Sesi ini merupakan pembukaan kepada program lima hari Ka-kī Baca yang mengkaji semula drama radio Surat Dari Tawau (1965).
Dalam sesi perkongsian berasaskan penyelidikan ini, Joni Atari akan membentangkan tafsiran mereka terhadap karya Usman Awang, merangkumi teks drama radio tersebut, bentuk drama radio sebagai medium, serta kedudukan Usman Awang dalam konteks kesusasteraan dan budaya Malaysia.
Perbincangan ini akan meneliti drama radio sebagai bentuk bunyi yang terikat dengan sejarah, politik, ingatan, jarak, dan imaginasi. Sesi ini juga akan membuka ruang untuk memikirkan bagaimana medium drama radio boleh dibaca semula dan diaktifkan dalam konteks persembahan dan pendengaran kontemporari. Perkongsian ini berfungsi sebagai landasan konseptual kepada pementasan drama radio atas pentas dan pameran pendengaran analog yang menyusul selepasnya.
This session serves as the opening of Ka-kī Baca’s five-day programme revisiting the radio drama Surat Dari Tawau (1965).
In this research-based sharing, Joni Atari will present their interpretation of Usman Awang’s work, addressing the radio drama text itself, the form of radio drama as a medium, and Usman Awang’s position within the context of Malaysian literature and culture.
The discussion examines radio drama as a sonic form shaped by history, politics, memory, distance, and imagination. It also opens up space to consider how the medium of radio drama can be re-read and re-activated within contemporary performance and listening contexts. This sharing functions as the conceptual groundwork for the subsequent onstage radio play performance and analog listening exhibition.
Surat Dari Tawau (1965) a Five-Day Programme Organized by Ka-kī Baca
Surat Dari Tawau - Onstage Radio Play Performance 8 February 2026 | 8:30pm - 9:30pm
First presented at What the Elders Left Us Festival 2025.
A staging based on the logic of radio, experimenting with how a radio drama meets a live audience and physical space: SFX, music, silence, imagination… and dance? (You’ll see.)
Self-operated Analog Listening Exhibition 9 - 11 February 2026 | 6:00pm - 1:00am
Come anytime, pasang pita sendiri, dengar perlahan-lahan. Open every night.
7 February 2026 (Sat) | 5:00pm - 7:00pm