Minyak Sawit Keluarga (Palm Oil Family)

Minyak Sawit Keluarga (Palm Oil Family) by artist Olivia Koh, examines her paternal family’s history of farming practices in rural Southern Malaysia (Peninsula). Footage of domestic-scale palm oil plantations in Johor is interspersed with visual and auditory recordings of funerary Daoist rituals, documents and interviews that consider the palm oil industry and relevant history of migration in the local area.

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artist

Olivia Koh

Production dates

2023

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ACMI Identifier

Z000207

Subject category

Digital Art

Collected

10 times

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