This is an interview with Mayyu Ali and myself about our collaboration ‘Transcultural Lullabies’, published in Akshar Wangmay Special Issue – Lullabies: Indian and International. Akshar Wangmay is a peer-reviewed cultural journal in Marathi and English. This monumental issue collects lullabies from around the world. Our interview was conducted by Dr. Arun Prabhune. Read more
Socially Responsive Performance Art: The History and Context of Selected Performance Art in Malaysia is a paper examining selected works by Sharon Chin, Intan Rafiza, Aisyah Baharuddin, Rahmat Haron, Azizan Rahman Paiman, Mislina Mustaffa, and Fared Ayam. Published 29 September 2023 in Wacana Seni Journal of Arts Discourse 22. Read more
A conversation (and some memes) about carrying culture across East and West Malaysia with artist Jesse Joy Read more
A series of photographs of shadow puppets, lit solely by the flare of Hengyuan Refinery in Port Dickson, Malaysia. Our house is 200m from the fence. Read more
A site-specific installation consisting of 300 small intaglio prints, depicting 30 different soil microorganisms. The prints are hung scattered on the wall, in between and around other artworks in the exhibition. This work is intended to be realized in the company of other artworks. Read more
An essay by Ellen Lee about my site-specific work Rich Country, commissioned for Ilham Art Show 2022. Part of a series of interviews with participating artists, which can be downloaded here. (Link accessed Feb 2023)
‘I Like This Place’ is about a small mangrove beach located in the Jalan Rumah Rehat area in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The week-long event was held in a rented bungalow next to the beach. I showed a series of intaglio and collagraph prints inspired by the landscape of that place. Afterwards, visitors could go to the beach and experience it for themselves. Art became a means for a more intimate and direct relationship with the land. Read more
An essay about Ayuh, Merapat! Assemble, Now! – a proposal for a decentralized collective decision-making model for the visual arts community in Malaysia. Published in SEARCH vol.1: Independence in December 2021. Read more
