Artist

Okui LALA

Exhibition (Vieo Installation)

photo: KUTSUNA Koichiro, Arecibo

Adapu-teishon

She is planning to present the video work based on discreet interviews given by the people living in Saitama.

Supported by: Shimizu Tatami Factory

Profile

Okui LALA

LALA was born in Malaysia in 1991 and currently resides in Penang. She makes artworks using photography, video and installation. Since studying media art at Multimedia University in Kuala Lumpur, she has made works in various media. Her working process tends to involve research in regional areas and interviews with their inhabitants. In recent years, she has also been active as a facilitator for children’s workshops.
Major works include Sewing & Sew Eng, an installation exhibited at “The Good Malaysian Woman Group Exhibition” (2014); It takes a decade to grow a tree, a century to shape mankind, at “People’s Court”, an event held at a housing complex in Penang’s Georgetown (2015); and Let’s Drink and Eat Tea! at Penang State Art Museum, for which she researched the lives of Burmese immigrants.