Unharvested Futures: Voices of The Field is a site-specific installation situated within an abandoned paddy field in Pulau Tuba, Langkawi. Developed through field research, the work confronts a critical absence—the disappearance of both material culture and embodied knowledge once rooted in the land.

In response, the field is not restored but reconfigured as a space of speculative cultivation. Grid of small canvases, each mounted on simple wooden stakes is installed directly into the ground loosely echoing the spatial logic of rice planting. These canvases carry drawings produced by local children, imagining possible futures of the paddy field—its return, mutation or reinvention. Their gestures are intuitive and unrestrained, forming a field of projections that have yet to be realized. This arrangement is not entirely fixed, the spacing and deliberately left gaps reflect the disruption of the cultivation system that once existed.

Among these are quieter interventions derived from former farmers presented as fragments of memory—brief markings, spatial traces and notations of past labour. These elements do not reconstruct what has been lost but instead register its absence marking the limits of recall and transmission.

The installation maintains a structured order while allowing for rupture. The grid remains legible, yet its continuity is unsettled by voids shifts in density and moments of suspension. Visitors move through the work rather than observe it from a distance encountering a landscape that oscillates between what is remembered and what is imagined.

An existing structure nearby is reactivated as Nadi Padi, a space for drawing workshops and shared narratives. Functioning as a living repository rather than a static archive, it gathers voices that cannot be harvested yet continue to circulate within the field.

《未收割的未来：田野之声》是一件场域特定的装置艺术作品，坐落于兰卡威（Langkawi）的都峇岛(Pulau Tuba)——一片被遗弃的稻田之中。该作品通过对田野调查的展开，直面一种关键性的流失现象——曾经深植于这片土地的物质文化与深层知识正逐渐消逝。

作为一种连锁反应，这片稻田并未被修复，而是自然而然地被重新配置为一个“推测性种植”的空间。装置整体以网格形式构成，由一幅幅小型画布组成，每一幅画布都固定于木桩之上，并直接插入稻田的泥土中。这些画布承载着当地孩子们的创作，描绘出这片稻田多种未来的可能性——无论是它的回归、变化，或是重建。孩子们的表达直观而不受约束，逐渐形成一片尚未实现的想象场域。

装置中亦交织着来自昔日农民的细微痕迹——简略的标记、空间的印记，以及对过往劳作的记录，皆以记忆碎片的形式呈现。这些元素并非试图重建已然消逝的过往，而是指认其缺席，同时揭示记忆与知识传承的边界。

此艺术装置在维持结构秩序的同时，也容纳了各种干扰的情况。尽管其空间连续性被空隙、密度的变化和故意空置的空间所干扰，网格结构依然清晰可辨——这一场景映射出曾经存在的耕作系统所经历的种种扰动。观众不再只是远距离观望，而是得以步入其中，沉浸其间，在记忆与想象之间摆荡的景观中穿行。

稻田附近的一座小屋也将被重新激活，称之为“稻之脉”（Nadi Padi）——一个用于绘画工作坊与叙事分享的空间。它并非是一个静态的档案库，而是一个活的储存体，汇聚那些已无法再被“收割”的声音，却仍在这片田野中持续流动。

-Chinese Translation by Chin Mun Yee

HUMBLE THANKS TO PULAU TUBA COMMUNITY:

Former Farmers/ Villagers

Mr. Zohari Abdul Rahim

Mrs. Che Jah Binti Darus

Mrs. Che Zan Binti Yaakob

Mrs. Rohayu Binti Khamis

Local Kids:

Muaz Miqail Bin Abdul Rahim

Mikhael Yusof Bin Mar Ismail

Mohamad Israfil Haq Bin Mohamad Firdaus

Muhammad Afieq Zayyan Bin Muhammad Amirul

Muhammad Aidan Bin Ismail

Muhammad Aqif Aimram Bin Rozman

Muhammad Asyiqol Bin Bohri

Muhammad Dayyan Adib Bin Safuan

Muhammad Fatih Ziqri Bin Faizol

Muhammad Khairul Nizam Bin Jesmizan

Muhammad Uwais Bin Zulkifli

Ku Nurjannah Binti Ku Ismail

Nur Afia Falisha Binti Abdul Fattah

Rabiatul Adawiyah Binti Mahazir

Ahmad Aali Bin Azman

Mohamad Izrail Haq Bin Mohamad Firdaus

Muhammad Adam Afiq Bin Mohd Faizal

Muhammad Aqhil Bin Azizan

Muhammad Aryan Asri Bin Mohamad Hanif

Muhammad Aryan Khalish Bin Mohd Amar

Muhammad Asyraf Akmal Bin Mohd Idzzaudin

Muhammad Hadif Bin Rokie

Muhammad Qaffe Rifqi Bin Mohd Tamizei

Muhammad Raffiudin Rafiqy Bin Mohd Ekhwan Syaffiq

Nizafril Harraz Nazhan Bin Nazri

Rifqi Muayyad Bin Rosmizal

Nur Aina Zahirah Binti Khalid

Nur Aisha Aqira Binti Saiful

Nur Arissya Binti Abdul Rahim

Muhammad Adam Faris Bin Mohd Bakri

Muhammad Arash Bin Abdul Razak

Muhammad Arash Danial Bin Muhammad Khairul Azree

Muhammad Fahim Bin Mohd Fadzlan

Muhammad Fayyadh Amsyar Bin Izuwan

Muhammad Najib Bin Abdullah

Muhammad Naufal Bin Zainalbidin

Muhammad Syaffi Qayyum Bin Mohamad Syazwan

Muhammad Syazani Bin Eddie Azwan

Muhammad Ziyaad Ziqri Bin Mohamad Taufik

Durratun Nasihah Binti Mohd Effendy

Nur Umaira Binti Mohd Sukri

Syazwana Binti Abdul Hamid

Amir Farhan Raif Bin Abdull Zulfadzili

Dilfi Harraz Bin Md Hapizi

Muhammad Darwish Andika Bin Safuan

Mohammad Fizol Zakuan Bin Faizol

Muhammad Shazmal Ikman Bin Kaman

Arisha Ariana Binti Abdul Hadi

Eryna Aulia Binti Abdul Fattah

Nur Faiqah Anissa Binti Mohamad Fauzi

Nur Saida Nuha Binti Abdullah

Nur Umairah Binti Kamarul Arifin

Nurul Jannah Binti Abdullah

Nurul Nadia Qalesya Binti Harisyamtukhir

Muhammad Adam Fariz Bin Abdullah

Muhammad Aniq Rayyan Bin Mohd Zambri

Muhammad Hafiz Irwan Bin Saidin

Muhammad Haikal Bin Abdul Hamid

Muhammad Qasfi Shakirien Bin Hazwan

Muhammad Zakhwan Bin Mohd Fikri

Khairun Nafisah Binti Mohd Fadzlan

Nur Afina Hanania Binti Ismail

Nur Auna Nasuha Binti Nazrul

Nur Keisha Aafiyah Binti Ruzaidi

Nur Asha Tiara Binti Saiful

Qisha Qaisara Binti Rishi

Muhammad Adam Mukhriz Bin Abdul Rani