Admission: Free
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POSKOD Malaysia (
http://poskod.my) is an online community-driven information source dedicated to bringing fresh facts and perspectives about our city. Recently, POSKOD.MY initiated a grassroots campaign, #betterKL, in support of initiatives by KLites to contribute to a positive change in our city. Our manifesto for a better Kuala Lumpur is here:
http://poskod.my/betterKLmanifesto.
POSKOD TALKS aspires to extend beyond this online presence to create and nurture a space that will showcase ideas, insights and initiatives by local individuals, groups and organisations to make the city of Kuala Lumpur a better place to live, work and play -- one postcode at a time.
For our inaugural talk series, POSKOD.my is inviting individuals and groups already involved in engaging and mobilising different communities to share their ideas and methodologies from their respective projects. Given the complexities and challenges of our urban landscape, these individuals and groups have moved beyond intention into action, creating brave solutions and new possibilities for our city.
We ask a simple question: How are current community projects, cultural initiatives and businesses making our city more liveable and loveable?
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Format:
POSKOD TALKS will feature 6 presenters who are working with and building communities on the ground. Each presenter is given 10 minutes to present. There will be two projectors, one for the presenter’s slides, and another for a #betterkl (use the hashtag!) Twitter stream for real-time audience interaction.
A 15-minute Q&A will follow at the end of all presentations.
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NOVA NELSON is a producer of HEAR & NOW, a series of podcast that focuses on exploring the macrocosm of Malaysia through local stories, voices and images.
YEOH LIAN HENG is the founder and director of Lost Generation arts space in Kuala Lumpur. Since 2004, he has organised notthatbalai art festival, Kampung Anak Seni Berembang project, the Bangun Abandon project, and KL Pudu community art project.
JOAO NEGRO works in the field of live art since 1998 under different pseudonyms, operating between the mediums of theater, choreography and fine arts. In the last 2 years, his praxis focused in mapping the creative responses of communities within post-industrial locations such as Detroit, US and Heerlen, Europe.
PATRICIA LEONG represents So+Co, a collaborative and interdisciplinary design platform created with a mission to catalyze, inform, support, and to incubate innovative social mission work through Design Thinking.
FARHAN AZAHAN is the Chief Fun Officer (CFO) of Frinjan, failed product of the national education system. Frinjan is an arts collective that is one part commercial, one part culture, one part social change. Their motto is: “Kami bukan indiependen melainkan kami interdependen.”
FAHMI REZA is a social activist who is an active participant in Occupy Dataran, a participatory initiative to reclaim Dataran Merdeka as an open and democratic space for people to re-imagine the true meaning of democracy beyond the representative system.
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Date: Saturday, 10 December 2011
Venue: The Annexe Gallery, Central Market
Time: 5pm - 7pm
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For more information, please email
sze@popdigital.my.
