After six months of collaboration and deep immersion together across Sarawak and the UK, at the end of September 2025 the Time of the Rivers Fellows collectively shared their insights on the project’s journey so far.
Four artists—Kedisha Coakley, Rizo Leong, Syarifah Nadhirah, and Ben Swaby Selig—joined the Fellowship facilitated by Borneo Bengkel and Radical Ecology, to collectively explore: how can art and conservation meaningfully resist colonial legacies? What are the lived realities of vulnerable communities affected by climate change? And what happens when people are displaced in the wake of state-led infrastructure projects?
The fellows embarked on two transformative international field trips in Malaysia and the United Kingdom where they sat with rural communities to hear lived experiences, engaged in powerful exchanges with Indigenous activists, explored the depths of museum archives, and learned from cultural practitioners carrying generations of knowledge. Every encounter paved the way for deeper understanding and a greater sense of solidarity across cultural boundaries.
Watch the sharing session in full here.