Battersea project artist Haffendi Anuar: Tropical paradise may be an illusion

Haffendi Anuar's Migratory Objects show developed from his curiosity in ethnographic objects, cultural debris and by-product of the commercial tourism, and how these items get consumed and disseminated. Photo: The Star/Ricky Lai

Haffendi Anuar watched as a red double-decker bus crossed his path, its exterior gaily adorned with a troop of proboscis monkeys in a lush Bornean tropical rainforest. He was on the streets of London, more than 10,000km from home, and yet, here was a familiar sight.

Or was it?