The Annexe - the most happening place in KL that weekend.
The KL Alternative Book Fair was buzzing non-stop.
Naturally the Kakiseni crew was there for the launch of the Kakiscript book "10x10: 100 Minutes To Change The World".
The book was free if you filled out a survey and signed your soul over to Kakiseni.
Needless to say, there aren't many that can resist a freebie.
Sharing the Kakiscript booth was the multi-talented Chin Yew.
Chin Yew was there hawking off his first graphic novel "The Boy Who Loved Clouds", and a couple of his mini-comics.
Saturday was World Press Freedom Day. We're all for reading sans censorship.
Farish Noor gave a talk titled "The Lost Tribes of Malaysia: The Construction of 'Race' in Colonial Malaya and Its Enduring Traces Today". To quote Pang Khee Teik, how to resist that?
Malaysian newspapers spread propaganda, according to statistics from CIJ? Anything new?
Visitors got to try out their (non-existent in some cases) movement skills in the Tap Dancing Workshop.
"10x10: 100 Minutes to Change the World" was launched by YB Nik Nazmi.
Most of the 10 Kakiscript winners were there to receive their free copies of the book...
...And autograph them!
Meanwhile upstairs, "Arts For Grabs" was something of a crowd control nightmare at its worst.
"Arts For Grabs" was populated by artists selling their artwork for reasonable prices. Not as if that could stop the haggling, though!
There were arts and crafts of all sorts to be had, including these coke can birds.
Fahmi Reza was spotted talking to passersby about his film "10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka".
The Women's Aid Organisation were selling trinkets and handing out pamphlets to raise awareness about violence against women.
Their booth was one of the more striking ones.
The walls were covered with photography and artwork waiting to be bought.
Jerome Kugan was also spotted hawking his new album, "Songs For A Shadow".
While the Food Not Bombs boys were giving interesting gifts in return for donations.
This clown promoting the launch of the Bersih book seemed to be enjoying the hustle bustle atmosphere at The Annexe as much as everyone else did.
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Shots: The Annexe Collision Weekend by Yasmin Zetti Martin
Now, why did every man, woman, and dog decide to show up on this particular weekend? No, it has nothing to do with Annexe program director Pang Khee Teik’s natural animal attractiveness, nor the shopping allure of Central Market. Rather, it was because there was something for everybody at The Annexe that weekend, with countless events, workshops, talks and festivities of sorts colliding and strangling each other for space and attention.
We’ve fondly nicknamed the hyperactive weekend The Annexe Collision Weekend. Here’s a list of just some of the things you missed out, if you were unfortunate enough not to have made it:
- Collision 1: Art For Grabs (there’s no describing all the things that were happening here)
- Collision 2: KL Alternative Book Fair (and the Kakiscript Book Launch!)
- Collision 3: Dong Tai Du, the Chinese Indie Music Revival
- Collision 4: Tribute to Rock Kangkang
- Collision 5: World Press Freedom Day happenings (including forums, talks, and workshops!)
- Collision 6: Various dance workshops (including tap and modern jazz)
There’s no way to do justice to the buzz, but we at Kakiseni do what we can, so we’ve got some snippets of the Collision galore for you to savour.
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Yasmin Zetti Martin writes for Kakiseni.
The Annexe Collision Weekend happened from Sat 03 - Sun 04 May 2008 at Central Market Annexe, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur.
Photographs by Lainie Yeoh and Melody Faye-Lynn Song.
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