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
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.
How do you keep the grass growing? In the midst of redecorating Barisan Nasional banners with painted lalang. Should I let people buy this stuff by the metre? Meanwhile, our new cat Chicken is also enjoying the grass. In reality, she hates going outside.
Grow lalang, grow! Finding patterns in the stubborn grass. New stuff coming soon.
