Voyage to Terengganu
Art of the Real 2017
April 20 - May 2, 2017
Retracing the early 19th-century travels of the great Malaysian writer Munshi Abdullah through the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu, this humanistic travelogue explores contemporary beliefs about money, religion, and nationhood.
Retracing the early 19th-century travels of the great Malaysian writer Munshi Abdullah, Amir Muhammad (The Big Durian) and Badrul Hisham Ismail journey across the state of Terengganu and interview its inhabitants, including a dirt bike enthusiast/mechanic, the owner of a camera repair shop, and various wheeler-dealers at the marketplace. Interspersing these present-day observations with excerpts of Abdullah’s text—by turns critical and ironic, some outdated and some still relevant—the directors fashion a warm, sly, humanistic travelogue that explores their countrymen’s beliefs about money, religion, and nationhood.
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