POKOK PAUH JANGGI
A Performance Art by Niranjan Rajah & Sang Nabil Utama
August 5th 2023.. 6pm..
Kapallorek Artspace
For the performance at Kapallorek on August 5th 2023, Koboi worked again with his collaborator for Dari Pusat Tasek, Sang Nabil Utama. Nabil and Koboi raised the SUPERSTAR banner, which depicts Malaysia’s current Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. This was followed by an acknowledgement of the jinns and giants of the land, the initiation of two new wayang kulit puppets – the Pokok Pauh Janggi and the Ketam Gergasi, made following designs from the late 19th Century. The performance was followed by a poetry performance by Hamzah Yazd and an artist talk locating the event within traditional Malay ontology and epistemology as well as within the social, historical and political concerns of Contemporary Malaysia.