This artist uses violent videos to shape his abstract art

‘For most people, violence is about warfare and killing. But that’s a very basic, subjective view of it,’ says Yeoh. Photo: The Star/Izzrafiq Alias

Some people look at violent images or videos and feel disturbed. Contemporary artist Yeoh Choo Kuan, however, uses them to shape his art.

For his latest work, the 28-year-old Kota Baru, Kelantan-born uses footage of global events, found on the video-­sharing site LiveLeak, to explore society’s exposure, encounters and relationship with violence through the mass media.