Projects

  • Mini Hydroelectric Generator Installation Project : Kampung Penulangon

    Project by Pangrok Sulap
    10 editions of Pangrok Sulap’s (@pangrok_sulap) woodcut print “Cahaya Kehidupan” are now on sale (MYR 7,500 each) to fund the...
    10 editions of Pangrok Sulap’s (@pangrok_sulap) woodcut print “Cahaya Kehidupan” are now on sale (MYR 7,500 each) to fund the Mini Hydroelectric Generator Installation Project in Kampung Penulagon, Ranau, Sabah.

    “Cahaya Kehidupan” (in English, “Living Light”) was created in collaboration with the villagers of Kampung Penulangon, a majority of whom continue to live in the dark, relying on limited solar panels and Gensets for basic electrical needs.

    All proceeds will go towards the funding of a mini hydroelectric generator that will benefit 27 households in Kampung Penulangon. As of now, Pangrok has raised MYR 15,000, but they will need a total of MYR 75,000 for the project to succeed. We need your support to achieve our mission of bringing light to Kampung Penulangon!

    “Cahaya Kehidupan” is a woodcut print on blackout fabric measuring 4 by 8 feet. The work narrates the process of installing a mini hydroelectric generator: the installation of pipes from the source of the water reservoir (the river dam), to the site of the dynamo or mini hydroelectric generator, the installation of electric wires in houses, until light is attained.

    This work was produced in collaboration with all present villagers of Kampung Penulangon, including parents, young men and women, and children, who accompanied Pangrok every day. The unanimity and intention from all parties to bring light to the village made the collaboration even more valuable.

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    All sales will be handled by A+ Works of Art on behalf of Pangrok Sulap. For all enquiries, please DM us on Instagram or email us at info@aplusart.asia.

  • Library Residency 2023

    This residency was shaped around our meeting with Aqilah Zulkhairy, an incoming student of the Visual Arts course at the...
    This residency was shaped around our meeting with Aqilah Zulkhairy, an incoming student of the Visual Arts course at the University of Malaya. Aqilah was a Special Needs Therapist before deciding to pivot into the art world. The RogueArt library collection, forming a substantial collection of texts on modern and contemporary art in Southeast Asia, presented an ideal resource for her at the beginning of this journey. 

    The form of the residency, lasting three months, is fluid and embraces the often diverging routes that one takes when exploring an unfamiliar library. Alongside other outputs of her choice, Aqilah will be sharing her discoveries on our Instagram page throughout her residency. Our hope is that her experience will strike a chord with those who may also be considering that exciting leap, and likewise that the library can be developed and challenged by her interrogation of its current form. 

    The RogueArt library includes catalogues and publications collected and shared by cultural workers across the region, built up through the many cross-regional exchanges and friendships fostered since the late 1990s (from Valentine Willie Fine Art days through RogueArt’s own 15 years, and ongoing). Its non-borrowing 2000-2015 collection located in the front room of A+ Works of Art is accessible to the public. Library residents will also gain access to their post-2015 collection, now located at the RogueArt office at TwoForty. 

    The 𝗔+ 𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 is committed to the goal of supporting innovative research and experimentation in contemporary art for all.