Floods destroy art installation and school that inspired it in Pahang


The 'SEED Perdu Buloh' installation by Amirul and Alyssa Azmir was swept away by the recent flood in Raub, Pahang. Photo: SEED Perdu Buloh

Artist siblings Amirul Azmir and Alyssa Azmir’s site-specific art installation, SEED Perdu Buloh, has been swept away by the recent flood in Ulu Dong, Raub in Pahang.

Among the youngest participants in this year’s National Art Gallery’s Young Contemporaries award (or Bakat Muda Sezaman - BMS), Amirul and Alyssa are 21 and 17 years old, respectively.

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