Reimagining my Bunga Bersih dress (now completely deflowered) as a possible prototype for a Lalang Dress. Those are cutoffs from the cardboard grass stencils I made last week. In art, one thing usually leads to another. Which means: 1) don’t throw anything away 2) make things, even though (especially if) the first idea isn’t perfect.
Let’s do this! Ready? It should take about an hour. You can wear this all weekend and soak in its glory. ~ STEP 1: Gather the ingredients You’ll need: – Safety pins – Scissors & glue gun– Cheap wire headband – Thin ribbon in as many colours as you like– Flowers* *I’m using those from my #bungaBERSIH… Read more
This started out as a yellow dress I made and wore during Bersih3.0, a momentous street protest calling for free and fair elections, held on 28 April 2012 in Kuala Lumpur. The dress was covered in hundreds of hand-sewn flowers, which I meant to give away during the rally. Before this could happen, authorities fired… Read more
I took part in Esquire’s Media Art Project, for the Aug 2012 Artsty Farsty issue. My work for them was #bungaBERSIH, based on a yellow dress I wore during the Bersih3.0 street rally. Read more
