Invisible Old Klang Road/ Cities and Sign

Low Pey Sien

Observation of Old Klang Road


Artist Statement

'If These are Cities'

In this series of moving images, I am simply exploring Old Klang Road with Italo Calvino's writings from 'Invisible Cities'.

I imagined old flats as cities. Through recorded images and sound, I reconstructed my memory of Old Klang Road.

Prologue Thin Cities 5 (00:52)
① Cities and Signs 1 (00:59)
② Cities and Signs 2 (01:46)
③ Cities and Signs 3 (01:44)
④ Cities and Signs 4 (01:36)
⑤ Cities and Signs 5 (01:27)

Credit: 
Doris Quek for the idea and footage in Thin Cities 5 (00:13-00:40)
All text from Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities"


《如果這是一座座的城市》

一個人走在不熟悉的城市
穿過街道裏弄
就像旅人來到陌生的地方
開始尋找熟悉的城市印象
殊不知已陷入
平時的思考模式
那只是又另一座城市

我只是很單純的以卡爾維諾的文字來探索舊巴生路。《看不見的城市》很妙的地方是在於它能讓讀者在文字裡發現自己處於的城市各種面貌。
在這一系列的影片裡我假想老組屋為城市,將看見的景象記錄為影像,配上舊巴生路周遭的聲音,重組成我對這裡的回憶。

序 輕盈的城市 之五 (00:52)
① 城市與符號 之一 (00:59)
② 城市與符號 之二 (01:46)
③ 城市與符號 之三 (01:44)
④ 城市與符號 之四 (01:36)
⑤ 城市與符號 之五 (01:27)

Invisible Old Klang Road/ Tracing Italo Calvino

Booku, Jalan Sepakat 9

In 2016, bookers from Booku delved in Italo Calvino’s reading for 10 sessions over 10 months, Booku. They have put together fruits of their reading and discourse into re-creating of the literature. One of it is Invisible Old Klang Road, sparked by Italo Calvino's 'Invisible Cities'.

The bookers walked around Old Klang Road and reflected on their city, based on Italo Calvino's writing and re-created in various form of doodle, sketch, art, audio and photography.