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Volume 1: Navigating Narratives



About Being in a society made of many parts, and in a digital era where everyone has the agency to voice their own opinions, how does one steer through and locate oneself within the multitudes of nuanced, delicate and often contradicting narratives?

In the first volume of MAKING MALAYSIA, we unpack how BEHATI, Layar Lucida, Ejin Sha, 33.3, No-To-Scale* and Sharmin Parameswaran creatively navigate through the intricate layers of societal narratives within their own fields of operation.


Pages
Dimensions

Type

Year
160
240 x 169 x 14mm
Softcover

2024


What makes a country?
A flag? 
A national anthem? 
A history textbook? 
A tall tower? 

It is, in reality, made by all of us Malaysians, who create minute yet important impacts within our day-to-day, including you! 
MAKING MALAYSIA is an ongoing publication for and about these makers of Malaysia. We document these endeavours while contextualising them within our ever-evolving social landscape. 

In our debut issue — Navigating Narratives — we explore these questions:




Events

Check out these events to explore navigating narratives with the makers of Malaysia that are featured in our first volume.

MakMal 1: Pick Your Narrative!
How do we respond to the current with a creative voice?
MakMal 2: What’s In A Picture
How can we construct a compelling visual language that encapsulates the nuances of the story we wish to tell?
MakMal 3: What’s Your Story?
How can we produce creative media that best expresses our own unique talent and voice?


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