KUCHING: The Seni Kita Weekend which is themed as subcultures hopes to gain traction and more attendance from the public after receiving resounding attention.
The managing director for HAUS KCH, Syed Rusydie hopes to maintain a 2,000 daily visitor mark from the previous Seni Kita Weekends held.
“I would like to maintain a presence in the scene, once a year it allows people to observe maybe earlier on in the year what is possible in the festival.
“Opening the theme to subcultures is more inclusive, when we announced the theme as subcultures in March all kinds of people wanted to come on board,” he told reporters at a press conference at HAUS KCH, City Square here yesterday.
He added that the festival has definitely grown from reception among creatives and hopes that it would continue with its welcoming vibes from any Seni Kita Weekends in the future.
Syed later revealed that the fourth edition of Seni Kita Weekend, could potentially name its theme for the festival to be environments.
“We are looking towards announcing the theme environment which is not necessarily limited to environmental issues.
“It could be work environment, play or rest environment and when we will announce the theme after this weekend, we hope to see an equal amount of reception,” he said.
Adding further, Syed said the theme of subcultures was suggested by one of the artists from Altered Natives, T.Bagak who produces graphics with crude lines in the style of primitive Dayak tattoos which are paired with an even cruder lines of slogans in the spirit of lowbrow attitude.
The two-day festival happening from today until Sept 24, begins at 11 am until 10 pm at HAUS KCH, City Square will have Ensera Creatives to co-produce two days of cross-disciplinary discourse on subcultures through their online Tuak Talk series, held with a live audience for the first time ever.
Besides that, Seni Kita will be unveiling two contemporary art exhibitions, Altered Natives, and Roots and Remixes.
Another event happening is a culinary art showcase happening this evening in the form of a mixology showcase and competition called Earthly Delights: Shake and Twist in collaboration with Ngirupp and The Other Side.
Both evenings will witness a rooftop performance over sunset by Ezra Tekola of At Adau, whereas Saturday night sees the return of the Hear Me Out open mic hosted by JayC.
On Sunday, it ends with the Kamboh closing segment, during which there will be a mixed-martial arts demonstration by FightX, and a drum battle featuring drummers from Sarawak Drum Community and lastly, there will be a dance party by Raminari, a new dance collective emphasising funk music curated with great food.
