Jalan Tikus: Kuala Lumpur

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13 NOV — 6 DEC 2026, Friday & weekends

Jalan Tikus is a series of participatory urban tours led by five artists and communities whose work is rooted in the city: Alvin Lau, notime towaste, Paul Atia, Syuhada Sapno and Velo Express KL. The programme runs over ten sessions from 13 November to 6 December 2026. The programme takes its name from a familiar Malay phrase, jalan tikus, a back lane or hidden shortcut people find for themselves when the main road is slow or out of the way. Following this idea, each tour approaches Kuala Lumpur from a different vantage point. Paths like these exist because the city is never lived exactly as it was planned. Kuala Lumpur is shaped by plans and policies, and also by the small adjustments its residents make to live and work within them. Over time, these adjustments leave their own marks: a hand-painted sign, a repurposed corner, a route worn into a patch of grass, a story kept by someone who has lived on the same street for decades. Jalan Tikus invites participants to walk among these marks and read the city through them.