Kayuh / Cycle. Multi-lingual & symbol sign series were advocacy signs made for the cycling campaign prior to the 2013 elections. Five signs were made containing the words: Change, Cycle, Freedom, Imagine and Vote, mimicking the ‘Danger’ sign from our colonial past. The Tamil translation errors was from a primary-educated student while the Punjabi language was omitted.

Materials
Acrylic paint, watercolour, ink painted on salvaged wood from torn-down villages north of the city, Sentul & Gombak.
14.5 x 26” / 2013

Sign-making series

Since 2012 the studio has been collecting old common sundry products still found in little shops, as a study into a vernacular graphic language. The design on these items are abstracted to highlight the basic elements. Painted on salvaged wood, each sign is a play of how imagery, languages and symbols cumulate to local context, nostalgia, uniquely identifiable to us in this region.