《Hak & Suara - The Right to Dissent 》
In this series, every mechanical butterfly begins with a paradox—fragile, yet fearless.
Like conviction itself: easy to break, but impossible to silence.
I built her with porcelain and steel—to echo both the vulnerability of faith and the structure of resistance.
Her wings are dyed yellow, etched with batik patterns native to this land—part memory, part voice.
This piece is a letter—a quiet remembrance—written for Bersih 3.0, the peaceful demonstration that flooded Malaysia’s streets in 2012.
That day, yellow was not fire, but footsteps.
Not violence, but resolve.
It became the color of integrity, a symbol of a generation’s yearning for fair elections.
This butterfly is not born of nature,
but assembled—like a country in reformation, like a people in search of clarity.
Small as she is, she does not break easily.
Beneath the yellow surface, some of leaves are painted in transparent varnish.
They shimmer under shifting light—sometimes seen, sometimes hidden—like layers of history,
like memories,
like the truths we only glimpse from certain angles.
This is her name: Hak&Suara .
A witness to a moment,
and the quiet light that moment still carries.
~Each echo carves a memory into time ~
在这个系列中，每一只机械蝴蝶，都是一种象征：
她脆弱而勇敢，像信念本身——易碎，却能穿透沉默。
我将她的身体以金属与陶瓷打造，让她在秩序中振翅；
她的翅膀染上黄色，源自土地的峇迪纹理，像文化的记忆，也像集体的呼声。
这幅作品是一封写给 2012 年 Bersih 3.0 的温柔书信。
那一天，马来西亚的街头被黄色淹没——不是愤怒的火焰，而是和平的脚步，一波波推向希望的广场。黄色成了信念的颜色，也是一代人渴望清明选举的标志。
蝴蝶虽小，却不轻易折断；
她并非天生拥有翅膀，而是以机械的方式组装而成——
如同一个国家在修补中前行，如同一个灵魂在挣扎中重塑。
画面背景以透明光油绘制无数叶子的图案，隐于黄色之间。
它们随着光线折射，时隐时现，仿佛历史的层叠——有的清晰，有的模糊，有的，只能在特定角度中才被看见。就像我们的记忆，也像我们的未来。
这是她的名字：Hak&Suara 。
在这个系列中，她是那一刻历史的见证者，也是一种不曾熄灭的微光。
Purpose of Creation | 创作初衷
“The Right to Dissent” was born from my desire to record and reflect upon a pivotal moment in Malaysia’s democratic journey. I do not see this work as a political slogan, but as a living memory of the people who once gathered, raised their voices, and demanded fairness. By transforming the mechanical butterfly with batik wings, I wish to preserve not only the fragility and resilience of dissent, but also to remind us that history is not distant—it continues to echo in who we are today.
《The Right to Dissent》源自我想把马来西亚民主进程中关键时刻记录下来的意愿。它不是一则口号，而是一段活生生的记忆——人们曾经走到一起，发出声音，要求公正。通过一只机械躯体与峇迪翅膀的蝴蝶，我希望保存这种脆弱却坚韧的抗争，同时提醒我们：历史并不遥远，它依旧在当下的我们身上回响。