The Mengkerang Project III:
Pak Tai Foto
The Mengkerang Project III:
Pak Tai Foto
(2015)
Pak Tai Foto is a photo studio located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during the 1950s. Established during the age of British colonization, it is a photo studio older than the country “Malaysia” itself. Pak Tai Foto is also near the Merdeka Square (Independent Square), a place where the Malayan flag hoisted for the first time on 00:00 31st August 1957 (that is when Malaya declared its’ independence). There is only roughly a ten minutes walk from Pak Tai Foto to the Merdeka Square. It is also currently a site where many foreign labours passing by. Pak Tai Foto interviewed foreign labors connected to daily lives in or near their workspace. These foreign labors came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and China. In the interview, they shared their respective reasons, processes and experiences of leaving their home country to work in other parts of the world. In addition, they also tell an ideal place (be it a place of imaginary or reality) and share their favourite song when they were a child or teenagers.
Producer: Au Sow Peng, Alison Khor
Cinematographer: Lim Chee Yong
Production Assistant: Alphonse Chern
Participants: Amur Hossain, Hedayat Hossain,Yen-yenLin, KhineAung Myat Thu
Pak Tai Foto is a photo studio located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during the 1950s. Established during the age of British colonization, it is a photo studio older than the country “Malaysia” itself. Pak Tai Foto is also near the Merdeka Square (Independent Square), a place where the Malayan flag hoisted for the first time on 00:00 31st August 1957 (that is when Malaya declared its’ independence). There is only roughly a ten minutes walk from Pak Tai Foto to the Merdeka Square. It is also currently a site where many foreign labours passing by. Pak Tai Foto interviewed foreign labors connected to daily lives in or near their workspace. These foreign labors came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and China. In the interview, they shared their respective reasons, processes and experiences of leaving their home country to work in other parts of the world. In addition, they also tell an ideal place (be it a place of imaginary or reality) and share their favourite song when they were a child or teenagers.
Producer: Au Sow Peng, Alison Khor
Cinematographer: Lim Chee Yong
Production Assistant: Alphonse Chern
Participants: Amur Hossain, Hedayat Hossain,Yen-yenLin, KhineAung Myat Thu
Two Channels Video . 18 minutes . Light Boxes with Hand Drawn Maps
Excepts for The Mengkerang Project: https://vimeo.com/143883972
Reviews:
https://talks.taishinart.org.tw/juries/frq/2015050402
https://sharonchin.com/notes-on-habitation-and-elsewhere/
https://jasper75.pixnet.net/blog/post/42924416
http://chongkimchiew2.blogspot.com/2015/08/blog-post.html
https://projectglocaltaipei.blogspot.com/2015/04/if-bahasa-jiwa-bangsa.html