Made with a nail, a shoebox and a mobile phone, this video shows constellations of the night sky in Kuala Lumpur on the first night of Ramadan in 2006. Comissioned for Perfomativity: 1st SEA Performance for Video Showcase (2006) at Gallery VER, Bangkok. Shown in 3 Young Contemporaries at Valentine Willine Fine Art and Between Generations at Asian… Read more
This series was part of my first solo show Boats & Bridges at Reka Art Space in 2005. Plaster casts, in shades of pale pink, were made by pouring plaster into different sized plastic bags. Each piece has a text or body organ printed on its flat top surface. I thought of the words as… Read more
A clockwork piece with clock-hands modified to hold graphite, installed in a wooden frame with spare container of graphite pieces. It was shown with a companion piece called ‘Drawing Maching Drawing 24 Hours’ at WWF-Malaysia’s Art for Nature 2006 exhibition, Rimbun Dahan.
A series of jars with stuff painted on them. Sometimes the equipment used to collect things is as fascinating as the collections they contain. I have a fetish for glass jars. I made these works in the attempt to ‘trap’ my ideas and obsessions at the time — to give them shape and form. It… Read more
An installation with unfired clay text and joss sticks. I developed this in my final year at university. The joss sticks are stuck into wet clay on site and allowed to dry, so the work must be remade each time it’s exhibited. Fragrance fills the gallery and fades as weeks go by. Every version —… Read more
