The Ebb and Flow of Crabs and Art

By Koh Kai Ting

September 2024 U-40
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The Penang Hill Vampire Crab (Geosesarma faustum).
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MY FIRST VISIT to Pulau Ketam was during the Pulau Ketam International Art Festival in 2016. I was in charge of the printmaking studio located inside a temple, along with a Canadian artist and two artists from the US.On my first day on the island, I was tasked to decorate the jetty, continuing on until late in the night. It was then that I witnessed a group of dogs chasing and hunting a cat. I was stunned because the cats...

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Koh Kai Ting

is an artist exploring our relationship with water—rivers and seas—through myths and hidden histories.


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