Anthony Pelchen’s exhibition Kuang Road Prayer, currently showing at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, taps into themes of vulnerability, hope and resilience.
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During a one-month residency in outer Kuala Lumpur in 2010, Pelchen witnessed countless young motorcyclists speeding dangerously amidst heavy traffic (in T-shirts and thongs) along Kuang Road.
Leaning against the residency wall, a few days into his stay, he found the wreckage of a motorcycle that had claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy.
Pelchen’s encounter with life in the balance led to a four-month intensive process of drawing, photographing, and weaving.
There is a stillness to each of the works; a sense that time has halted in the immediate aftermath of the collision.
It encourages a moment of reflection, perhaps of prayer, before moving forward
