KANTA Portraits: #KantaBorneo Miri & Keningau

2017-08-02

#KantaBorneo Miri & Keningau

2nd excursion Miri, Keningau #KantaBorneo visiting Miri, Sarawak and Keningau, Sabah. Just locked down the dates (begin Aug) My first to Sarawak, through Miri. Heading down south west, meeting Teachers and making demonstrations along the way. If we're lucky, join in a Tamu or visit some longhouses too. Huda as my guide. Keningau through JOAS/ PAKOS for Hari Orang Asal/ Indigenous People day #KantaBoxKamra #KantaPortraits #instudio25

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Sarawak

South of Miri

Sabah

Southwest of Kota Kinabalu

headed for the river opening

golf course opposite

fishing village

river edge

Jeffrey JC Lim

Jeffrey Lim’s exploration into photography started with the family’s point & shoot film-camera and the stories behind their black & white photographs. It was later in art school that he discovered the magic of the darkroom and explored deeper into the craft of image-making & printing.

He started experimenting with self-made box cameras utilising pinhole and lenses, and also explored using century-old box cameras, crossing between different mediums and methods to producing an image. At the same time, he started researching his family’s roots through interviews and photographs.

After watching the Afghan Box Camera Project video in 2011, he was inspired to design and build variants of the Kamra. Starting the project Kanta Box Kamra, he built the first four prototypes. He then developed new techniques in reproduction & printing after visiting the exhibition Retrato Popular, Sesc Belenzinho, and studying the Lambe-Lambe cameras of Brasil, he built several other prototypes.

In 2017, he started Kanta Portraits to explore the concepts of identity and the national-construct. Travelling to different parts of the region and many different indigenous communities, he recorded their narratives and in return, gave instant portraits. He is currently archiving the portraits and reflecting on the journey in the hopes of producing an exhibition and publication.

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2017-08-02

#KantaBorneo Miri & Keningau