Hello dear human beings. Greetings from the strange floating world of post-project purgatory. In which I count the days since Mandi Bunga happened (2 weeks!), and wonder when it’s no longer acceptable to feel disoriented and just sorta… lame and stupid. I’m off the turbo charged art-making hamster wheel and having a hard time adjusting… Read more
I’m in Singapore, posting this from a hotel room that’s too cold, while the sun burns the pavements outside. I crossed the airspace two days ago in surreal zombie-dream mode. Losing track of sleep trying to keep track of all the things… Litres of fabric paint… 200m of yellow cloth, sewn into more than a… Read more
So in between sending personal emails to over 100 people who signed up for Mandi Bunga, finding yellow basins, dippers, flowers, limes, ordering 200m of yellow fabric and and and etc… I also need to do actual art stuff. As in, shut off from the list-checking logistical wrangling email email email go go go go… Read more
First, news from from the epic project front. “Mandi Bunga/Flower Bath” for Singapore Biennale 2013 officially launched last Thursday, if by launching you mean my comrades from Commas and Industry posted it on Facebook, while I stayed glued to my computer, freaking out. Man, I was anxious. Every project scares me to hell, but the… Read more
This is a little hint of what’s going on for “Projek Mandi Bunga”. Been experimenting on our house guests. I can confirm that the project (and our shower) smells of limau purut (kafir lime). The other ingredients are pomelo leaves and limau kasturi (calamansi lime), all picked from Azharr’s farm nearby. Gonna be needing alot… Read more
The more I read about mudskippers, the more I fascinated I get with these strange little creatures. In Malay, they’re called ikan tembakul or blodok. There’s this great story online explaining why there’s a mudskipper statue on the roof of one of the oldest Chinese temples in Muar, Johor. According to the story, during Admiral… Read more
Filling little bottles with India ink instead of soy sauce. Voila! Art on the go. But I wouldn’t bring them to a sushi picnic.
I spent the last week making this portrait of #Alvivi (click the image for downloadable hi-res version). Their saga unfolded as I drew. I mostly followed it on Facebook – an endless stream of links and comments, butthurt and outrage, condemnation and rationalization. Paint, paint, paint. My brush was the only thing that kept me… Read more
