Some drawings I made for International Women’s Day. Free to download, share, print, use for non-commercial purposes ONLY. International Women’s Day March on SAT, 9 March 2019. Meeting points: 8AM, Jesselton Point, Kota Kinabalu 10AM, SOGO, Kuala Lumpur More info: https://womensmarchmy.wordpress.com ——– 1) *CLICK HERE* to download hi-resolution (9.4 MB) ~ 2) *CLICK HERE* to… Read more
10 Dec 2017 – The hallway to the kitchens is thick with people and the smell of boxing oil. I’m not fighting tonight, but feel as anxious as I would at an art opening: I’m smiling too much, overly aware of being tall, and compensating for it (to whom?) by darting furtively along the walls,… Read more
Proposal for a Collective Decision-making Model for the Visual Arts Community in Malaysia < Draft 01, 17 May 2018 > This proposal calls for visual artists and art practitioners to assemble in self-organized groups based on affiliation or locality, known as Sidang Lokal (Local Assemblies), to discuss issues directly affecting them. It then calls for… Read more
My knee in March 2016 ~ 11 Oct 2017: I spent last week sick and denying it. When the fever started on Monday, I thought I would be back in training by Wednesday, and when it was accompanied by a dry hacking cough that kept me up for the next five nights, I was still… Read more
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
I went to a new gym today. When asked, I say I’ve been ‘doing’ (taking classes in) muay thai since December 2015, and ‘training’ (classes 3 – 5 times a week) since this year. In fact, I picked up kickboxing over ten years ago, when I came back from studying overseas, and again when I… Read more
Sebenarnya, karya Mandi Bunga tentang proses membentuk politik peribadi saya, terutamanya melingkari soalan ini: bagaimana individu berhubung dengan kolektif? Read more
Sometimes it is good to make things for no reason other than to feel what it’s like to have images and words well up like water in a hole you have dug in the soft earth.
