Poodien's (b. 1979, Kelantan, Malaysia) works deal with various subjects, mediums and forms, including painting, digital graphics, installation and performance. Methodologically, he crosses over between direct action, social experiment, collective work and individual creation. As he puts it, he is particularly concerned with issues of "individual freedom and the problem of obsolete, unchanging, dogmatic, foundational truth". Deriving his influence from various art practices and schools of thought as well as 'ordinary everyday life', Poodien identifies, applies and tests his open-ended experimental works against the responses of the public and the realities of his social context.