DRIP - Coffee Set
KYO PROJECT
DRIP - Coffee Set
KYO PROJECT
SPIN
KYO PROJECT with HERA SHIBORI
SERVING SAYANG
C U Tonight '24 Group Show
Serving Sayang reflects on the tropicality heat — and fanning as one of the simplest, most immediate gestures of care.
The work explored three forms of the fan:
– the handheld fan, like a small leaflet
– the extended stick fan, which could only be used to fan someone else — never yourself
– and the punkah: a large swinging fan, once operated by enslaved individuals who pulled its ropes throughout the day, offering both cooling and a veil of privacy.
In this last form, the giver and receiver are detached, unrelated, separated.
Through these forms, Serving Sayang traces the intersections of care and labor — and how they shape climate and comfort.
Who gets to feel ease, and at whose effort?
How have gestures of care shifted over time, especially in places marked by heat, history, and uneven relationships?
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01 The hand-held fan, suspended on a line, invites anyone to cool themselves or others.
It is a neutral tool — shared, accessible, and free.
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02 Extended with an arm —
it forces one to serve from a distance.
Comfort for one, labor for another
I think about heat, comfort and productivity a lot.
"My studio has no AC, it is 100% tropical so please dress light."
03 Arranged in the form of an oversized punkah — As you tug the line, you feel the weight. The oversized leaves shift heavily, obscuring your view of whom you serve.
In this last form, giver and receiver are detached — unrelated, separated.
"How are you doing with heat?"
"Do you want a drink?
Do you want a -4deg wet wipe ?
Please stand under the fan."
"How are you doing with heat?"
The reply always comes like this "Its okay, actually it is quite cooling"
I wonder all the time how much of that is courtesy