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David Graeber made two points about play: 1) There are labour, social exchange and free will involved in play. 2) A meta...
11/02/2025

David Graeber made two points about play: 1) There are labour, social exchange and free will involved in play. 2) A metastructure regulates static structures such as “man” and “boy”. Play as an act can traverse these two static structures (ie it makes the roles less rigid).

Roberte Hamayon says play is also an opportunity for us to create a chance and consequently, an optimistic outcome. It isn’t just a coping mechanism.

The grassroot initiative we witnessed at Lumut Creative Festival reminded us of two books we read to understand the power play we observed within the UK's world of finance and foreign exchange: "Why We Play" (Hamayon, 2018) - a study on serious play and child play - and "And The Weak Suffer What They Must?" (Varoufakis, 2016) - about the history and social repercussions of the euro, the EU's single currency policy.

Op-ed: "Why we play".

Humans are Homo ludens (playing man) not just Homo sapiens. We play not necessary to compete and win, but to also make sense of the rules of society.

Second night. The carpark turned into a concert. And by 10 pm, it was full of people. Thank you, the locals of Manjung, ...
10/02/2025

Second night. The carpark turned into a concert. And by 10 pm, it was full of people. Thank you, the locals of Manjung, Lumut and beyond for your support.

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The night was just starting.📷
10/02/2025

The night was just starting.

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Rock, DJ! Thank you to .worker.music   for keeping the mood alive. If we leave any DJ out, apologies, please prompt in c...
10/02/2025

Rock, DJ!

Thank you to .worker.music for keeping the mood alive. If we leave any DJ out, apologies, please prompt in comment.

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10/02/2025

This is Margasatwa.

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Grunge, punk, poetry and zines. A kill switch due to ‘technical issues’ had the gigs moved from the stage to the carpark...
10/02/2025

Grunge, punk, poetry and zines. A kill switch due to ‘technical issues’ had the gigs moved from the stage to the carpark. But that didn’t stop families, youngsters and folks of this fishing district from turning up to support bands and poets who came from afar.

Read article:
https://storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/02/10/story-of-books-at-lumut-creative-festival-2025/

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Afifah Gentayang , also one of the zine instructors, graced the event with her poetry recitation. Thank you for making t...
10/02/2025

Afifah Gentayang , also one of the zine instructors, graced the event with her poetry recitation. Thank you for making the festival livelier!



Wan Syafiqah  telling us a thing or two about standing up for ourselves.📷
10/02/2025

Wan Syafiqah telling us a thing or two about standing up for ourselves.

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 in his element at Pesta Karya Lumut. Lovely to see you again.📷
10/02/2025

in his element at Pesta Karya Lumut. Lovely to see you again.

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Glad to see .iw making it to Pesta Karya Lumut. Thank you! He's been active on the poetry circuits all over the country....
09/02/2025

Glad to see .iw making it to Pesta Karya Lumut. Thank you! He's been active on the poetry circuits all over the country.

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Poet  opened the poetry session, brought us by .📷
09/02/2025

Poet opened the poetry session, brought us by .

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Recycled art. Eye-catching banners on the second day of Pesta Karya Lumut.📷
09/02/2025

Recycled art. Eye-catching banners on the second day of Pesta Karya Lumut.

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Minutes away from , there’s . Coffee, tea and more conversation. With  📷
09/02/2025

Minutes away from , there’s . Coffee, tea and more conversation. With

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Our creative director  is absolutely stoked to document the vibrant scene at   As a professional photographer who docume...
09/02/2025

Our creative director is absolutely stoked to document the vibrant scene at

As a professional photographer who documented international dance and performing artists at the Royal Opera House London, Dominion Theatre, The Cecil Sharp House and Sadler’s Wells Theatre (to name a few), she’s delighted to capture the robust artistic scene of her seaside hometown Lumut, Seri Manjung. She affectionately call the quaint maritime district “Perak-on-the-sea.”

Her reportage on the sixth Pesta Karya Lumut (Lumut Creative Festival) also focuses on the community’s fashion lifestyle, artistic subculture and seaside sartorial that shape the unique design direction of the Pacific Southeast Asia.


Zines we made at , organised by .Dear Mr David Carson ,We’ll have you know that we told our lovely zine teachers about y...
08/02/2025

Zines we made at , organised by .

Dear Mr David Carson ,

We’ll have you know that we told our lovely zine teachers about your wonderful works, your influence on grunge, the album covers you did and deconstructionism. You are now known at this quaint part of the world.

Best regards,
Story Of Books

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Scene of Lumut. The fish are salty but we're not. 📷
08/02/2025

Scene of Lumut. The fish are salty but we're not.



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08/02/2025

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08/02/2025

All the young dudes, David Bowie says.

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