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Recent Experiment and Emerging Works at the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak – The Integration and an Experiment of a Traditional Wayang Kulit Performances and Electroacoustic Music

Abdul Wahid Hasnizam

Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
awnizam@faca.unimas.my

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Abstract

Communal, participative and lively performing qualities have always been amongst the prominent features of Malaysian folk tradition, such example can be seen in the wayang kulit performances where the integration of ‘picture recitation and performance’ as well as the ability to deploy a combination of a well-trained musical skill with sufficient creative improvisation and spontaneity.

This paper will discuss about a multi-media research project established since 1996 until present at the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, and some issues on terminology and practice related to the creative multi-media experiments.