Sharon Chin

Dashboard Culture vs. Camouflage Culture How the Attention Economy killed Camp, collapsed distance, and left us unable to critique a UFC fight on the White House lawn.

‘The highest cultural capital isn’t the best Story — it’s experiences that never become content.’

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Pannir Selvam’s Poetry Book Launched Amid Death Row Malaysian death row inmate in Singapore, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, writes poems with ink refills. Titled Death Row Literature: A Collection of Poems, the book offers a rare glimpse into a prisoner’s m...

Singapore is going to kill Pannir Selvam on Wed, 8 Oct 2025. How much art does it take to make Asia a more merciful society?

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Studio Diaries 02 and 03 Death to the old ways

Come into my studio, and say it with me: death to the old ways

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Roti tissue on the table with Zedeck in red shirt in the background

Late night dinner with roti tisu and @zedecksiew.bsky.social. He’s studying for his driving test tomorrow

I moonlight as a costume and production designer for film and spend an insane amount of downtime browsing Carousell (kinda like local ebay)

Sometimes I buy stuff but alot less than you'd think. I did get this coat!!

#costumedesign #clothes

Two figures standing by a tree wearing clothes by American designer Colleen Allen. The boots are slouchy, white, knee-high, with a pointed toe wedge.

I do think the footwear could be less basic. Maybe something like this boot from American designer Colleen Allen

Vintage 90s FUBU USA Shirt Navy Neon Green sz M RM499 | Thank you for stopping by. For your consideration today is a Vintage 90s FUBU USA Shirt in Navy Neon Green sz M. (as pictured). In as new condition. Would love for it to go to a good home, so ...

90s FUBU neon navy shirt

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Midi length, long sleeved dark blue velvet dress with mandarin collar

Emmanuelle Khanh Paris velvet dress

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Unisex: Skirt Pants (Grey) Blurring the line between two forms, the Skirt Pants offer the fluidity of a skirt with the function of trousers. The lightweight fabric enhances the fluid fall, making it versatile across seasons, ea...

Anaabu unisex skirt pants in Grey - great Malaysian label
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C(D7) Nina ricci silk long coat RM37 | BISMILLAH❤️ Nina Ricci silk Long Coat Pit 24.5" Labuh 34" Size tag "9" Cond 8/10 Berminat wasap 01119442187

Nina Ricci silk jacket

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Six different outfits of Kleya Marki, a character from Andor Season 2

Dressing like Kleya Marki from Andor Season 2 - costume design by Michael Wilkinson

Where do we go from here? Facts: when residents apply pressure, air quality improves. When we stop organizing, things go back to ‘normal’. This is a game of stamina, and persistence. Our life and activism must outlast their bottom line

Ink drawing of a meeting in a banquet hall, with a projector screen showing presentation slides from Hengyuan Refining Company (HRC)

Ink drawing of HRC CEO with company logo in background

Ink drawing of door gifts - plaster water tumbler and succulent plant

Photo of residents discussing with refinery managers and CEO

@zedecksiew.bsky.social made some really cool drawings of us residents meeting with refinery management, including the door gifts - plastic water tumblers and succulent plants.

At least they didn’t give us *fire extinguishers*, like at the last meeting 🧯🧯🧯

Page from ‘The Raft Is Not the Shore’, 2001

Brian often makes me think about how Thich Nhat Hanh describes who can be relied on in society.

‘I don’t believe in the intellectuals very much’ - luv to be dragged by a zen master lol

I want to be like Brian - arguably, an intellectual who CAN be relied on, who shows up

Written by Brian Khow, a friend and comrade I met through a local branch of Parti Sosialis Malaysia. In our house we call Brian ‘Poot's Best Friend’, because he's the only stranger our anti-social cat, Poot, doesn't sprint away from 💨

Accumulate, accumulate! Scene report from a residents' meeting with Big Oil, by Brian Khow. Art by Zedeck Siew

The mood quickly shifted from “Thanks for the PowerPoint” to “Cut the crap.”

Scene report from our neighborhood’s meeting with Big Oil

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Was introduced to buah kasai which grows everywhere in Batu Arang. The hard shell can only be opened by crushing one fruit against another! Good metaphor for solidarity in there.

Tastes like if rambutan and longan had a delicious baby

Tropical greenery with body of water in the background

Flaky shale rock on the ground

Group of residents and activists walking down a path surrounded by tropical greenery

Visited the town of Batu Arang in Rawang, Selangor, where residents are fighting the development of a mega waste incinerator.

The town sits on dense coal deposits and shale rock. Beautiful lakes are actually open-cast mining ponds left behind by British colonizers

this is still the single greatest intro ever made for an animated series, an absolute masterpiece on every level

Other than making Tabletop RPG stuff, I also write video game stuff! If you love action hack & slash roguelite, check out Grim Trials! Try the demo and wishlist the game!

A Printmaker's Fieldnotes | Gale | Substack Click to read A Printmaker's Fieldnotes, by Gale, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

Follow me on Substack! 🥲

#Printmaker #PrintmakingPhilippines

Creatures of Near Kingdoms Zedeck SiewSharon Chin (Illustration)Paperback, 168 pages9789671539842   This work is an illustrated bestiary of 75 animals and plants native to Southeast Asia. Conceived by Zedeck Siew, each creature...

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Creatures of Near Kingdoms Zedeck Siew's feverishly imaginative prose intertwines with Sharon Chin's stunning lino prints and pattern designs. Sometimes fantastical fancy, at other times of nightmarish quality, the book catalog...

Yes! Can get from our publisher Maple Comics (might have to email them for overseas orders): maplecomics.com.my/product/crea...

Cute drawing of a snail farting and being embarassed

My favorite part of the cover art (by our dear friend Jun Kit) is this farting snail. In Malay, the word for snail is siput, and 'si' is a prefix used to call someone names, like si bodoh (dumbass), si pencuri (thief), etc. So si *poot* is a farter AND snail mwahahhaa

Front and back cover of the book Creatures of Near Kingdoms by Zedeck Siew and Sharon Chin

Front pages of the the book Creatures of Near Kingdoms, showing a linocut print illustration of animals on the left and the book title on the right

Back pages of the book Creatures of Near Kingdoms, featuring linocut print illustration of animals on the right, and Acknowledgements page on the left

Took some photos of #CreaturesofNearKingdoms in good lighting. This book is still unfolding our destiny, carrying @zedecksiew.bsky.social and I where we need to go...

#printmaking

A common playbook in Malaysia is inviting artists to populate failed or failing developments. Our art scene can probably be mapped closely to real estate flows. But Forest City's failure is so colossal, so mythic, not surprising it's attracted would-be god-kings of countries that don't exist

Announcing an artist place-making residency in 3…2..

always feel discombobulated when hearing academics based in a foreign country talk about Malaysia. It’s good knowledge, but a core part is missing… loss is good way to put it

Post an old person you’re going to turn into

thank u 🎐