it is not a must that Malaysian artists have to create a Malaysia art work because creativity has no boundaries and there is no rule and limitation for that.