Tidur Lambak: Kampung Dalam Kota

Presented in Kuala Lumpur, then Jakarta, and recently Ipoh, Tapir Studio’s ‘Tidur Lambak’ now returns back home to the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

‘Tidur Lambak: Kampung Dalam Kota’ is an immersive rest-based experience that reimagines the nostalgic communal sleeping arrangement associated with the Malaysian practice of ‘balik kampung’ or homecoming. Set in Lake Gardens, filled with tikars and tilam toto, an urban park transforms into a temporary “kampung” room – a place to wander, settle, lie down and rest.

This is an intersection of installation, projection, soundscape, and storytelling. Participants enter a carefully composed sonic and visual environment where intimate dream confessions from Kuala Lumpur blend with meditative, healing frequencies. The work unfolds in two acts: (1) communal unwinding and (2) individual slumber. Together, these phases dissolve the boundary between stranger and kin, forming a rare moment of collective stillness.

*Audiences are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes and bring their own pillow.