Bethany Luhong Balan

Multimedia Designer & Content Creator

Hi there! My name is Bethany Luhong Balan, but you can call me Bee.

I'm a freelance multimedia designer, poet, and self-taught visual artist from Kuching, Sarawak. I have a bachelor degree in graphic design and I've been involved in creative ventures in one way or another for as long as I can remember; I've participated in various spoken word performances, contributed to poetry anthologies and art exhibitions, and even took part in a virtual artist residency.As a multi-disciplinary artist, I approach my work in a playful and subversive way, invoking a sense of magic realism to each piece, whether the medium is poetry, clay, or digital art.

DESIGN WORK

——— EVENT GRAPHICS ———

VISUAL ART

——— PHOTO MANIPULATION, ILLUSTRATION, ZINES ———

——— INSTALLATION ART ———

——— ANIMATION ———

ESSAYS & POETRY

——— ESSAYS ———

On the Bakun Dam, and everything that drowned there:
“Above a Drowned World, Existence is Resistance”

On code-switching in poetry:
“I have four tongues in my head, so please excuse me if I trip over my words”

——— POETRY ———