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H3R0 in Langkawi
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was offline for the past 3 days, shut off my phone and most importantly my mind.I'm in Langkawi for screening/performance of H3R0
Q- Anyway what is H3R0?
A - an outdoor screening of 2 short films ( independently funded ) and 3 live song performance and a short lecture based on my friend's ( Hasnul Jamal Saidon ) parents. The narrative is based entirely on his honest to goodness blog writing about his dad. His dad passed away after we completed the first film back in late 2014. It strikes us hard.
Few years back we decided that rather than showing/setting it up in a a gallery, we decided to screen it ourselves, going beyond the conventional walls and reach out to the people.
Every tour venue had their own specialty and separate experience. This time H3R0 landed in a lovely place named Barakat Chalet ( run by a lovely humble couple named Shake ( Abang Rashid ) and his wife ( Kak Bara ). Hasnul did informed me several times about this place and told me its a brilliant place.
So this time, i tagged along.The experience is priceless.
the stage - facing the sea and sunrise. The stage eventually became my unofficial bedroom.
the show
H3R0 screening was complemented by a group of traditional musicians.
this trip was complemented by Yuzai and Delly ( who digs photography )
Furry Kids.
Ok, what makes this trip brilliant is that Kak Bara and Shake ( Abg Rashid ) have awesome dogs (chickens as an alarm clock to wake you up and ducks to entertain you ) to patrol their humble yet 10 star chalet 24/7. I spend too much time playing with them, eventually got attached with Nemo and Mafia.These rascals are a joy to be with.
Nemo -photo by Yuzai, he knows that he is cute.
the eldest among all - Manja by Delly
the youngest, named Mafia - the hyperactive one. I love this guy as he practically chased the chickens and the ducks all the time.
Manja waving us goodbye.
The sublime.
We trek up to a place called Bukit Gondol, the hill was cleared to plant a new batch of rubber trees. What is wonderful is, this hill offered us a magnificent masterpiece- making me feel dumb, useless and pathetic. We spent 2 hours there - again amplify that i dont need to see an inferior copy of a landscape painting. The universe gave us 365 versions of sunsets and sunrise for us to savor.
Caspar's Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog
Its amazing seeing how this humble project had traveled so far.
Universe
TQ for setting us up with wonderful locations for the tour.
TQ for giving us appreciative audiences.
Click here to view H3R0
H3R0: Epilog is only screened in the tour.See you guys in future venues.
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