2017-10-31
#KantaTaiwan
exploring & researching, many papers & studies point towards north, our anthropological trail, and Taiwan is one such place. A pilot trip in November, meeting & researching, hopefully setting some pretext and deeper understanding
2017-10-29
Dinding Potret Kanta 2014-2017
Jeffrey JC Lim / Dinding Potret Kanta 2014-2017
Hand-print on Silver Resin Coated paper, aluminium & steel food cans, bottle caps, mounted on oxidised zinc panel / 1975 x 503 x 135 mm / 2017
A collection of portraits of the people of Malaysia. It is an attempt at a typological study of identity through portraiture. Cataloguing the diversity, Jeffrey Lim is exploring and understanding the realities of the socio-circumstances with his subjects, especially among the native & tribal society. As a juxtapose to the definition of nationally-constructed ideals of race and culture, he sees cultural identity changing fast, exerting and redefining itself at these areas of conflict.
Kanta Portraits is a photography project. The artist has built simple box cameras that can print instantly. Simply put, it is a mobile photo studio, made from waste & found materials, the size of a biscuit tin. The uniqueness is in the image, which is a silverprint that is chemically-processed immediately at the point of capture and given to the subject. The project is still on-going, currently exploring rural communities of Borneo. Researching and understanding the anthropology and ethnography similarities and link of Malaysia to the region and beyond.
Hand-print on Silver Resin Coated paper, aluminium & steel food cans, bottle caps, mounted on oxidised zinc panel / 1975 x 503 x 135 mm / 2017
A collection of portraits of the people of Malaysia. It is an attempt at a typological study of identity through portraiture. Cataloguing the diversity, Jeffrey Lim is exploring and understanding the realities of the socio-circumstances with his subjects, especially among the native & tribal society. As a juxtapose to the definition of nationally-constructed ideals of race and culture, he sees cultural identity changing fast, exerting and redefining itself at these areas of conflict.
Kanta Portraits is a photography project. The artist has built simple box cameras that can print instantly. Simply put, it is a mobile photo studio, made from waste & found materials, the size of a biscuit tin. The uniqueness is in the image, which is a silverprint that is chemically-processed immediately at the point of capture and given to the subject. The project is still on-going, currently exploring rural communities of Borneo. Researching and understanding the anthropology and ethnography similarities and link of Malaysia to the region and beyond.
- Perewa Muda, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Sabir, Badera, Nawal Parasi, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- June Tan, Kuala Lumpur, 2016
- Mastupang Somoi, Kg Sungai Eloi, Sabah, 2017
- Shareena Ibrahim, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Ili Sulaiman & Avinesh Kutty, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Poodien, Kuala Lumpur. 2017
- Luqman Hakim, Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Suzieyana & Haslinda, Kg Mengkapur, Sri Jaya, Pahang, 2016
- Rezzuan Tajudin, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Ismail, Kg Mengkapur, Sri Jaya, Pahang, 2016
- Jo Kukathas / Curry Spice, Kuala Lumpur / London, 2017
- Rahim bin Undok, Kg Sungai Eloi, Sabah, 2017
- Tikio, Alab Lanas, Sabah, 2017
- Mahen Bala, Kuantan, 2017
- Alice & Rachael Acker, Boston, 2017
- Aiman Arif, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Yaakob, Belum Forest, Perak, 2015
- Foo Chi Wei, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Wan Eng, Long Umang Apok, Sarawak, 2017
- Amchamadevi & children, Semarak, Malaysia, 2017
- Sharaad Kuttan, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Aedewan Adnan, Shah Alam, Selangor, 2015
- Rico, Zico & Rizo Leong, Ranau and Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Zurina & child, Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Janet Pillai, Kuala Lumpur, 2016
- Paulina Fernandes, Subang Jaya, 2015
- Salomah Uluh, Kg Sungai Eloi, Sabah, 2017
- Qishin Tariq, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Joey, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Shen-Tel, Kuching, Sarawak, 2016
- Julienne & Jane, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Bedul bin Chemai, Kg Jemeri, Pahang, 2017
- Cassandra Albanus, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2017
- Liyana Fizi, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Adeline Tan, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Safia Hanifah, Aiman Asmawar & Siti Farrah, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Lost contact, Bowerhaus, Kuala Lumpur, 2016
- Zikri Rahman, Sg, Buloh, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Jessie Justin, Kg Kiau, Kota Belud, Sabah, 2017
- Yusri Ahon, Kg Simgai Mai, Jerantut, Pahang, 2017
- Maria Lasimbang, Penampang, Sabah, 2017
- Nurul Aizam & Ridhwan Saidi, Alam Budiman, 2017
- Fraja Béha, Around the World, 2017
- Melson Elit, Kg. Putaton Inobong, Penampang, Sabah, 2017
- Pingling Yeoh, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Yoyo & Cat, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Ieranie, Kg Rantai Bundu, Sabah, 2017
- Andrew & family, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Yebek, Nenek Bebe a/p Saman, Kg Mengkapur, Sri Jaya, Pahang, 2016
- Amery & family, Petaling Jaya, 2017
- Anita Ahmad, Petaling Jaya, 2015
- Ronnie Khoo, Kuala Lumpur, 2014
- Karleng Lim, Melbourne, 2015
- Si Siew, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Sia Ngedau, Long Kerong, Sarawak, 2017
- Mohd Nazmi Rahimi, Miri, 2017
- Ne Neem, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Mung ta, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
- Hanis Farisa, Bangi, 2015
- Sr. Patricia Limun, Keningau, 2017
- Nor Sugie, Kg Gentes, Perak, 2017
- Karl Rafiq Nadzarin, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Ng Su Ann, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Malik Taufiq, Kuala Lumpur, 2015
- Diwa Tharan, Malaysia, 2015
- Daniel Putra & Nasruddin, Kuala Lumpur, 2017
Kanta Portraits Artpiece
Finally put the finishing touches to a concept for a collection of portraits. Would be years in the thinking, making and development of the first conceptual piece on Kanta.
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been quiet but have been busy putting this together. Trying hard to balance four major projects due this month itself, this being one of them. A collection of portraits from 2014 to 2017, huge effort to put this together. catch it at KL Biennale coming November. (had to unwrap for *Condition Report! now that's what it meant)
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Collection by Balai Seni, professionally examined, and signed off on, wrapped. It's out of the studio.
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Dinding Potret Kanta 2014-2017 gets hung today at Balai Seni Negara. Sorting out list of names... is taking me awhile!
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been quiet but have been busy putting this together. Trying hard to balance four major projects due this month itself, this being one of them. A collection of portraits from 2014 to 2017, huge effort to put this together. catch it at KL Biennale coming November. (had to unwrap for *Condition Report! now that's what it meant)
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Collection by Balai Seni, professionally examined, and signed off on, wrapped. It's out of the studio.
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Dinding Potret Kanta 2014-2017 gets hung today at Balai Seni Negara. Sorting out list of names... is taking me awhile!
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2017-10-02
IN THE NEWS; Nikkei Asian Review
Old-style box-camera portraits intrigue Malaysians– Photographer's pinhole pictures capture the heart and soul of the country by CAROLYN HONG, Contributing writer, Nikkei Asian Review
KUALA LUMPUR -- Observers could be forgiven for wondering why graphic designer and artist Jeffrey Lim lugs an old oil tin around with him. In an age of super-slim camera phones, it is far from obvious that Lim's tin is a combination camera and darkroom.
Lim, a youthful 39-year-old, has been travelling around Malaysia since 2014 to take photographs of people in market places and villages. "It is really as simple as light through a pinhole falling onto paper coated with silver," he said.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Old-style-box-camera-portraits-intrigue-Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR -- Observers could be forgiven for wondering why graphic designer and artist Jeffrey Lim lugs an old oil tin around with him. In an age of super-slim camera phones, it is far from obvious that Lim's tin is a combination camera and darkroom.
Lim, a youthful 39-year-old, has been travelling around Malaysia since 2014 to take photographs of people in market places and villages. "It is really as simple as light through a pinhole falling onto paper coated with silver," he said.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Old-style-box-camera-portraits-intrigue-Malaysians
2017-10-01
Obsolete (?) talk & demonstration
With billions of images being made and shared digitally every day, and photographic equipment increasingly reliant on software and computing power, are traditional image-making methods still relevant?
In conjunction with No Man's Land, an Antarctic photography exhibition currently hosted in Balai Seni Negara (BSN), artists Mahen Bala, Jeffrey Lim and Dr. Azril Ismail are conducting a workshop and sharing session on analogue photography.
Analogue processes in photography explores the intimate and direct relationship between the person, the proces, and the outcome. The physicality and modality of these analogue processes allow the practitioners to modify, adapt, and experiment with various elements to produce new perspectives on a familiar object.
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Mahen Bala will start the session with a short presentation on the extreme challenges faced by the early photographers in Antarctica and how their works have survived the century and is
being revisited today.
K. Azril Ismail will be sharing his experience in 19th century photographic processes. He will demonstrate the many steps that fo into making a wet plate using collodion.
Jeffrey Lim will be demonstrating how 'anything' can be turned into a camera, provided the practitioner has a full grasp of the fundamental principles of light, optics and photo-chemistry.
In conjunction with No Man's Land, an Antarctic photography exhibition currently hosted in Balai Seni Negara (BSN), artists Mahen Bala, Jeffrey Lim and Dr. Azril Ismail are conducting a workshop and sharing session on analogue photography.
Analogue processes in photography explores the intimate and direct relationship between the person, the proces, and the outcome. The physicality and modality of these analogue processes allow the practitioners to modify, adapt, and experiment with various elements to produce new perspectives on a familiar object.
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Mahen Bala will start the session with a short presentation on the extreme challenges faced by the early photographers in Antarctica and how their works have survived the century and is
being revisited today.
K. Azril Ismail will be sharing his experience in 19th century photographic processes. He will demonstrate the many steps that fo into making a wet plate using collodion.
Jeffrey Lim will be demonstrating how 'anything' can be turned into a camera, provided the practitioner has a full grasp of the fundamental principles of light, optics and photo-chemistry.
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