Co-curator, Anthology of Metaverses: A Journey of Traversing Realities, group exhibition, Alliance Française Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Anthology of Metaverses (AoM) is an online platform, catalogue, and virtual residency that views the internet as a “deterritorialized” space for accessible art presentation. Focusing on Digital Art, Internet Art, and New Aesthetic works in Southeast Asia, AoM aims to encourage critical conversations in contemporary art and screen culture while addressing marginalisation and the lack of historical perspective in the field.

The Alliance Française Kuala Lumpur presentation, A Journey of Traversing Realities, bridges virtual and physical spaces through an interactive exhibition featuring printed archives from AoM’s past shows and recent Virtual Reality (VR) works by Southeast Asian and French artists. Click here to learn more about the Anthology of Metaverses: A Journey of Traversing Realities.

About James Ly

James Ly is a Kuala Lumpur-based artist, curator, and academic with a BA in multimedia design and an MSc in 3D animation from RMIT (Aus) and Dundee University (UK). In 2010, he co-founded Minut Init, an artist run gallery dedicated to the diversification of the artistic climate in Malaysia. He is also the co-founder of Anthology of Metaverses in 2020, an online initiative virtual exhibition space and digital preservation project that aims to encourage critical conversations in contemporary art and screen culture. With interests spanning across philosophy, anthropology, technology, internet, games, and language, his art practice contemplates the events that unfold in our realities, and investigates conventions within the cultural systems of our time.

About Alliance Française Kuala Lumpur (AFKL)

Alliance Française Kuala Lumpur is a premier hub for French language, culture, and resources, rooted in Malaysia since 1961. Their aim is to promote French language and French-speaking cultures in Malaysia. They are a part of a global network comprising 834 sister institutions spread across 132 countries and five continents. Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur is the only place officially recognised by both the French Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education in Malaysia for French language certifications, supported by the Embassy of France in Malaysia. Learn more about Alliance Française Kuala Lumpur www.alliancefrancaise.org.my.