An imagined midnight marble pavilion illuminated by a giant teratai, half living petals and half brass machinery, reflected in the water.

DCB Productions invites you

Hotel
Sufardi.

Somewhere between a story and a dream.

Art on the walls. Batik in the folds.
Miss Watson at the door.

Come inside

A free public gallery by Hykarl SufardiSelamat datang. Kasut buka.

Room 01 · The Art Gallery

An invitation
to linger.

Photographs, painted characters and a few curious details. Hykarl Sufardi’s world, with room to wander.

Your first welcome

Miss Watson.

Electric blue. A little batik.
And a smile with something up its sleeve.

“Come in.
The light is on.”

I’m Miss Watson, the blue-haired assistant to Hykarl’s Fake Sherlock. I keep an eye on the details—and occasionally on the detective.

Take your time with the pictures. I’ll be here when a little curiosity turns into a question.

Miss Watson

Alfred’s female character form in the DCB Productions world.

Let me show you the photographs ↓

Miss Watson’s original watercolor character studies with electric-blue hair, cream clothing, indigo batik and expressive portraits. — The first studies · Indigo, cream and jade

HS · THE FIRST ARRIVALMISS WATSON / ALFREDHotel Sufardi · DCB Productions

Imagined grand gallery salon with marble columns wrapped in flowering vines, orchids, palms, batik brass screens and a luminous mechanical water lily beneath a night sky. — Imagined architecture · AI-generated artwork · DCB Productions

Within the hotel · 01 · The Gallery Wing

The Grand Salon.

High ceilings. Low voices. A little brass catching the light. This is the largest room in the house: somewhere to meet a painting, lose a minute, and discover that the minute has become an hour.

Walk into the exhibition

From the Instagram collection

Through
Kapten’s lens.

Original photographs from @hykarl_s ↗

A single pink water lily rises among green lily pads in a pond illuminated at night.

01 · Ipoh, Malaysia

Night Lotus.

“Night Lotus — NO FILTER”
Hykarl Sufardi · The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat

“One flower stayed awake. Naturally, Kapten gave it a hotel.”

Miss Watson · Gallery interpretationOriginal Instagram post ↗

Black-and-white photograph of a leafy garden and hanging jackfruit at Tiarasa Escapes.

02 · Tiarasa Escapes

The garden keeps
its own counsel.

“Even the fruit looks as though it knows something.”

Miss Watson · Gallery interpretationOriginal Instagram post ↗

A geothermal lake beneath limestone cliffs and trees at Banjaran, with a wooden sign asking visitors not to enter the water.

03 · The Banjaran, Ipoh

A view with
one condition.

“You may enter the gallery, Kapten. The lake has issued separate instructions.”

Miss Watson · Gallery interpretationOriginal Instagram post ↗

Photographs by Hykarl Sufardi, shown as posted. Miss Watson’s gallery lines are newly written character interpretations.

Wander through the Instagram collection ↗

Imagined sheltered marble colonnade framed by bougainvillea, orchids and ferns beside a midnight reflecting pool filled with lily pads and a glowing mechanical water lily. — Imagined architecture · AI-generated artwork · DCB Productions

Within the hotel · 02 · The Water Garden

Teratai Court.

Beyond the gallery, the corridor opens to water. Rain touches the leaves; the teratai keeps the night lit. Take the long way around. There is a chair waiting under the veranda.

Walk out to the hot springs

Imagined steaming infinity hot-spring pool at sunrise, opening toward tropical greenery and distant limestone cliffs, with stone terraces, batik screens and flowering plants. — Imagined architecture · AI-generated artwork · DCB Productions

Within the hotel · 03 · The Pool Terrace

Infinity Hot Springs.

Warm mist above the water. The pool’s edge disappearing into green. Beyond the marble terrace, the hills catch the first light—and the hotel lets the morning in, just here.

Continue to the Flower Room

Imagined sunlit glass-roof conservatory overflowing with orchids, flowering vines and tropical greenery around a pink water-lily pool, with marble arches and brass batik screens. — Imagined architecture · AI-generated artwork · DCB Productions

Within the hotel · 04 · The Flower Room

Bilik Bunga.

One room forgot it was supposed to be midnight. Sunlight comes through the glass; flowers climb the marble; water lilies take the middle of the floor. Here, the garden has the run of the house.

A small detail from Kapten’s collection

Two pink roses and a dark red rose in a glass vase on black-and-white veined marble, beside small brass flower-shaped holders. — Hykarl Sufardi · Instagram collection · 2022

A flower room begins somewhere

Roses, marble
and brass.

A few stems in a glass vase. A little pink against dark stone. A detail from Hykarl’s photographs, given a room of its own in the imagination.

“The roses were here before the reception desk.”

Miss Watson · Gallery interpretationOriginal Instagram post ↗

Imagined grand dining room with beautifully crafted tables, mulberry chairs, marble columns, brass batik screens and abundant flowers and greenery overlooking the water garden at night. No people or food. — Imagined architecture · AI-generated artwork · DCB Productions

Within the hotel · 05 · The Dining Room

A place at the table.

The long table, the curve of a chair, flowers between pools of lamplight. Through the windows, the water garden keeps its own company. For now, simply enjoy the room.

Retire to the library