I donated two handsewn banners for this exhibition in support of SEED, who run a community centre for the urban poor and marginalized of Chow Kit. The government cut their funding cut late last year. The exhibition is over, but they are still very much in need of donations. You can contribute by banking in directly… Read more
My linocut illustrations for Zedeck Siew’s LOCAL FAUNA stories are part of this exhibition about public and private space. There are ten stories, each telling of a fictional animal endemic to Southeast Asia. They’re presented in English and Malay, with Burmese translations by Myanmar-born poet/artist Maung Day. We pasted posters of these stories and their illustrations… 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
