On The Move
Arts On The Move transforms MRT Pasar Seni station into a vibrant hub that celebrates local talent and diverse cultural expressions, reflecting the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Discover rising stars, immerse yourself in Malaysia's rich heritage, and experience the transformative power of art – all while enhancing your daily grind with a touch of magic. Think vibrant cultural district, thriving creative industries, and enriched city life – all through art! Bringing vibrant performances, art installations, and workshops to Pasar Seni MRT station. From February to June every fortnight, Pasar Seni MRT station transforms into a vibrant hub of creativity, showcasing captivating performances, thought-provoking art installations, and interactive workshops.
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NAUNGAN, meaning "shelter," unites Malaysia's top classical and traditional musicians. Formed in 2022, they breathe new life into folk and contemporary songs with a "World Ethnic Fusion" twist. Their mission: promote unity through music, both in original compositions and fresh arrangements.
Thrive Talent Tank (3T), founded in 2015 by Dr. Sivabalan S. Shanmuga Sundram, promotes Malaysian freelance artists locally and internationally. Their 3T Karnatic Konnexions show features traditional Indian music and instruments like the veena, mridangam, morsing, and ghatam claypot, along with an engaging percussion exchange.
Gangsapura, founded in October 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, promotes Malaysian culture through traditional Gamelan arts. Led by Teuku Umar Ilany and Nur Diyana Nadirah, the group aims to inspire with their acclaimed Gamelan performances, honored with the Best of 2019 performance award by Kakiseni. They are dedicated to preserving and innovating in this traditional music form.
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Prism
“PRISM,” originally designed for iLight Festival 2023 at Millenia Walk, Singapore, now graces Pasar Seni MRT Station, as part of the Arts On The Move programme in Downtown Kuala Lumpur. This installation leverages natural and artificial light to create dynamic, colour-shifting spatial experiences using truncated pyramid forms.
By day, they act as light shafts; by night, they become radiant beacons through carefully curated artificial lighting. These pyramids are thoughtfully positioned within the station’s linear landscape, inspired by the intricate movements of the transit systems while inviting viewers to explore the captivating world of chromotherapy.
Born in 1988, Jun Ong is a Kuala Lumpur-based light artist. His work “Star” – a five-storey light installation in Penang was nominated for World’s Best in Spatial Art at the Media Architecture Biennale (2016) in Sydney. He has shown at major art festivals like Art SG (2023), Taiwan Lantern Festival (2023), Art Central Hong Kong (2018) and iLight Marina Bay Singapore (2016 & 2023). Trained in architecture, he examines how the manipulation of artificial light could affect the way we experience the built form and its environment. He has collaborated with programmers, video artists, quantum physicists and sound artists in his multi-scaled works.
Jun has been commissioned by brands like Nike, The Hour Glass, Gucci, PUBG and Philips Lighting for site-specific light installations. In parallel with his art practice, Jun is the co-founder of the KL-based spatial design studio, and was a lecturer in lighting design at Sunway University, Malaysia. With a think-tank approach, Jun and his students developed research and design in sensorial deprivation, performative lighting and illuminative psychology over a period of three years.
The Forest
Wendy Teo of Wendy Teo Atelier is a UK ARB/RIBA Chartered Architect, Curator, Researcher and Tutor that sees embedding social-culture dialogue in forming architecture as her ultimate pursuit. Her works has been translated into varied medium and scale throughout her commitment with Foster and Partners, Divooe Zein Atelier, Borneo Art Collective, Taiwan Architect Magazine, CanopyU and a number of workshop tutorship, one of the notable ones being the 2013/14 Archilab exhibition.
In 2016, Wendy Teo founded Borneo Art Collective to document tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Borneo. The same year, she founded her own practice, Wendy Teo Atelier, based in Borneo and operates on a cross disciplinary scale.
Sunnyside Up
An artist-architectural designer who creates her artwork through explorations of art, architecture and design. Her work aims to blur the boundaries between creative disciplines invoking ambiguity in her art. Through her craft, she seeks the subtle unseen and intends to unveil the unknown delights in various scales. She aspires to create pieces that embody layers of spatial and experiential narratives.
Pamela obtained her Masters in Architecture RIBA Part 2 (MArch) from the University of Greenwich, UK. Her first year MArch studio project entitled “Mappa Mundi: A Map Maker’s Dream” was selected to be exhibited in London’s The Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2015. She is the winner of the fifth and final cycle of the Tan Sri Chan Sau Lai Architecture Award in 2016. Recently, two of her projects, “Eden” and “Projection Kite”, won the Bronze and Merit awards respectively in the Design for Asia Award 2020 under the category of Environmental Design and, on 2021, “Eden” won best of the best for German Design Council- Iconic Award.
