Domestic Smuggling
A conversation (and some memes) about carrying culture across East and West Malaysia with artist Jesse Joy Read more
Category Archives: Writing by Me
River, Key, Door
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
Make Money with Money, Make Art with Art
An essay for Chong Kim’s Chiew’s solo exhibition ‘Make Money with Money, Make Art with Art’, 24 Sep – 17 Oct 2021 at A+ Works of Art. Read more
Carrying, Spilling: Essay for Foo May Lyn’s 10,000 Mosquito Hearts
I curated Foo May Lyn’s solo exhibition 10,000 Mosquito Hearts, 27 Jan – 17 Feb 2019 at Our Art Projects. This is the exhibition booklet, which includes my essay ‘ Carrying, Spilling’. Read more
Am I Chinese? – Notes on Chong Kim Chiew’s Isolation House (2005 – 2017) at A+ Works of Art
Disclosure: the proprietors of A+ Works of Art have previously purchased my work Chong Kim Chiew, Isolation House (2005) at Rumah Air Panas ~ I’m late. Sentul, like Cheras or Kepong or Shah Alam, makes me anxious – a result of mere unfamiliarity, which I suppose you could say defines the Malaysian condition. Waze sends… Read more
