Within the last few years, nothing has made quite such a
dramatic impact on the natural Malaysian landscape around
me, as large scale land reclamations have done. It's been
both fascinating and disturbing to witness how fast once
familiar scenes of 'home', have been transformed and or
completely destroyed. For this to happen, vast amounts of
sand has been mined, transported and dispersed out to sea
and along coastal areas, creating strange new land forms
where once none had been.
My project covers five active reclamation sites capturing
them from land and sea. I'm interested in how these manufactured
forms come into being and the process of them becoming a
part of the working landscape.
As to whether they are ultimately successful in achieving
this state, remains to be seen.
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