In the gallery presentation of the puppets from the Pokok Pauh Janggi performance at Kapallorek Artspace in Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, I used a mineral deposit known as tahi besi or ‘iron waste’ – ‘iron shit’ in a more direct translation!. (In fact I was told that the piece I aquired was called tahi pelangi or rainbow shit due to its vivid metallic colouration). I aquired it from a vendor at the Lata Iskandar waterfall on the old Tapah road. It was explained to me that the local Semai and Malay people used it as a protective medium to ‘fence’ or protect themselves and their premises from the intrusion of unwanted entities from the sprit world. The Pokok Pauh Janggi installation features the Koboi Balik Lagi series of photographs and runs from 5th Aug – 30th Sept 2023 at the Kapallorek Artspace in Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak.
http://mistik707corner.blogspot.com/2010/12/tahi-besi.html#
The Koboi Project 
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