宣传一下~

历史都是谁写的?

是胜利者的一方吗？还是败北的一方？是富有的那群？还是贫困的一众？

我们这一代的子民，读着上一代人写的“故事”。“故事”当然是由作者的角度来叙述的，当然多少会加入一些自己的意见和感受，所以多多少少会与事实有所偏离。

根据报道，马来西亚的历史大多都是由马来贵族所记载的。他们所记载的都是他们所看到的，没有看到的，就自然是以自己的观点来判断及“制造”出来的。

英国统治时期，为了商业利益，为了政治因素，为了merdeka，有什么事做不出来。历史课本年年都在修改着，最原本的内容是如何，没人知道。

EMERGENCY festival主要是揭穿马来亚在英国统治时的紧急法令时期所掩盖的事实与历史的一项活动。

历史课本里所记载的被过滤的实在是太多太多了。我们虽被英国及日本统治过，在现在的马来西亚社会里，也许还有不少人依然记得日本时期的残暴与所发生的不愉快事件，不过却有多少人是依然记得着英国人的所作所为的。

原因很简单，他们（英国人）将自己包装的太完美了，临走前留下了好印象。修改历史课本，遮盖内幕消息自然是他们临走前所做的一些手脚~

这活动是叙述一些英国统治期间紧急法令时期所发生的写实历史，影像，图片等的事实。

Five Arts Centre is proud to present

EMERGENCY FESTIVAL!
Thu 16 to Sun 26 Oct 2008
The Annexe Gallery, Central Market Annexe
Exact dates and times for specific events below.

EMERGENCY FESTIVAL! is an 11-day explosion of history, images, narratives and sounds from the first Malayan Emergency from 1948-1960.

With an eclectic mix of Malaysia’s dynamic creative personalities, the festival cuts across multiple genres and presents new perspectives, offering up an intriguing re-examination and creative storytelling of the Malayan Emergency.

Participants include Amir Muhammad, Azmyl Yunor, chi too, Chu Chu Yuan, Elaine Pedley, Fahmi Fadzil, Fahmi Reza, Grey Yeoh, Hardesh Singh, Hari Azizan, Jerome Kugan, Leow Puay Tin, Lim Chung Wei, Marion D’Cruz, Mark Teh, Mislina Mustaffa, Norman Teh, Wong Tay Sy and many more.

The project comprises 2 theater performances, 2 film screenings, an exhibition, plus an exciting roll of different presentations, performances and participatory events daily.

All events are free except for the theater performances.

Enquiries:
Five Arts Center
Tel: 03-77254858
Email: fivearts@tm.net.my
Web: http://www.fiveartscentre.org

EXHIBITION

12 YEARS
Thu 16 to Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11am to 5pm
Curated by Wong Tay Sy, Norman Teh and Grey Yeoh

“The victor writes the history while the loser fades away….” Is that always true? Challenging this notion along with new ways of presenting history without being preachy, one-sided and linear, this multi-angled exhibition focuses on contextualising visual materials from the Malayan Emergency within our contemporary framework. It offers an alternative and interactive approach to presenting history, and offers often unheard rakyat-centric experiences of the Emergency.

THEATRE PERFORMANCES

OPERASI OKTOBER
Thu 16 to Sun 19 Oct 2008, 8.30pm
Directed by Fahmi Fadzil
Performed by Janet Moo Tein Ni, Lim Chung Wei, Mislina Mustaffa & Mohammad Hariry.

Fresh from being in the winning ensemble of ‘Best Group Performance’ at the 6th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards, Fahmi Fadzil directs a performance that looks at the beginning of the Emergency where: "Over a series of encounters, four people meet in anticipation of a revolution. But they don't know that it has already begun".

NEW VILLAGE PEOPLE
Thu 21 to Sat 25 Oct 2008, 8.30pm
Sun 26 Oct 2008, 4.00pm
Directed by Hari Azizan
Performed by chi too, David Xaxier, Lau Mengq Yek, Renita Che Wan & Tan Zi Hao.

Hari Azizan, director of the much publicised “Vagina Monologues” brings us a story where “the lives of two good friends change forever when they are forced to leave everything behind by the British army and start afresh in a New Village during the Malayan Emergency.”

FILM SCREENINGS



REVOLUSI ‘48
Mon 20 to Sat 25 Oct 2008, 8.30pm
Sun 26 Oct 2008, 4.00pm
Directed by Fahmi Reza

The sequel to the highly successful “Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka”, "Revolusi ‘48" chronicles the largely forgotten armed revolution for national liberation launched against British colonial rule in Malaya 60 years ago. The documentary tells the untold story of those who struggled in the anti-colonial guerrilla war of independence, during the Malayan Revolution of 1948.

10 TAHUN SEBELUM MERDEKA
Mon 20 Oct 2008, 8.00pm
Directed by Fahmi Reza

This cult favourite will be specially screened again on 20 October 2008, the 61st anniversary of the Malaya-wide Hartal against the undemocratic Federation of Malaya Constitutional Proposals devised by the British colonial regime.

PRESENTATIONS, PERFORMANCES & PARTICIPATORY EVENTS

RE: SEARCH RE: SOURCE
Thu 16 to Sun 26 Oct 2008, (for event times, please refer to Calendar in Photo Gallery below)
Curated by Mark Teh

"Re:Search Re:Source" features some of Malaysia’s foremost creative personalities presenting their personal research, and interpreting the arts, images and themes of the Emergency years - proving that Sejarah can be highly creative, participatory and relevant.

These presentations include:

1. Documentarian Fahmi Reza presents "Sekolah Revolusi Malaya", a daily lecture series on the social history of the forgotten Malayan Revolution of 1948.

2. Dancer-choreographers Marion D’Cruz & Elaine Pedley provide a demonstration-discussion of Communist propaganda dances.

3. Singer-songwriter and poet Jerome Kugan is the DJ for 2 nights of "Disko Darurat"!

4. Curator Seng Yu Jin presents on "Art During The Emergency". Reproduced publications from the personal collection of art researcher Koh Nguang How will be made available for browsing.

5. A reading of the entire transcript of the 1955 Baling Talks will be staged.

6. Playwright Leow Puay Tin curates a selection of texts related to Merdeka, written and performed by public intellectuals Azmi Sharom, Mavis Puthucheary and Tricia Yeoh.

7. Visual artist Chu Chu Yuan of 1948 Artspace talks about the Entry Points art projects in the New Village community of Seri Kembangan, Serdang.

8. Singer-songwriter Azmyl Yunor creates and performs new songs inspired by the Emergency era. He’ll be backed by Alia Ali, Aziz Ali and Ryan Lee Bhaskaran.

9. Filmmaker Imri Nasution examines the parallel developments of the studio-era Malay film industry & the Emergency.

10. Writer-filmmaker Amir Muhammad provides alternative readings of films made from 1948-1960 ("Matahari", 1951 & "Mogok", 1957).

11. Composer-new media activist Hardesh Singh will create audio installations using music, sounds & speeches from the Emergency.

12. "We! Will! Wikipedia! The Emergency!"

You too can contribute to the Emergency Festival! You will be provided a 1-hour shift to input your own research (or someone else’s) on Wikipedia.

哈哈，我跟惠元有参与第12项We! Will! Wikipedia! The Emergency!就是我们会在central market那里有家电脑，然后我们会负责将一般历史课本里没提到的真相和历史写在wikipedia里。当然资料是有别人整理的啦，而且是有根据的。:)