map & timeline




FIELD research, trips, expeditions & residencies

2021 
04 23 National Theatre and Concert Hall, Taipei

2020
 

12 12 Spice Garden, Penang Island
08 22 Jakun tribe, Kg Petoh, Kuala Rompin, Pahang

02 07 Taipei– Landscape field trips


2019 
12 13 Cubchai test– Penang Island
12 05 崩山坑古道-泰平到柑腳 Bengshankeng Ancient Trail
08 25 Jakun tribe, Kg Jemeri, Kuala Rompin, Pahang
07 18 Mah Meri tribe, Kg Kurau, Pulau Carey, Selangor
07 12 Mah Meri tribe, Kg Bumbun, Pulau Carey, Selangor
05 03 Mah Meri tribe, Kg Bumbun & Kurau, Pulau Carey
05 01 Mix tribe, Kg Gombak, Gombak, Selangor
04 28 Temuan tribe, Kg Broga, Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan
04 25 Jakun tribe, Kg Jemeri, Kuala Rompin, Pahang
04 16 Temiar tribe, Kg Cunex, Gerik, Upper Perak
04 12 Temuan tribe, Desa Temuan, Bukit Lanjan, PJ
04 05 Temer tribe, Leyef, Upper Perak
03 17 Cubchai test, Temuan tribe, Kemensah, Selangor
03 05 Toruku, Hualien City, Hualien
02 21 Rukai Indigenous, Wutai, Pingtung
02 12 Open Contemporary Art Center OCAC, Taipei
01 20 Temiar tribe, Leyef, Upper Perak


2018 
12 04 Temiar tribe, Kg Kembok, Pos Piah, Upper Perak
11 08 Kochi City, Japan
10 30 Temiar tribe, Kg Kembok, Pos Piah, Upper Perak
10 17 Auntie Kum & Uncle Sun, Kuchai Lama
09 02 Sungai Pertak River, Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor
08 26 Jakun tribe, Kg Jemeri, Kuala Rompin, Pahang
08 25 Jakun tribe, Kuala Keramat, Pahang
08 24 Jakun tribe, Kg Jemeri, Kuala Rompin, Pahang
08 10 Miri, Sarawak
08 06 Bau, Sarawak, #PHOAS2018
07 18 Fatáan Village, Guangfu, Hualien
07 13 Xiao Bitan Village, Xindian, Taipei
07 04 Lanyu (Orchid Island), Taitung
06 30 Open Contemporary Art Center OCAC, Taipei
05 26 Sama Peresang, Shensan, Pingtung
05 26 Wedding, Shensan, Pingtung
05 22 Rukai Indigenous, Wutai, Pingtung
05 10 Studio 94, Taipei, Taiwan
04 15 Temiar tribe, Cunex, Gerik, Upper Perak
02 25 Temiar tribe, Kg Kembok & Kedled, Pos Piah
01 29 Temiar tribe, Kampung Sg Kewa, Upper Perak


2017 
11 22 Studio 25 China Daily, KL
11 14 OCAC Open Studio 黃萱, Taipei
11 14 Studio 94, Taipei
11 13 Amis Indigenous, Xindian, Taipei
11 12 LIN's Photo Studio, Taichung
11 11 with Selv Grass, Halfway Cafe, Taipei
11 10 Studio 94, Taipei
11 08 Lightbox攝影圖書室, Taipei

11 07 OCAC 黃萱, Taipei 
11 01 Taipei, Taiwan
08 10 PHOAS, Keningau, Sabah
08 02 Miri, Sarawak & Keningau, Sabah
04 13 Master Chan, Ampang
03 16 Tamparuli Arts Centre, Sabah
03 13 Tombonuo tribe, Kampung Sg Eloi, Pitas, Sabah
03 01 Refugee School Session, KL
02 25 Japan artists meetup, KL
02 15 Refugee School Session, KL
01 16 Refugee School Demonstration, KL


2016 
12 27 Semaq Beri tribe, Kampung Mengkapur, Pahang
11 13 Serena Studio 94, Kuala Lumpur
11 10 Five Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur
10 16 JOAS meetup, Kuala Lumpur
08 13 KLPA with Mitsu Maeda from Japan
06 04 Daniel Apartment, São Paulo, Brazil
06 02 Imagineiro, São Paulo, Brazil
03 17 Endau Rompin, Johor


2015 
12 14 Gan Siong King: The Horror. Interior Prints
11 13 Georgetown, Penang Island
08 23 Dusun, Pantai, Negeri Sembilan
06 28 Endau Rompin, Johor
05 31 Belum, Perak
05 23 Daylight reproduction exposure
05 15 Studio 25, Antarabangsa
04 02 Squat Studios, Kg Attap


TALK presentation, demonstrations & workshops

2021 
04 23 Performance– Luminous Shadow– Taipei

2020
 

12 12 Kanta Portraits, Spice Garden, Penang
11 14 The Invisible Future, Facing the Visible Past– Taipei
08 23 Lakec– A very simple river
04 29 Photojam Channel– Kanta Box Kamra


2019 
12 15 Film Screening– KMTX NML in Penang
11 03 Publication– NML Box Camera Photographer
10 26 Film Federation at RexKL, Kuala Lumpur
07 25 Interview at Studio 25 OUG, Kuala Lumpur
05 29 Posak Jodian presents at ET@T, Taipei
05 05 Center for Orang Asli Concern, Subang Jaya
05 04 Rumah Attap Library & Collective, KL
05 04 Centre for Malaysian Indigenous Studies, KL
04 23 Interview with BFM, KL
03 08 KANTA 台灣:霧台、蘭嶼、馬太鞍和小碧潭
03 03 Nusantara Archives #11, ET@T, Taipei

2018
11 09 インスタント KANTA ポートレート展, Japan
10 24 Center for Orang Asli Concern, Subang Jaya
09 01 KANTA portraits 台灣 | 渡河, 邊境旅行, Taipei
08 06 Bau, Sarawak, #PHOAS2018
06 05 Reflection, Studio 94, Taipei
05 19 Kanta in Taiwan, Studio 94, Taipei
05 19 Kanta Portraits WIP, Studio 94, Taipei
02 22 Symposium KL Biennale, Balai Seni Negara, KL
02 03 World Urban Forum, UN Habitat, Kuala Lumpur





2017 
11 14 OCAC Open Studio 黃萱, Taipei
11 12 Kanta, LIN's Photo Studio, Taichung
11 10 Kanta, Studio 94, Taipei
11 03 Kanta, Open Contemporary Art Center, Taipei
10 01 Obsolete(?), Balai Seni Negara, KL
09 17 ARUS Maker Workshop, KLCC
09 07 Pecha Kucha Petaling Jaya
08 06 Home School, Miri
08 04 Sekolah Luar Bandar, Miri
07 22 Realities, Asian Photography Month, Lostgens, KL
06 04 Born in Malaysia, Portraits of KL

2016
08 20 World Box Camera Day, KL

2015
10 14 Guerrilla Photography Exhibition
09 17 Caffa 2015, KL
08 09 Portraiture 3 Ways, KLPA, KL
JOURNAL benchmark, milestones 

2021 
06 04 Mobility fund report, Cendana
01 29 Kotak Kamera Trio founded


2020
 

12 10 Kanta Manuscript 20 print edition
12 04 Kanta Manuscript 20 maquette 20 copies
11 09 Kotak Kamera Trio collective formation
11 07 Kanta Manuscript 20 maquette 11 copies
10 30 Acquired Camera #12Russkieкамера
09 13 Secret South Exhibition– Kanta Portraits Taiwan
09 03 Acquired Camera #11ToyolCam
04 18 BUILD– Tong Camera

01 15 Awarded Mobility Fund, Cendana

2019
 

12 14 3rd Box Kamra practitioner in Malaysia!
05 30 Deliver Cendana Milestone Report 2, KL
05 02 Interview with Cendana, Studio 25, OUG
04 10 Kanta Malaysia Taiwan Exchange starts, KL
03 23 Camera #9fieldgraphic– rebuild and modification
02 17 Acquired camera 1963 GRAFLEX Crown Graphic
01 31 Deliver Cendana Milestone Report 1, KL

2018
10 09 Acquired new digital camera SONY RX100iv
09 24 Sign fund agreement with Cendana, KL
07 26 Awarded Emerging Artist Fund, Cendana
06 26 Meet Cendana
06 23 Kamra #1; interchange- change outer shell, upgrades
06 20 Camera #8Intrepid- upgrade, removable bellows etc
05 01 Camera #8; intrepid / first print
04 13 Camp Training Sg Pertak, Kuala Kubu Baru
03 23 Camp Tmn Negara, Kg Bencah Keludi Batek tribe
02 03 Camera #8 Acquired 8x10" camera, Intrepid

2017 
12 20 Studio workshop move to OUG, KL
11 23 Dinding Potret Kanta 2014-2017, KL Biennale
07 04 Kanta Portraits, new instagram account
06 06 Camera #7 Bilik Obscura/ build complete
04 26 Camera #6 Sphere Camera/ build complete


2016
12 30 Camera #5 Element Camera/ first print
06 02 Retrato Popular, Lambe Lambe, São Paulo, Brazil
01 26 2nd Box Kamra practitioner in Malaysia

2015
09 18 Grant Report Submission, <project end>
07 22 Kamra #3; bulb / first print <project completed>
04 02 Kamra #4; woodie / first print
03 31 Kamra #1; interchange / first print

2014
12 04 Kamra #2; foldie / first print
07 12 KANTA Box Kamra, Grant Period <project start>

2013
12 10 Krishen Jit Astro Fund


2012
02 15 concepts & designs


BOOTH fundraising, information, mini-exhibit

2020 
12 12 Spice Garden, Penang

2018
 

11 04 Urbanscapes, Pesta Lorong Hg. Kasturi
10 13 Saturday Portraits, Room 203, KL
10 05 Art for Grabs, Publika, KL
09 21 Artitude bazaar, Petaling Jaya
09 16 Malaysiaku Celebrations, KL
09 09 KLPA Whitebox, Kuala Lumpur
09 08 Saturday Portraits, Room 203, KL

2017 
12 16 Art for Grabs/ Laundromat Love, PJ
11 15 Open Studio OCAC, Taipei
11 12 LIN's Photo Studio, Taichung
11 11 with Selv Grass, Halfway Cafe, Taipei
09 04 Hari Hasanah, KL
08 19 Art for Grabs/ Bookfest, KL
06 06 Camera #7 debut
05 06 Art for Grabs/ Urbanscapes, KL
04 30 Art Market, Kg. Attap, KL/ Camera #6 debut
04 26 Art Market, Desapark, KL
03 25 Art for Grabs/ Green, PJ/ Camera #5 debut


2016 
06 18 Bowerhaus, Kuala Lumpur
03 27 Flashback to Analogue, Battery Acid Club, PJ

2015 
12 18 Little bit of, Awesome Gallery, PJ
11 21 Art for Grabs / Singapore Malaysia, KL
09 17 Caffa 2015, KL
06 08 Art for Grabs / UNHCR World Refugee Day, PJ