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For the Bombay Sapphire Art Projects 2008, Valentine Willie Fine Art worked with curators from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines to source a diverse line-up of experimental videos. The works not only display the vast pool of creative talent that can be found across the region, but they also serve to document the different trends and styles that arise from the cultural hotbed that is South East Asia.

The collection of works, titled ‘Southeast Asian Video Screening’, will run from September 20th - October 11th, 2008, at Valentine Willie, Kuala Lumpur, 1st Floor, 17 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur (T +603 2284 2348). Head over here to check out the screening times.

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Every weekend for the month of September, adidas Originals stores in Raffles City and Pacific Plaza, Singapore, will be invaded by a special guest artist. Featuring names that we have come to know so well, such as Lazy, KGB and Hypethetic, the month long adiartist program will see the artists showcasing their artwork and holding live demonstrations. The grand finale will come in October, where all eight artists will collectively exhibit their works.

Check the above flyer for the scheduled times and dates.

by James Jarvis to urge everyone to do their part in being more civic minded. Do your part now!

Malaysian artist Nadiah Bamadhaj will be holding a solo art exhibition, titled Surveillance, at Valentine Willie Fine Art this August. The new collection of paintings are a continuation of her previous series of works, that investigated how the way environments are built in Malaysia contribute to the maintenance of state power. Through her art, Nadiah puts forth the argument that the spaces that we reside in have actually been moulded into several groups, based on religion and ethnicity, making the subjects readily identifiable as if they were under surveillance.

Surveillance runs from 16th - 30th August, 2008, at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, 1st Floor, 17 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur; T +603 2284 2348.

This August, Anurendra Jegadeva will hold his fourth solo art exhibition at Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. The vivid collection of almost 20 paintings, take inspirations from the artist’s addiction to sitcoms, reality television and pulp fiction, depicting stories of romantisicm, nostalgia and cycnicism.

Conditional Love will run from 11th August - 4th September 2008 at Wei-Ling Gallery, No. 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur (+603 2260 1106/7).

Darbotz, one of the region’s finest street artists, has updated us with several projects that he’s currently working on. Later this year, expect to see his distinctive Cumi design as part of a Nike Flywire installation, an art exhibition, a collection of new apparel, as well as a video. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Nike pays homage to the Japanese star festival Tanabata with this pair of Air Max 1s. The festival celebrates the coming together of the two lovers, Orihime and Hikoboshi, who are separated by the milky way and are only allowed to meet once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. The influences can be seen on the kicks through the usage of stars on the side panels, as well as the glittery Tanabata tongue tag. Patent leather lovers will surely want to check these joints out.

Available soon at selected Nike stockists across South East Asia.

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Most people have probably watched The Dark Knight by now, hands down the most anticipated blockbuster of the year and what many are saying is the best Batman film ever. As a homage to the caped crusader, Hong Kong designer/illustrator Dorophy Tang has created Batbaby, a light-hearted series of paintings that really take the dark out of the knight. Like the works that Dorophy showcased at her recent exhibition at the adidas Center in Beijing, as well as the 1000% Be@rbrick created for charity, the paintings use her signature style of traditional Chinese influences and vintage treatment.

Source: Hypebeast