Published on the occasion of the Singapore Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia in 2017, featuring the work of Zai Kuning.

'The 57th Venice Biennale sees the Singapore Pavilion seeking to uncover untold stories and forgotten histories of a people whose culture has influenced what is recognised as "Southeast Asian" today. Multi-disciplinary artist Zai Kuning, in his presentation of Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge, retraces the 7th century voyage of Dapunta Hyang Sri Jayanasa, depicted in this installation as the first Malay King of the Srivijayan Kingdom. Confronting audiences as a symbol central to the exhibition, is the skeleton of a ship — made only of rattan, strings and wax, juxtaposed against an interpretation of the lives of the orang laut, sea people of the Riau Archipelago.' - extracted from the foreword by Paul Tan

Preface by Lin Shiyun and Tamares Goh. Artist biography included.

 

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Location code
MON.ZKN
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2017

No of pages

315

ISBN / ISSN

9789811126956

No of copies

1

Content type

catalogue, 

artist monograph

Chapter headings

That which always was: resurfaced and reimagined

- Tamares GOH

Transmission of Knowledge: they get up from their knees and walk

- ZAI Kuning

Selayang Pandang ('Flying Glances') - Photographs by Jerome Ming, Zai Kuning, and Wichai Juntavaro

Three Mountains in Malay History

- John N. MIKSIC

A Tormented Myth - Photographs by Wichai Juntavaro

Dapunta Hyang: Thoughts on its antecedents

- T.K. SABAPATHY

Mak yong - Photographs by Wichai Juntavaro

Sojourning

Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge - Zai Kuning
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Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge — Zai Kuning