This work from the Asia Pacific Triennale (2012) illustrates a recipe on how to make Sira Pisang, Ise’s favourite childhood dish from Kelantan. Ise considers himself an observer and is interested in different people, cultures and backgrounds as well as the life, conditions and particular energy that is found in modern urban environment. Ise graduated from UiTM, Shah Alam with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1997. His conceptual works centre around his personal experiences and the culture of urban communities. Ise produces interactive events that encourages dialogue through working with comic narratives and material that reflects popular culture. His solo exhibitions include The Laundromat Project, New York (2016), Bangkok University Gallery (2014), Super Fiction at the Japan Foundation (2008), Time Capsule at Kedai Kebun Forum in Indonesia (2007) and Keluar 90 Hari at Gallery 4A in Sydney, Australia (2006). In 2015, he was commissioned to create an installation titled Sira Pisang for National Gallery Singapore’s opening. A few of his significant group exhibitions consist of Pattani Semasa, Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2018), Sunshower: Contemporary Art From Southeast Asia 1980s To Now at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (2017), Secret Archipelago exhibition at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), Philip Morris Art Awards at the National Art Gallery, Dual Games an Asian residency project in South Korea (2008), Streaming Festival 3rd Edition Super Fiction at the Hague in the Netherlands (2008), as well as A Starting Point: Intrude 366 — Dynamic Of Change And Growth at Zendai Moma in Shanghai, China (2009). Ise was awarded artist fellowship awards allowing him travel grants to Tokyo (2007) and Sydney (2006) along with honourable mentions in the Philip Morris Awards in Malaysia. Ise has shown at the Singapore Art Biennale and Asia Triennale in Manchester, U.K. and previously at the Jakarta Biennale in 2009 as well as the Istanbul Biennale with Indonesia Collaborative Ruangrupa in 2005. He is a co-founder of Sentap art publication in Malaysia and was founder of the Parking Project, an alternative art space in KL.