OVERVIEW

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MOCAfest (Marketplace of Creative Arts) is the WIEF Foundation’s arts and culture festival. It is an initiative to recognise the potential of the creative industries and the role that it can play in the lives of millions of people across the globe in terms of economic empowerment and social enterprise.

MOCAfest is the melting pot of various artistic expressions, where artists come together to create a unique blends of art cutting across race, religion and cultures.  Where artists, old and new, emerging and established, Muslim and non-Muslim converge.

The Festival is home to all kinds of arts from film, performing arts, fashion, visual arts, photography and much more.

 

Highlights from MOCAfest 2014

 

 

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Catch the following sessions with renowned artists for free!

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

  • Reviving Jawi Script Through Contemporary Arts
  • A Quest for Identity: Building Cultural Capital
  • How Do We Measure a Creative & Cultural Economy?
  • Islamic Fashion Industry: New Trends, New Markets


INTRODUCING NEW ELEMENTS

  • Face to Face Conversation
  • MOCAfest SOUK – Artisans Bazaar
  • Ideapad: A Platform that Pitches Creative Ideas to Potential Investors


MASTERCLASSES

  • Learning the Jawi Script
  • Creating vs. Copying – The Creative Process in the Arts


SHARING CIRCLES

  • MOCAfest Business Networking
  • The Creative Workforce: Improving Perception, Improving Standards, Improving Culture
  • Social Entrepreneurship: Sustaining our Local Artisans


WORKSHOPS

  • Motion Graphics and Audio Workshop
  • Creating Calligraphy Workshop
  • Malaysian Beat & Drum Circle
  • Film & Documentary: Understanding Emotions and Perceptions
  • Theatre to Engage in Cultural Discourses
  • Scripting & Copywriting: The Art of Communication to Revive Heritage & Culture


PERFORMANCES

  • Soundscape Series Performance: Identity (pt.I)
  • Soundscape Series Performance: Visual Tapestry in Motion
  • Soundscape Series Performance: Identity (pt.II)
  • Soundscape Series Performance: Past & Present
  • Soundscape Series Performance: Illuminated Words
  • MOCA Translations 6.0
  • MOCAfest Soundscape Concert


FILM SCREENING

  • Culture & Identity
  • Multiculturalism

 


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