Walking Through the Quiet Field
These materials do not shout. They whisper. They speak of repair, fragility, displacement, and time. They suggest that healing is rarely dramatic; it happens through small acts of attention.
War Is Never the Answer
Artificial intelligence has also entered the art world at an accelerating pace. Some artists embrace it as a new medium, while others resist it, questioning the idea of originality and authorship.
On Fomo
In a world constantly pulling our attention outward—toward comparison, approval, and validation—it becomes easy to drift away from ourselves.
Presence over Projection
The second activation of the Stateless Mind Pavilion at Museo delle Mura exists because of the spirit of generosity, solidarity, and friendship.
From Pop Gesture to Organic Process
In this way, the practice mirrors lived experience: movement without guaranteed arrival, repair without complete…
Second-Hand Certainties — The Process
It emerged through a series of conversations, constraints, and actions unfolding across distance, shaped as much by chance as by intention.
Rhythms of Identity
The exhibition traces how identity can shift between cultures, materials, and gestures — sometimes pulsing like sound, sometimes fading like memory.
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This Life Arrived Without Footnotes
Life arrived without footnotes.
No references, no glossary, no guide on how to belong.-written by Milo on Amir Zainorin
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Milo V. Poulsen
“The Absence Me: Amir Zainorin’s 160-page art book shaped by his AI alter ego Milo — a Malaysian drink, a Danish woman’s name, and a haunting voice.”
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We Play Where the Ground Disappears
This is not a luxury. Luxury belongs to those who can pause, repeat, or circle safely inside familiar forms.
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Repeat or To Respond: Discipline vs. Repetition
Discipline is rooted in intention and awareness. It grows from paying attention and making conscious choices
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Nothing to Something: A Life Made Through Art
is not about becoming someone new. It is about honoring what is already here
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Elastic Acts: Letting Go, Letting Nature Perform
Identity too, Amir seems to say, is not fixed. It stretches, it reforms, it rests.
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Color Theory
These phrases, stitched into color, hover between sense and nonsense, critique and humor, echoing how identity and race are often reduced to labels.
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1995–2003s | Early Newspaper Collages
My practice began with simple collage — newspapers and magazines cut, layered, and painted with acrylic.
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Consistently Inconsistent
An artist hits gold—figuratively or literally—with a certain look. A
brushstroke. A palette.
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The Absence Me — A Book in Dialogue
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The Emergence of New-ism: Ritual in Flux
At a time when automation, artificial
intelligence, and digital hyper-productivity dominate,
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Peti Seni: The Beginning of Spatial and Immersive Experimentation
"Peti Seni (2005) marked Amir Zainorin’s first experiment with spatial and immersive installations at Malaysia’s National Art Gallery.
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Cartologica
In Cartologica, these two elements—cartography and logic—are not fixed.
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Stateless Mind Pavilion: An Exploration of Belonging, Displacement, and Rebellion
In essence, the Stateless Mind Pavilion challenges the notion of conformity.
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Continuing the Journey Across Borders: A Collaboration with Ronnie Bahari
In Across Borders, my artistic journey delves deeper into tradition and cultural storytelling
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Reduced to One: How No Idea Stole the Show
What started as nine works became one.
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Art as a Stubborn Journey to Empathy
Art is about being stubborn. It begins with the refusal to give in—to the pressures of conformity, the weight of doubt, or the noise of distractions.
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Echoes of History: A Glimpse into Malaysia’s Past
This work represents my effort to connect with the stories that define the region and its people,…
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X-Raying to the Inside with Kompang @ Kapallorek Artspace Malaysia
ThroughX-ray Kompang, I invite viewers to reflect—
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Layering Gang Kelinchi @Gudskul, Jakarta
This solo installation was made in 2023 at gudskul, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Tong Tana @National art Gallery. Malaysia
Known for their practice of molong, they take only what is necessary from nature, embodying a sustainable relationship with their environment.
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Too Far East is West: Art Residency at Pilotenkueche, Germany
I did a 3 months artist residency at Pilotenkueche in Leipzig, Germany where I become a street poster collector. Read more below.
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Contemporary Ode to the Daily Mundane: Residency at Fyns Grafiske Værksted
This is a group exhibition I participated at Edinburg Print, Scotland in 2022.
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Me/We @Venice Biennale
I co-curated "Pera, Flora, and Fauna" for Port Perak at the Venice Biennale in 2022, where one of the programs was a group performance art piece during the opening.
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Dear Helle @Immigrant Museum Denmark
"It was my solo exhibition that took place in 2014 at the Immigrant Museum in Denmark.
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A Multisensory Exploration of Reality @ Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde
This group exhibition took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde in Denmark in 2016.
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Subject to Change
This is my solo in KL, in Malaysia in 2010. Please click link to read the review done by Sharon Chin, a renown Malaysia artist.
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The Opening
This was my first solo in Malaysia in 2007, where I am originally from. It was a homecoming exhibition and also a big transitional period of my life.
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Art is...
Marcel Duchamp says anyone can be an artist.....yes...the question is how to maintain being an artist after being one.
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Loss and Liberation
In every loss, there lies an opportunity to learn the art of acceptance and the value of impermanence.
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