BAKUL : Everyday Baskets from Sabah
An exhibition of Sabah traditional basketry at The Godown Arts Centre in Lorong Ampang, featuring the bakul collection of Sabahan artist/author and collector, Jennifer P Linggi. Tadang, Buan, Wakid, Saiyon, Barait and more are on display as documented in her book A Journal of North Borneo’s Traditional Baskets. Photos and collected items from an excursion to Kampung Bakuku in Sabah provide a glimpse into the bakul’s world and origin.
To know these baskets is to go into their world. And this world springs from rattan, bamboo, bemban, mengkuang and other plants from the jungle. It is also from the sun, the rain, the mud, the leeches, the insects, the microbes, the things that make up the fierce forest. Each basket is a kind of fresh wonder, a transformation, from a plant, cut, carried back to a village, shaved, peeled, woven, filled with rice, strapped on the human back, trapping fish, carrying a mountainfull of bananas, storing medicine, working, carrying a baby.
Upcoming talks and workshop:
- Sat 14 Jan 4 pm: Talk by Dr Colin Nicholas (Centre for Orang Asli Concerns)
- Sun 15 Jan 4 pm: Talk by Ms Reita Rahim (Gerai OA)
- Sat/Sun 14/15 Jan 1pm-4pm: Rattan Weaving Workshop by Temiar weavers from Kg. Langsat, Kelantan
- Sat 4pm Talk - Dee May Tan - Plates magazine
- Sun 4pm Talk - Wendi Sia - Gerimis
- Sat/Sun 1pm-4pm Nipah Weaving Workshop by the Mah Meri’s
BAKUL TAMU - Borneoan crafts, books, gifts, food and drinks
- Sat Feb 18 and Sun Feb 19
- Sat 4pm Talk - Syuhada Sapno (Rimba Ilmu)
- Sat 5pm Talk - Dr Welyne Jehom (UM)
- Sun 5pm Talk - Jesse Joy (Bundusan Books)
- Sat/Sun 1pm - 4pm Woodcut Printing Workshop by Rico Leong
If you happen to give them a visit, do follow them and tag them on Instagram or Facebook on your social media posts with these hashtag #bakul #everydaybaskets #borneobakul #borneocraft #sabahsabah
Location: The Godown - 11 Lorong Ampang, off Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur. LRT: Masjid Jamek
**Photos credit: facebook.com/TheGodownArtSpace/photos
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