‘Crazy’ US-China cooperation on nuclear energy key to tackling climate change, forum hears on Fukushima anniversaryFor contemporary artist Tan Kar Mern, climate change is an urgent topic and her canvas remains a grey abyss of barren landscapes.at Hom Art Trans in KL, featuring six intaglio print works, integrated her deep concern for environmental issues with her longstanding fascination for science fiction films and brutalist architecture.
With Tan’s printmaking background, Hom Art Trans arranged for her to occupy Chetak 12, an artist-run printmaking studio in Ampang, founded by artists Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Samsudin Wahab and Faizal Suhif. Also, the chance to work in a big printmaking studio, complete with the essential facilities, and more, was certainly advantageous to me during this programme.
Using printmaking and imagination as my medium of raising awareness, I take to the paper to express my sentiments and reflections on climate change and ecological calamity.Yes, we experience environmental issues locally every day. There has been intense rainfall that led to devastating floods in some states of Malaysia.