fyerool darma

Installation view of Sunny, your smile ease the pain
(After Gergasi) 2017 - 2019, (text) coloured light emiting diode, folded artist textiles,
bleached polyester canvas and threads, artist frame
(chrome vinyl on wood with aquatint and mirror acrylic),
ink on polypropylene paper with acrylic, heat-transfer on heavy cotton,
295 x 366 cm


(top) Installation view of ‘A pantoum to Fyerool Darma Written by Fyelol Dana, 2 June, Gregorian 2019’
 21 × 29.7 cm, 2019; ‘Sunny, your smile ease the pain’ 2019, Yeo Workshop; Singapore



This body mine,
lo body yours,
pull it apart lai -

Take these hands to adorn your walls,
This eyes as ornaments to your wreath,
This skin, when its melanin has oxidized,
pound it to pigments to coat your trophies.
This tongue has a taste for colloquies,
yet you think of it as a hellion body.

My heart is alive,
my mind it fattens,
despite the humidity you forecast,
Surya take my worries and woes,
protect me from the bhut of kala.



Glossary
lo            Indonesian you
lai           Chinese to come
Surya     brand of clove cigarettes from
                Indonesia; from Sanskrit [sū́rya]
                →     Malay [suria] the star around which the Earth revolves
bhut         Hindi ghost
kala         Malay synonym for time

Light of my life (Orleng)
2019, coloured light emitting diode with folded artist textiles,
70 x 24 x 5 cm

d'Sentosa every jivva lives in harmoni (pantoum nagi)
2019, burnt artist and found textiles,
burnt braided dyed nylon rope,
light emitting diode, battery, stained stainless steel
with reverse acrylic print, 84.1 x 119.9 x 10 cm




Those who linger by the berth savour your silence (clot)
2017, bleached canvas on wire hanger, 105 x 70 cm

Where the feathers fall by the magenta line
2017-2019
bleached polyester canvas and threads, artist and found textile, 88 X 98 cm



Those who linger by the berth savour your silence (purper)
2017-2019, bleached canvas encased in
tinted acrylic with artist frame, 105 x 70 cm





We flew to the sea by the reef of rocks
2017, bleached and pigmented wash textiles, 70 x 90 cm