A wall installation work for Kenduri Seni Art Festival at Pattani, Thailand 2024.

"Defragmentation", acrylic, maker pens on pandanus, 2024
 

In August last year, my artwork was selected to be exhibited at the Kenduri Seni Art Festival at Pattani, Thailand. The piece was made from the pandanus weavings and these weaving was woven by the master in my village. Pandanus weaving is very synonymous with the life of indigenous people in Malaysia. The plant itself grows wildly in the peatland forest, not far from the village. 

The installation features around 19 small weavings, a number that holds great significance as it corresponds to the names of indigenous languages found in the Malaysian peninsula. This wall installation examines maps related to the indigenous peoples' customary land rights, which remain inadequately acknowledged by the Malaysian government.