Karoog Kiha Nyep | Rapuh Kian Lenyap | Fragile and Disappearing

Duration 16 minutes

Filmed location at Kinta Valley, Perak 2022

A Video Art Project by Kapallorek Art Space in collaboration with Ronnie Bahari For Pera + Flora + Fauna: Collateral Event At the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice Italy 23 April – 27 Nov 2022

Statement:
Archeologists suggest that the beginnings of human civilization are marked by the discovery of cave paintings. Through the evidence of such paintings using shapes resembling humans and animals, they have made the assumption that people in the stone age lived their lives by hunting and sitting in caves. ‘Karoog Kiha Nyep’ is a video documentary concerning cave paintings and indigenous communities in Malaysia. It carefully records the information, both paintings and wall surfaces, of cave paintings recently discovered by local archeologists in the Perak state, in the Kinta Valley in north peninsular Malaysia, believed to date back thousands of years, thus preserving these important artifacts for future generations.

Credits:
Fadly Sabran – Artist & Project Director
Ronnie Bahari – Photographer & Indigenous people (Semai)
Amin Nasrin – Videomaker & Editor
Kamzai Affandi – Technical assistant
Chaw Yeh Saw – Archeologist
M Haiman – Crew
Yusri Roslan – Crew

Thanks to:
PORT Ipoh
Port Perak Venice
Perak State Government
Tourism Perak
Balai Seni Negara
College of Creative Arts, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Kg Org Asli, Kg Sungai Peria, Sahom Kampar, Perak