Blk 38 Malan Road, The Single Screen2020, HD panoramic video, colour, surround sound, 47 minThe Teaching of the Hands is an experimental documentary that overwrites colonial cartographies and extractivist economies with the cosmological consciousness…
This panel discussion focuses on the Indonesian epic Arus Balik (1995) – loosely translated to mean “turn of the tide” – by revolutionary writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, which served as the starting point for the eponymous exhibition Arus Balik – from…
The first session of a two-part conversation, this panel discussion will focus on the book Arus Balik (1995) by Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, which is the starting point for the eponymous exhibition that will be on view. Three of the…
25 May 2019, Sat 03:30 PM - 05:30 PM The second session of a two-part conversation, this panel discussion will focus on the history of the straits, historical maps, and the geography of maritime Southeast Asia. This involves an approach to Southeast…
7 Mar 2014, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmIs there still a place for post–colonial thought? Globalization, the rise of emerging markets, and networks of social media girthing the earth would appear to leave the post–colonial behind as a phase through which many…
Referencing the works of Zarina Bhimji and Trinh T. Minh-ha in the exhibition Paradise Lost, Dr Stefano Harney investigates the renewed power of postcolonial critique today. By returning to the great thinkers of the “colonial situation” and its…
