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Museum of Disappearance: Cawangan Petaling Street

KL Festival

Date: 06-31/05/2026

Time: 24 hours


Language: English, Mandarin

Category: Visual Arts

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An open-air “museum” appears overnight in Petaling Street, highlighting an everyday scene/ perspective that is there everyday but you might not have considered it before. So where are the exhibits? Your quest is to find them. And to ask: Who decides what is worth remembering? Who quietly erases it?

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Petaling Street, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, has always been a place of change, but even more so following the hiatus in the pandemic. For those who grew up here, familiar corners have become unfamiliar cafés; old shophouses now house boutique hotels and souvenir stores.

Our museum collection has no physical exhibits, but an intervention carefully inserted across Petaling Street, framing what has quietly disappeared from its everyday streetscapes. To begin your viewing journey, find us on our official social media @museumof_____________

Transforming the public space into an open-air museum, the Museum of Disappearance asks, “Who holds the authority to define meaning in a city?” The exhibits encourage both residents and visitors to reconnect with their environment and reflect on ongoing change, fostering a deeper awareness of local history and memory.

Featured Artist: OOOH

Credits:

Curator: Low Pey Sien
Production Producer: Jacky Yeap
Videographer: Teo Wey Yinn
Graphic Designer: Mok Sea


Di tengah-tengah kota raya Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Petaling merupakan saksi bisu perubahan wajah bandar sejak awal hingga ke zaman pandemik. Bagi penduduk di sekitar kejiranan ini, perlahan-lahan siar kaki yang dikenali bertukar menjadi ruang asing dek pertumbuhan kafe-kafe moden; rumah kedai lama kini dijadikan hotel butik dan gerai cenderamata.

Koleksi muzium kami tidak mempunyai ruang pameran fizikal. Walau bagaimanapun, sebuah intervensi dilaksanakan secara cermat di sekitar Jalan Petaling. Semua yang pudar tanpa dipedulikan menjadi bingkai peringatan. Untuk memulakan perjalanan anda, ikuti media sosial rasmi kami iaitu  @museumof_____________

Dengan menjadikan ruang awam sebagai sebuah muzium terbuka, Museum of Disappearance mengetengahkan persoalan penting: Siapakah yang berhak menentukan sebuah bandar? Pameran ini menggalakkan penduduk tempatan dan pengunjung untuk berhubung semula dengan persekitaran mereka dan merenung setiap perubahan yang berlanjutan demi memupuk kesedaran yang lebih mendalam tentang sejarah dan ingatan tempatan.

Seniman: OOOH

Penghargaan:
Kurator: Low Pey Sien
Penerbit Produksi: Jacky Yeap
Juru Video: Teo Wey Yinn
Pereka Grafik: Mok Sea

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