Kris Project I: The Never Ending Tale of Maria, Tin Mine, Spices and the Harimau ／ 克里斯計劃I：瑪利亞、錫礦、香料與虎 Single Channel Video/Objects/Documents/Index Cards/Light boxes (This Work is produced with the generous support of Rockbund Art Museum.) A joyous song by the iconic singer Grace Chang (Ge Lan) – “The World as One Family” – serves as a…

The Kris Project is a project series in progress. This project includes research and presentation of various art works derives from film industry of the then Malaya (now Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore), Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1950s to 1960s (one of the very few Golden Era of Chinese films that goes beyond geographical boundaries).…

16mm Film Projectors + Live Foley Sound Conceptualized and performed by Au Sow-Yee Live sound performances by JacAl Map Initiated by Approaching Theatre in 2015, performed 28-30 May 2015 in Qidong Poetry Salon, Taipei.     Originally a short novel written by Malaysian writer Li Zi Shu （黎紫書）, Mountain Plague （山瘟）tells a story during the…

Pak Tai Foto （2015） Two Channel Videos . 19 minutes . Light Boxes of Hand-drawn Maps Pak Tai Foto is a photo studio located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during the 1950s. Established during the age of British colonization, it is a photo studio older than the country “Malaysia” itself. Pak Tai Foto is also near…

Sang Kancil, Hang Tuah, Raja Bersiong, Bomoh, the Missing Jet and Others （2015） Single Channel Video . 18 minutes . Image Documents Sang Kancil, Hang Tuah, Raja Bersiong, Bomoh, the Misssing Jet and Others collected, deconstructed and reconstructed again folklores as remembered by people of diverse ethnicity and age. Newsreel of British Pathe related to Malaya and…

A Day Without Sun in Mengkerang (Chapter One)  (2013) Single Channel Video . 27 minutes . Wooden Framed Documents Mengkerang is a fictitious place created by the artist. A Day Without Sun in Mengkerang (Chapter One) invited participants of different ethnicity to participate in a “game” of exquisite-corpse, describing Mengkerang as they imagined. There are only two rules in the…