GHOSTNOTES by Speak Cryptic

GHOSTNOTES features artwork by the artist Farizwan Fajari, also known by his artist moniker, Speak Cryptic.

This exhibition also marks the 20th year of his art practice and features artworks from 2005 up till February 2025. More than anything, this exhibition is dedicated to his family, friends and to everyone who has believed in the work.

“In music, a “ghost note” refers to a rhythmic sound without discernible pitch. These unintentional, ephemeral notes – often born from the rebound of a drumstick on a snare – which to me can sometimes be louder than the entire chorus itself. Ghost notes inhabit the spaces between beats, much like the fleeting moments and hidden spaces that bare themselves to me.

My work is inspired by these moments, these happenings; the glance between friends, that lil’ pause between strangers, the little cracks in the pavement, the silence between the dialogue on tv.Through the act of painting, drawing and sculpture, my intention is to give these moments some form, some presence…something I could see and even maybe hold…captured on a canvas, paper, found materials.

It’s making the invisible not only visible but invincible.”