Something Fishy
2022
Modified dried fish fillet snack packet
23.5 x 15.8 cm
Something Fishy is a packet of hand-woven ‘Dahfa’ brand dried fish fillet snack. As a product manufactured only in Sarawak, Malaysia, I saw visual parallels between the snack’s contents and traditional weaving craft of the local indigenous people.
The tasty loose strands, interlaced at right angles repeatedly, constructs a tight-knitted sheet with a natural, earthy appearance. Akin to the textures of raw woven rattan or bamboo fibers, the perishable work, kept in its iconic packaging, is a futile re-imagining of the classic childhood snack with greater sociocultural significance.
Presented at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore as part of Ephemera (2022), curated by Adeline Kueh; and Mr Lim’s Shop of Visual Treasures as part of Fools (2023).
