Collaborations > 2018

Creatures of Near Kingdoms

Creatures of Near Kingdoms is an illustrated bestiary of 75 animals and plants native to Southeast Asia. Conceived by Zedeck Siew, each creature is described in short, single-page prose pieces, reminiscent of naturalist’s entries or notes in kitabs of animal lore. Illustrated by Sharon Chin, the book’s animals are depicted in linocut-print illustrations; while its plants are rendered in fabric pattern designs. Read more →
Collaborations > 2018

Studiolog

STUDIOLOG is a multi-part collaborative project initiated by artists Varsha Nair and Lena Eriksson. For the first part, they invited 3 pairs of artists to have an online conversation over a 2 week period in 2017. I was partnered with Prisca Wüst, an artist working in Lucerne, Berlin and Breslau. Phase two happened in January 2018, with a week-long physical gathering hosted by Lucerne University of Applied Arts and Sciences. Read more →
Objects, Installations & Videos > 2017

Politics: 2011 – Current

5 customised jackets tracing and documenting the development of my political thinking from 2011 to 2017. The jackets were bought from the numerous kedai bundle (second hand clothing shops) around Port Dickson. Shown as part ‘Between States’, a group exhibition about territory in South East Asia, 21 September – 7 October 2017 at OUR ArtProjects. Read more →
Solo Exhibitions & Projects > 2017

Local Flora: Patterns (In Collaboration with Bogus Merchandise)

For this exhibition, I collaborated with Syahida Nawar Ibrahim and Syahnan Anuar of Bogus Merchandise, an independent screen-printing outfit from Kuala Lumpur. We worked together to print 25 repeating patterns on used fabrics. The patterns are based on short stories about plants from Creatures of Near Kingdoms by Zedeck Siew. Read more →