Bilik Sejahtera is a brand new public artwork collection at KongsiKL that “locks” you in a makeshift room for an intimate self exploration journey.
This free admission occasion is a venture by Seni Tiga Lab: Unit A which is going down on Jan 21-23 (2pm-10pm).
Visitors are inspired to actively take part on this reflective solo journey (three minutes per cycle) to ponder the expertise of uncertainty and confinement by a collection of procedures, operations and simulations.
“Being uncertain could be one of the most common feelings to all of us during these two years. Bilik Sejahtera is meant to raise questions and reflections from the audience, whether it is on a personal, organisational or global level. We leave it open to the audience’s perception and interpretation,” says artistic coder KC Tan, one among Unit A’s entrance stage members.
The Bilik Sejahtera construction is about 2.4m x 2.4m x 2.4m. It is manufactured from upcycled wooden, acrylic, tinted movie, and mirrors. Lights and likewise digital sensors are put in to the room so as to set off and activate the room.
“Over the last two years, with the pandemic, we have been forcibly put in confinement of different kinds… physically and mentally. The state of aloneness has impacted people to respond and react in different ways, but only within the state of confinement in isolation.
“The nature of the installation is to provide a space where people can walk into a space that has no expectations but to immerse themselves into the present moment. The space is created and curated for that purpose,” affords author/cultural practitioner Archana Pillai, one among Unit A’s members.
Bilik Sejahtera is the primary version of Seni Tiga Lab, a laboratory iteration of Kongsi Petak’s multidisciplinary present Seni Tiga supported by the Cultural Economy Development Agency’s (Cendana) Arts Organisation Resilience Fund and the Boh Relief Fund. Due to the pandemic scenario final 12 months, the venture needed to be shelved earlier than the crew resumed in November.
‘Bilik Sejahtera’ is a curated house to let the viewers expertise the current second. Photo: KongsiKL
Unit A, moreover supported by the Krishen Jit Fund, is mentored by theatre veteran Jo Kukathas. It consists of three entrance stage members: Tan, illustrator Chin Yew and full-time artist Izat Arif. The core members are Archana, graphic designer Mavis Chee and former software program engineer Chin Wei Kit. The contributing members are dance artist/choreographer Lau Beh Chin, stage actors Lok Shi Hoong, Putrina Rafie and Tin Raman and sound designer Teh Tian Yoon.
The crew started its artistic journey final April and spent practically three months conducting analysis for this venture.
To coincide with this artwork venture, KongsiKL can also be internet hosting the KongsiKL Garden F&B Pop-Up to permit guests to discover and expertise this city arts warehouse.
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