Art For Grabs; Kanta Instant Portraits DEBUTING #Elecamm

Come 25 & 26 March, will be opening a Instant Portrait booth at this art market to raise fund for the next phase of this project. Debuting the big 10 x 12" camera too, with test shots

prints

3R print

10 x 12 print

closeup storage

booth on trolley

KANTA Borneo; first trip to East Malaysia

followed a film crew into rural Sabah, Eloi River Village, Pitas, Northern Sabah. Estuary country with the Tombonuo Tribe, River people "Orang Asal / Original People" Natives.

more update soon

Arrival– Kota Kinabalu

buses in borneo

Astro satellite dish installer

market

standard vehicle

standard village transport

standard roads

more standard roads

Kampung Sungai Eloi, Bangkoka, Pitas, Sabah

Kampung Sungai Eloi main road

rice fields, bird deterrents

standard gov housing model

Rahim, hanging out at the neighbours

Rahim hanging out with us

ceremonial gongs and gift containers

government propaganda gifts

bundle shops, this one mainly from korea

Sungai Eloi (River), estuary

tide is low

two to navigate, one front, one behind

Sign- care for place

Cultural hall

tea

clam hunting

rice field

open country

petrol station (subsidised oil)

regulated pourer

Disputed polluting farm on indigenous land

Making portraits of the team and host

God Bless our Home

Tombonuo

look this way

smile

night session

Thank you host, Indigenous activists & Borneo film crew

thanks szening

Rahim is just super

Tamparuli Living Art Centre

Legacy from North Borneo days, Tina Rimmer was still here

Art Centre is alive, thank you for hosting us

Old friend, Jerome!

Hunt successful

knockout....

BUILD; Mobile Darkbox

010317– For use with Element Camera #elecamm, the 10x12" plate holder camera. A foldable 'tent', which is made for diffusing light for product shoot. Comes in various sizes, chose 75x75cm due to the format & tray size, quite sizable and spacious. Biggest challenge is to light-proof the tent. Using the same materials used for the bellows, garbage bags, double ply, as a very light and water-proof material. Inexpensive and readily available in-the-field.

040317– Still needs more development, figuring out for internal stack system for trays, squeegee, wet bench and a dry bench to store and reload the plate holders. Ventilation is gonna be big issue.

060317– little branding to keep the cover right side up and front. i'm starting to like this blockie typeface

080317– bought a usb powered fan for ventilation, spray painted the blades flat-black