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Lidah Lidah Tuan Tanah
Silkscreen on cotton and steel plate
2026

Buku Lidah Tuan Tanah
Silkscreen on cotton
30 cm x 20 x 0.5 cm
2026
Edition of 5 and 2AP
Now showing at The Plantation Plot @kadistkadist Paris, curated by @sheauthings

18 April - 13 June

Photography by Ang Xia Yi @_xiayi by @izat.arif

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5 months ago

The tongue flows, but whose words? 🌿

To harvest rubber, workers insert a small metal tongue into the tree, guiding the flow of latex into a waiting container. Izat Arif turns this gesture into something sharper: the tongue of the state, endlessly speaking. ‘Lidah-Lidah Tuan Tanah’ (2026) layers speeches, state-sponsored films and historic slogans from Malaysia’s FELDA program, a 1956 land reform that lifted 100 000 families into the middle class, while quietly engineering their gratitude toward the state.

On view at KADIST through July 11, 2026!

🖼️ Izat Arif, Lidah-Lidah Tuan Tanah (2026) | Courtesy of the artist, produced by KADIST for The Plantation Plot at KADIST Paris.

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📸 @elise.augustynen taken in KADIST by @izat.arif

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A lot of headaches, arguments, smelly armpits, unwrapping and re wrapping magazines, toooooo much coffee, too much talking, too much forced smiling, too much haha hehe. But lots of fun and made new friends along the way. Like Mikel said it’s the journey not the destination thats important. From first day to last day. Going to miss my darling boys Sam n Isaac. We will be back soon. But dont ask me the price or what that magazine is about, I need to check on the ipad first.

Also dont sit on the damn kiosk flap ffs.

Adha takda IG. Ada whatsapp je. by @izat.arif

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‘Territorium, Tell Us What Happened’ a group exhibition curated by Marv Recinto @marvrecinto

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Territorium, Tell Us What Happened brings together nine Southeast Asian artists to probe the hostile and unresolved nature of administratively constitutive land.

Within the exhibition’s exploration of power and development, Izat Arif @izat.arif examines the ceremonial gestures through which visions of progress are publicly staged and legitimised. Bringing together archival images of ceremonial acts, the series shifts attention from individual leaders to the gestures themselves, revealing how these performances symbolically authorise the transformation of land into projected futures.

Removed from their original contexts, the photographs shift attention away from individual leaders and towards the rituals themselves. Printed on ACP panel board, the works resemble informational outdoor signages commonly found in construction sites and government developments. Together, the series considers the groundbreaking ceremony not as a historical document, but as an enduring bureaucratic performance through which visions of national development are rehearsed, legitimised and repeatedly renewed.

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‘Territorium, Tell Us What Happened’
Curated by Marv Recinto

5 - 26 September 2026

Venue: A+ Works of Art
Gallery Opening Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday, 12pm to 7pm

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Photographs by Damien Khoo by @izat.arif

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a month ago

Kalau ada vellfire/alphard belakang kau and dia high beam supaya kau ketepi. Kau buat taktau je la. Tu boleh kira melawan juga la. Tak sama dengan pergi sound bath self love self care tu ye.

New works nanti kat A+. Taktau la jadi ke tak. Harap jadi la.

Selamat hari merdeka la enjoy public holiday by @izat.arif

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2 months ago

Ada la jalan2 sikit haritu. Tengok show. Kebetulan. Panas nak mampos la. Rindu kelisa & aircond. Tapi overall cam biasa la 10/10. Nanti kita jalan2 lagi kita bagitau. Tapi luggage tak banyak. So kalau nak kirim pen ke keychain boleh la. Pen la senang.

Legend Gogu

Ni translation artwork aku

Barrier

Barrier also

Tak boleh mandi. Kotoq

Tabib internasional

Tak payah la bangga sangat. Vitinha tu takleh main pun.

Bakudapan

Tabib internasional 2

Legend Minstrel

Bola besaq by @izat.arif

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3 months ago

Web-store UPDATED! LINK IN BIO.
Photo @carliflower_ #HadasBesarEntertainment by @izat.arif

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5 months ago

"Realistic Jambu", 2026

Fa (ف) Qaf (ق) t-shirt produced with @izat.arif
dropping online tonight, 8PM.

#AimanHakimiRostam @whatitdolii @whatitdostuu

Filmed & edited @tep.york
Additional filmer @internetual

Music: Quasimoto - Come On Feet.
#ConcreteSurfers #HadasBesarEntertainment by @izat.arif

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5 months ago

Ubat Tolak Bala tak boleh jual takda lesen takda permit Security Guard bising. Tapi takpe, kita tetap semangat apa2 pun. Bang Nul support dari jauh dan di social media. Thank you @pppfft @islands.peninsula for the opportunity and support you are an honorary Tabib. Lepak studio @hahahause isi minyak. Kesian Shif, Sven dengan Jen kena buli dengan Fan Chon. Overall 10/10. Jumpa kawan2 lepak gelak2. Mana entah ancestral knowledge tak datang, sebab tak serious kot. TY datang buat cameo. Btw Amirul dekat Singapore bukan macam Amirul dekat Penang, dekat Singapore dia serious business. Bagus la, multifaceted. Anyway the show will be on until 27 June. by @izat.arif

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5 months ago

DIT (Duit Together) d Penang. V fun. TY pening. Amirul muka judgemental. Ween jadi hero. Shif malas layan aku. Cat kerja keras. Don reliable tip top. Muiz cite Alphard project juta2. Tabib macam biasa. Baju tabib Alvin dah vintage. Ashliaq tempang Rafi jadi tongkat. Khalis & Esther takde gambar. Overall sempoi 10/10. Jumpa lagi by @izat.arif

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Exclusive to D.I.T (Duit Together) pop-up
artist market—@cakoi_166 Penang—09 & 10 May 2026.
Photo @carliflower_ #HadasBesarEntertainment by @izat.arif

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