Current resident visual artists Choulay Mech (Cambodia), Yee Heng Yeh (Malaysia) and Yunroo (Malaysia) will display the works they have made during their residency in their studios.
The Rimbun Dahan Underground Gallery will also be open, showing ‘Menagerie’, a selection of works from our Permanent Collection.
Bilqis Hijjas will give a morning guided tour of our 14-acre site, including a general introduction to the contemporary architecture and our Southeast Asian indigenous garden and arboretum at Rimbun Dahan, as well as the Rumah Uda Manap heritage house.
Free entry, no registration required.
Schedule
9am-11am: Guided tour of Rimbun Dahan, meet in the central plaza.
11am: Live performance by Api Husien in collaboration with Choulay Mech, and video screening by Choulay Mech
11:30am-2pm: Yunroo Tan & Choulay Mech studios open
2-3pm: Lunch, studios closed, visitors can picnic and walk around gardens
3-4:30pm: Workshop by Yee Heng Yeh in the Underground Gallery
3-6pm: Yunroo Tan & Choulay Mech studios open
About the Poetry Workshop
Penang-based poet Yee Heng Yeh will lead a workshop on ekphrastic poetry—poems written in response to artworks. Though ekphrastic poetry typically focuses on describing a work in detail, Heng Yeh will discuss his interest in the process of art making itself and the role of the artist, exploring the common threads that drive creation. Workshop participants will be encouraged to engage in dialogue with the forms and practices of the works in Rimbun Dahan’s gallery, culminating in a simple writing exercise. No registration required, just turn up in the Underground Gallery at 3pm. Writing implements will be provided.
Travelling Directions
Use Waze to drive to Rimbun Dahan: https://waze.com/ul/hw284q6meb
Use Google Maps to drive t Rimbun Dahan: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ft5fV9YpGsvciCtU8
Landmarks: Our front gate is opposite Warung Selera Ria and also next to the start of Lorong Belimbing. Do not enter Lorong Belimbing, please enter the front gate from the main road.
Tips for Visitors
- We have parking inside the compound, along the driveway. Just drive in the front gate and park anywhere along the drive.
- Bring your own mosquito repellent!
- The Rimbun Dahan Visual Art Studios are wheelchair accessible, but the guided tour and the Underground Gallery are not, sorry.
- Wear practical shoes if you are planning to walk around the garden. Bring an umbrella in case of rain.
- Bring your picnic, and enjoy it in the gardens; please clean up all your trash.
- No pets allowed.
For any questions, please email arts@rimbundahan.org or WhatsApp Bilqis at +6017-3103769.
About the Artists
Choulay Mech is an artist, documentary filmmaker, and freelance journalist from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Trained in journalism with the Cambodian Center for Independent Media, Choulay’s reporting has been published in Southeast Asia Globe, Voice of Democracy and CamboJA News. She has a strong background in photography and video production; she completed extensive training in documentary film production at Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center, directing a short film “My Home” about elephant conservation in Mondulkiri, Cambodia. She has been awarded by Creative Generation 4 Awards, and received grants from Angkor Photo Festival, Citizen Engaged in Environmental Justice for All, SUMERNET, and the Mekong Data-Journalism Fellowship.
Yee Heng Yeh is a writer, and Mandarin-to-English translator. His poetry has been featured in The KITA! Podcast, adda, Malaysian Millennial Voices, Strange Horizons, NutMag, A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English, Apparition Lit, Antithesis Journal, and was shortlisted in the Malaysian Poetry Writing Competition 2021. His translations of poetry have appeared in Mantis and Nashville Review. He also writes plays and occasionally short fiction. You can find him on Twitter @HengYeh42.
Yunroo is an illustrator from Batu Pahat, Malaysia. Drawing inspiration from her Chinese Malaysian identity and the local culture, she infuses her creations with vibrant charm and playful humour. She enjoys exploring different mediums and materials and finds joy in seeing her illustrations come to life in various forms. Yunroo views art as a powerful medium to connect with people, and is dedicated to sharing her passion with others. She has organised and curated art festivals and events, and has taught at a local art college to help others experience the joy of making and appreciating art.
About Rimbun Dahan
Rimbun Dahan is the home of Malaysian architect Hijjas Kasturi and his wife Angela. Set on fourteen acres outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the compound of Rimbun Dahan is a centre for developing traditional and contemporary art forms. It features buildings designed by Hijjas Kasturi, as well as two early 20th century traditional Malay houses from Perak and Penang, in an indigenous Southeast Asian garden environment which has recently been awarded arboretum status.