Haris Abadi takes on social media through his art

Beware Of The Birds (acrylic on canvas, 2015) is part of Haris Abadi's effort to make his musings on the nature of the Internet seem more like a fantastical adventure rather than a technophobe’s paranoia. Photos: Galeri Chandan

Contemporary artist Haris Abadi is trying hard to grasp and understand the Internet – and the certain unease that comes along with social media culture – in his solo exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

With his Cosmic Playground exhibition, he takes on a story of two child astronauts embarking on a journey, which takes them to dystopian and gloomy neighbourhoods. These astronauts, says Haris, are his children, and in Cosmic Playground, the adventures are fun and tellingly cautionary.