My partner, that is, my lover and friend, my dear companion, the person I live with and have sex with, but am not married to, always tells me that I can’t keep projecting the power struggles I have with my family as a reflection of how power plays out on a national level. I can’t… Read more
I spent last New Year’s Eve alone at my drawing table, drinking whiskey and copying sea animals into my sketchbook. The idea was that I would cross the threshold of the new year doing the thing I hoped to be doing for the next 12 months. By way of that self-fulfilling prophecy, 2014 became the year… Read more
Students have been occupying the entrance (Gate KL) to Universiti Malaya since 10 Dec. They are protesting the university’s treatment of eight students, known as the UM8, who have been suspended and fined for organizing a talk by de-facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on campus last month. They are calling for all charges to be… Read more
Art proposals are the secret key of the art world game. They are how, armed with nothing more than an idea on paper, you can unlock money and opportunities, like this (deadline: 1 Dec 2014 / 1 Jun 2015), and this (deadline: 31 Dec 2014). I’ve burned more hours than I can count putting together… Read more
‘And when the Tan Sri awoke in his afterworld he was already rich – not only rich with cash; he owned vast swathes of property, across several levels in prime locations, with the proper documents as proof. Within three months of the Tan Sri’s arrival in the underworld, Capital UCB opened its first branch in… Read more
This weekend, two of my works will be put up for auction by the person who bought them at my first solo show, ten years ago. The gallery that showed them is now closed. I still remember opening night – I got there late, and I have been showing up late to my openings ever… Read more
Last Saturday, I ran a mask-making workshop at Balai Seni Visual Negara. Almost 200 young humans signed up for it, from national schools around Selangor and the capital. They came by the busload and crammed themselves into the foyer at the bottom of Balai’s spiral ramp, a copy of the Guggenheim’s in New York. I’m… Read more
Click image to enlarge and download. You’re free to share or print this image as many times as you like, for non-commercial purposes. ~ Ali Abdul Jalil is a student activist arrested under multiple charges of Sedition for allegedly insulting the Malaysian monarchy. He was arrested on 8 Sept, released later that day after posting… Read more
