I met Wu Ma at the thieves’ market in Georgetown. He’s 87. For the past 30 years, he’s been drawing pictures everyday. He rents a small shack where he lives alone. His neighbours watch out for him. When he dies, they will buy the coffin – ‘棺材! You know or not?’ – and burn his… Read more
I’ve been meaning to blog this forever. I spent the first 3 months of the year feeling stuck, and without a project to lose myself in, purposeless. So Zedeck and I started Activity Book, where I gave him things to write and he gave me things to draw, everyday. When Five Arts asked me to… Read more
In June, the Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur sent me and June Tan to Kinosaki for a symposium about reviving the Conference for Asian Women and Theatre, which was founded in Japan in 1992 but hasn’t seen any action since 2005. They asked us to write a report about our trip for Teman Baru, JFKL’s monthly… Read more
Q & A between Sharon and Maryann about their collaboration ‘My Samsung, My Best Fiend’ for Samsung Masterpieces digital art platform. It was rejected based on legal grounds. Read about it here. Sharon: When I approached you with the idea of collaborating, I’d already done some research and found out about Samsung workers getting cancer.… Read more
The first half of this post is written by me. The second half by my collaborator on this project, Maryann Tan. Sharon: In April, a curator invited me to be part of a new digital art project sponsored by Samsung. It’s called Masterpieces, an online platform to crowd-source and showcase digital art from Asia. At… Read more
Dear Malaysian women’s magazine, First of all, thank you for nominating me to be in the running for the Great Women of Our Time Awards 2014. I’m honoured that you’ve noticed my work and consider it of value. Many Malaysian women read and enjoy your magazine, which makes me sincerely appreciate this recognition. Again, thank… Read more
A few weeks ago I visited Kg Hakka Mantin, a century-old village on the way between Seremban and Kajang. It was a picnic by the river, organized by the villagers and Rakan Mantin. Since last year, they’ve been holding events like this that allow people to experience the culture and history of Kg Hakka up… Read more
In July last year, I drew a portrait of Alvivi. Alvivi are Vivian Lee and Alvin Tan. I follow them online. It’s like following a meteor as it trolls brightly through the Internet, trailing controversy and naked pictures in its wake. This time though, the stakes were different. It was Ramadan, the holy month. Alvivi… Read more
