KUALA LUMPUR • With bamboo growing virtually everywhere in Borneo, Sarawakian architect Wendy Teo has long been intrigued by this versatile material, and wondered how it can be used in a contemporary way.
She put together a team of local bamboo artisans with artists and musicians from around the region to reimagine bamboo structures, and they came up with a bamboo pavilion with walls that made music. The pavilion was an art installation for the acclaimed Rainforest Fringe Festival in Kuching last June.
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