Tiyan Baker - Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, 2022-23 video
Tiyan Baker
Born 1989, Garramilla/Darwin. Lives and works Mulubinba/Newcastle, New South Wales.
Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, 2022-23
computer parts, computer monitors, screensaver video, bamboo, wood, palm and coconut leaf, plastic twine, heirloom machete, sunflower seeds, LED lighting, foam, spray paint, lucky bamboo
Courtesy the artist
Part salvaging, part speculation, Malaysian Bidayuh-Anglo Australian artist Tiyan Baker's practice engages in storytelling and world-building to reclaim her vision of her indigenous heritage.
In Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, Baker references a Bidayuh longhouse to enclose a self-assembled computer displaying images of the artist's ancestral home. Constructed from forest materials, such longhouses were once the heart of Bidayuh life and knowledge, but since colonisation most have been demolished and replaced with western-style housing.
Based in Mulubinba/Newcastle, the artist remains connected to Bidayuh culture through digital platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In doing so, both her computer and this iterative installation become treasured objects that hold key cultural knowledge.
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Tiyan Baker - Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, 2022-23 video
Tiyan Baker
Born 1989, Garramilla/Darwin. Lives and works Mulubinba/Newcastle, New South Wales.
Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, 2022-23
computer parts, computer monitors, screensaver video, bamboo, wood, palm and coconut leaf, plastic twine, heirloom machete, sunflower seeds, LED lighting, foam, spray paint, lucky bamboo
Courtesy the artist
Part salvaging, part speculation, Malaysian Bidayuh-Anglo Australian artist Tiyan Baker's practice engages in storytelling and world-building to reclaim her vision of her indigenous heritage.
In Personal computer: ramin ntaangan, Baker references a Bidayuh longhouse to enclose a self-assembled computer displaying images of the artist's ancestral home. Constructed from forest materials, such longhouses were once the heart of Bidayuh life and knowledge, but since colonisation most have been demolished and replaced with western-style housing.
Based in Mulubinba/Newcastle, the artist remains connected to Bidayuh culture through digital platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In doing so, both her computer and this iterative installation become treasured objects that hold key cultural knowledge.
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