When we think of Malaysia in the future, what possibilities do we imagine? How might a hopeful vision for what lies ahead look? And, what needs to happen to get us there? This is the question we posed to 10 Malaysian creatives, on reimagining alternative futures for our country.
Project Future Malaysia features new literary and visual works across a range of genres and themes, by Malaysian creatives: Sharmilla Ganesan, Gema, Jaymee Goh, Ackash Kumar, Max Loh, Shamrizan, Kumerainthira Sivam; David C. E. Tneh, Yan Jing Tian and Wong Xiu Wei.
The project was created with the support of the Chevening Alumni Fund and the British High Commission Kuala Lumpur.
Project Future Malaysia Launch
Project Future Malaysia invites you to join us for an afternoon of art, creativity and conversation, where these creatives will share their process of creating these works. Let’s imagine pathways to a bolder, more hopeful Malaysia together.
Venue: GMBB, Level 9 (Temu Temu conference room), 2, Jalan Robertson, Bukit Bintang, KL
Date: Saturday 21 May 2022
Time: 2 – 4pm
TEN MALAYSIAN WRITERS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES were commissioned to reimagine and manifest better alternatives for Malaysia’s future.
By exploring and addressing the themes and concerns of Malaysians, we are freed from our everyday assumptions about what is possible and to imagine pathways forward to embrace bolder visions and hopeful possibilities for Malaysia’s future. If you resonate with the vision of this project, we invite you to grow and support this project via collaborations and conversations.
SHORT FICTION / POETRY
VISUAL ARTS
PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS
Three submissions from D3K, Gavin Sek Chih Chai and Ong Yong Xiang were selected from Malaysians anywhere in the world to share imaginative ideas and creative solutions to reimagine the country’s possible futures.
D3K
Illustration by
Rupa Subramaniam
GAVIN SEK
Illustration by
Jibrail Jalil
ONG YONG XIANG
Illustration by
Thineswari

HELP US ADVANCE THE CONVERSATION & GROW THIS PROJECT
Project Future Malaysia wants to create conditions to guide an expansive vision of the future for Malaysia. This perspective will include a deeper engagement with science, technology and the various arts of literature, philosophy, film and music. By re-imagining and manifesting better alternatives for Malaysia’s future, we are freed from our everyday assumptions about what is possible. We can then imagine pathways forward which enable us to embrace bolder visions and hopeful possibilities for Malaysia’s future. If you resonate with the vision of this project, we invite you to grow and support this project via collaborations and conversations.
As a not-for-profit venture, we welcome values-aligned funders, partners and collaborators including suggestions of programming, improvements or corrections on this website and project.
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