Artists and NGOs: Leave politics out of myBalikPulau |
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Written by straits-mongrel |
Thursday, 03 March 2011 11:07 |
Kumpulan kumpulan seni, warisan dan organisasi-organisasi sivil dari Kuala Lumpur dan Pulau Pinang membantah kuat gangguan dan hasutan bersifat perkauman terhadap risalah myBALIKpulau yang diterbitkan oleh Persatuan Pendidikan Seni Pulau Pinang (Arts-ED). Risalah myBALIKpulau yang merupai usaha koleftif kanak-kanak Balik Pulau bersama fasilitator/pemudah cara Arts-ED, telah dituduh mempermainkan sejarah dan menghina Melayu di Pulau Pinang. Arts-ED dikenali dalam bidang pendidikan seni dan telah menjalankan projek-projek seni seperti persembahan teater jalanan, muzikal, pameran fotografi dan apresiasi terhadap sejarah melalui jejak warisan dan sejarah lisan. Ringkasnya, Arts-ED berdedikasi memudahkan generasi muda untuk memahami, memelihara dan mempromosikan alam semulajadi, sosial, budaya dan warisan ketara mereka melalui medium seni. Projek myBALIKpulau serupa dengan pelbagai karya seni kreatif yang dihasilkan oleh kumpulan-kumpulan seni yang lain yang menawarkan pandangan alternatif dan pandangan barus upaya kita boleh benar-benar menghargai warisan kaya Malaysia.
Arts-ED dan kanak-kanak yang terlibat dalam projek myBALIKpulau harus dipuji dan disokong, tetapi mereka diejek dan diancam. 15 laporan polis yang dilaporkan adalahgangguan sistematik seerti dengan niat membuli. Kami yang memberi tandatangan di sini ingin menekankan bahawa ancaman ini sebenarnya adalah ahli politik yang tidak bertanggungjawab yang menggunakan politik perkauman dan tidak peduli kebebasan berekspresi, keadilan sosial dan demokrasi di Malaysia. Berikut adalah kumpulan-kumpulan yang menyokong kenyataan di atas:
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ARTS PROJECT TO SHOWCASE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF CHILDREN – NOT FOR RACIAL POLITICKING BY IRRESPOSIBLE POLITICIANS The Arts, Heritage and Civil Society organizations and community of Kuala Lumpur and Penang condemn the harassment and politicking around a community arts project in Penang. The Penang Arts Education Society (Arts-ED) which published the myBalikpulau booklet-cum-newsletter as a “showcase of the collective efforts” of Balik Pulau children and Arts-ED facilitators, are now accused of deliberately twisting history and insulting the Malays in Penang. Arts-ED is not just well known for its myBalikpulau project but has worked on street theatrical performances, musicals, photography exhibitions and appreciation of history through heritage trails and oral history. In short it is dedicated towards facilitating young people in safeguarding and promoting their natural, social, cultural and built heritage through the medium of art. The myBalikpulau project is similar to the numerous creative outputs of the Malaysian arts community which offer alternative and refreshing viewpoints so that we can truly appreciate the rich heritage of Malaysia. Arts-ED and the children involved in the myBalikpulau project should be praised and supported, but instead they are being ridiculed and threatened. Lodging 15 police reports is systematic harassment amounting to bullying. We the undersigned must point out that the real threat here is divisive race politics and irresponsible politicians who do not care for freedom of expression, social justice and democracy in Malaysia. Kumpulan/Organisasi Seni dan Warisan
1) Five Arts Centre 2) Reka Art Space 3) Ombak Ombak ARTStudio (Persatuan Seni Ombak-Ombak) 4) Penang Heritage Trust ( Persatuan Warisan Pulau Pinang) 5) Lost Generation Gallery 6) KaKi Creative 7) Fifth July 8) Tugu Drum Circle 9) Re-cap 10) Tan Yeow Wooi Culture Research Studio 11) Nanyang Folk Culture Society 12) The North Theatre Penang 13) A2 Gallery 14) yNot Music Studio 15) ZaoXinChang Theatre Troupe 16) Matahari Books 17) RAP (Persatuan Seni Rumah Air Panas) 18) Findars Art Collective 19) The Annexe Gallery 20) Sumunda 21) Kuali Works 22) The Instant Cafe Theatre Company 23) The Jumping JellyBeans 24) Pentas Project Theatre Production 25) Masakini Theatre Company 26) Random Alphabets 27) Rimbun Dahan 28) Sungai Lembing Community Art Project 29) Chow Kit Kita Community Mapping Project 30) Logamaya 31) Angkatan Budaya Balik Pulau (ABAD) 32) Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group 33) Neighborhood Performing Group 34) Soundmaker Studio Organisasi-organisasi Sivil
1) 528 Media Action Group 2) All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) 3) Center for Orang Asli Concerns 4) Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia 5) Civil Rights Committee of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall 6) Civil Society Committee of LLG Cultural Development Centre, KL 7) Friends of Penang Botanic Gardens Society 8) Gerakan Mahasiswa Maju Universiti Putra Malaysia (GMMUPM) 9) Kumpulan Daya Tindakan Wanita Sabah (SAWO) 10) LLG Cultural Development Centre, Penang 11) Malaysia Youth And Student Democratic Movement (DEMA) 12) Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor 13) Persatuan Sahabat Wanita, Selangor 14) Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia 15) Student Progressive Front New Era College (SPFNEC) 16) Student Progressive Front University Sains Malaysia (SPFUSM) 17) Student Progressive Front University Utara Malaysia (SPFUUM) 18) Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) 19) The Penang Chinese Independent Schools' Education Society 20) WAMI - Writers Alliance for Media Independence 21) Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) 22) Youth Section of The Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall 23) PUSAT KOMAS 24) Persatuan Masyarakat Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan (PERMAS) |
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