In conjunction with ‘Afterwork’ exhibition, artist Sharon Chin will be speaking at the gallery at an event entitled ‘Pendatang: A Conversation About You, Me and Other Migrants’. This session includes a special presentation by Tenaganita and will be moderated by Goh Sze Ying, curator and writer. Read more
My installation ‘Pendatang/Arrivals: Pocket Seas Series‘ (2008) is part of Afterwork, an exhibition about migration, class and labour in Asia. Afterwork 18 Dec 2016 – 16 Apr 2017 Ilham Gallery Levels 3 & 5, Ilham Tower No. 8, Jalan Binjai 50450 Kuala Lumpur Opening hours: Tues – Sun 11am – 7pm, closed on Mondays ~… Read more
Last Saturday, I ran a mask-making workshop at Balai Seni Visual Negara. Almost 200 young humans signed up for it, from national schools around Selangor and the capital. They came by the busload and crammed themselves into the foyer at the bottom of Balai’s spiral ramp, a copy of the Guggenheim’s in New York. I’m… Read more
I’m showing my work ‘Pendatang/Arrivals: Pocket Seas‘ at Immaterial Frontiers 2.0, a group exhibition at the National Visual Arts Gallery. The work is from 2008, and was developed in Penang at the Malihom-RBS Artist in Residence programme. It’s never been exhibited in KL. I’m excited to put it together again and see what it means today!… Read more
A conversation with Gabrielle Bates, published in the catalogue of my solo exhibition “Pendatang/Arrivals”.
Gabrielle Bates: Let’s start with the title of the show. I know that you struggled with finding a theme that would tie together all your concerns during this residency. Can you tell me how you came to settle on ‘Pendatang’… Read more
