One of Our Fossils

A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur, 2024

Relic 1, Chicken bones, wire and pencil rod, 140 x 1650cm

An installation with sound, scent, and image.

Scientists predict our remains will be plastic, nuclear waste, and chicken bones.

I chose chicken bones for their absurdity.

Installation shot: Relic 1

Installation shot: Relic 1 (top) and Relic 5 (bottom)

The bones reflect a world of speed and waste.

The work asks how future people might see them.

And us.

Installation shot: Relic 1, Relic 3, Relic 4 and Relic 2 (left to right)

Detail shot: Relic 2 and Relic 4

I started collecting bones from restaurant leftovers in 2023.

Most had been in people’s mouths.

A portrait of consumption.

Relic 6 (right) and Relic 7 (left)

Relic 6 and 7 are incense holders.

They imagine chicken bones as future tools.

Bone preparation, 2024, 1:08 min 

Before this work, I weighed 40kg.

I needed something physical to grow stronger.

So I set out to collect, clean, and wire 60,000 bones.

Calendars, 2024

I built calendars to structure my year.

Each day had a task: gym, bone cleaning, or meal prep.

I repeated this for 500 days.
 

The artist's studio, 2023-2024

The calendars became an obsession.

I stopped asking what to make.

I asked who to become.

Selected texts, interviews, and lectures available upon request

Photography by Alvin Lau, Hariz Raof and the artist