I joined the competition again this year with this piece of installation titled " Sabah bah ni." Its an essemblage . I gathered sand from the controversied beach of Tanjung Aru put it in a bowl. And the sands from the Simpang Mengayau beach at the tip of Borneo. Some more sand in a glass..
I broke one of the bowls to symbolize the broken people of Sabah, with no power over their own land, the land being squandered by people in places of authority. sabah has no good leaders leading the people..all of them are silent.
Both beaches are in deep shit. Tanjung aru beach and also simpang mengayau beach. I had a visit there once, went camping, and when we paid our camp site rent to our landlord, we started chit chatting.. i found out he does not own the land anymore, he is renting it from this man who is on of Sabah's politician. Plannings of building resorts were undergoing.
This artwork is about that. We will soon buy tickets to see our beaches, our sunsets.
