Recalling Forgotten Memories and Landscape: Painting the Plantation History
Schedule
Wed Feb 01 2023 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
Rumah Attap Library & Collective 亞答屋84號圖書館 | Kuala Lumpur, KL
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【業餘者說23】種植園丘記憶地景：藝術家的反思與創作Recalling Forgotten Memories and Landscape: Painting the Plantation History
Speakers: Chang Yoong Chia, Syarifah Nadhirah
Time: 1 February (Wed), 8pm - 930pm
Venue: Rumah Attap Library & Collective
Language: English (Q&A in Malay or Mandarin welcome)
Malaya was a former colony where rubber, gambir, spices and many other types of cash crops were produced to support the colonial economy for centuries. Artworks of Chang Yoong Chia and Syarifah Nadhirah bring us through a journey of often forgotten plantation history in Malaysia. They remind us of the collective memories, historical moments, landscapes and ecological changes which were buried in the postcolonial period and when the plantation lands were covered and replanted by new cash crops. Their artworks explore how the lives of people at the time were affected by colonial plantations, including changes of lifestyles and social demographic structure. In this forum, we are delighted to have Yoong Chia and Syarifah at Rumah Attap Library to share their research and thought process in curating and producing the works featured in their exhibitions “A Leaf Through History” and “Measure of Seeds”. They will share how they explore our plantation history through different art mediums.
馬來亞曾以種植殖民經濟作物著稱，橡膠、甘蜜、胡椒等各種香料和經濟作物是支撐殖民地經濟的命脈。本地藝術家章永佳和Syarifah Nadhirah的作品引領我們重返被遺忘的種植園歷史和土地記憶。隨著殖民結束和新的經濟作物再次遍佈這片土地，關於園丘的集體記憶、歷史時刻、地景和生態景觀都逐漸消失。兩人近期在吉隆坡的展覽“A Leaf Through History”和“Measure of Seeds”以不同藝術素材和媒介，探索殖民種植史及其影響下的人民生活，包括生活方式和人口結構變化等課題。業餘者邀請兩位藝術家到亞答屋圖書館和大家分享他們的創作過程和反思。講座以英語進行，歡迎以華語提問和參與討論。
入場免費，鼓勵出席者文化付費。Free entry, donations are welcomed.
SPEAKERS 講者介紹
Chang Yoong Chia (b. 1975, Kuala Lumpur) graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Art in 1996 with a Diploma of Fine Art in Painting. Chang explores different kinds of materials but with the sensibility of a painter. He focuses on his country of Malaysia - where ethnicity, religion and history are intricately mixed - and stories of individuals living there, and turns them into artworks. Chang’s works ranging from paintings on canvases, painted animal and plant remains and household objects, stamp collages and embroidery explore wide-ranging topics such as politics, religion, culture and nature. The repeated gestures and complex methods reflect a commitment with craft in which the labour adds another layer of meaning to the work. Placing an importance on the material, he believes that each medium has its own characteristics and symbolism thus new interpretations are conjured when found or mundane objects are transformed in an almost alchemical fashion. In 2022 he exhibited his batik series A Leaf through History.
章永佳，1975年誕生於吉隆坡，1996年畢業於馬來西亞藝術學院純美術系（繪畫）。他的創作聚焦錯綜複雜的馬來西亞族群、宗教與歷史，以及人们居住於此的故事。永佳的創作素材多樣，包括油畫、動植物遺骸上的彩繪、郵票拼貼藝術、刺繡等等，課題涵蓋政治、宗教、文化與自然。永佳的創作方式複雜，创作过程高度重复性，展現他對藝術創作的工藝精神，即透過勞動賦予藝術品意義。他十分重視所使用的創作素材，相信每種媒介都有其特點與象徵意義，一個平凡物件經過煉金般的創作過程而轉化，一種新的詮釋產生了。他近期的藝術展是峇迪系列“A Leaf through History”。
Syarifah Nadhirah (b.1993) is a Visual Artist cum Textile Designer based in Malaysia. She mostly experiments in printmaking, watercolor and digital illustrations. Her main interests reside in the cross-pollination of art and science, bridging both with education and awareness. She works on projects focusing on visual documentation of threatened environmental subjects, where she also authored Recalling Forgotten Tastes, an introductory book centred on a garland of edible plants and food from the perspectives of the Indigenous communities in Peninsular Malaysia. Aside from that, she has collaborated with ecologists from Urban Biodiversity Initiative, where they conduct nature education workshops focusing on rediscovery of urban ecology and edible herbs. Currently, she is exploring ideas of memory and matter of plant migration and how some have changed the social and economical outlook of this region.
Syarifah Nadhirah是一名視覺藝術家，同時也是一名設計師。她的創作主要是版畫、水彩以及電繪。她對於藝術與科學如何跨域感興趣，也希望透過教育與提升認知來在兩者之間搭建橋樑。她以視覺藝術的方式紀錄瀕危的動植物，著有《Recalling Forgotten Tastes》，這本書從馬來半島原住民的視角，介紹原住民文化中可食用的植物與食物。她也與Urban Biodiversity Initiative的生物學家合作，透過自然教育工作坊，讓人們重新認識都市生態與可食用草藥。目前，她正在探討植物品種的遷移如何改變區域裡的社會與經濟面貌。她近期的展覽是“Measure of Seeds”。
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Rumah Attap Library & Collective 亞答屋84號圖書館, 84c, Jalan Rotan, Off Jalan Kampung Attap,Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: