chi too
Dublin Core
Title
chi too
Description
Casting an ironic look at Malaysia and Singapore’s historical merger, We Were Once a Nation is a research project about nation building which unearths the histories of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. The research will focus on the years between 1963 and 1965, when Singapore and Malaysia split from the merger, in order to map a shared history of hopes, conflicts, and anxieties. Searching Singapore archival materials to decode Malayan history and, therefore, his own Malaysian identity, chi too aims to address the political and personal implications embedded in the construction of a nation state.
Date
4 May – 30 June 2017
Contributor
Residency Item Type Metadata
Short Description
The research will focus on the years between 1963 and 1965, when Singapore and Malaysia split from the merger, in order to map a shared history of hopes, conflicts, and anxieties.
Cycle
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Files
Collection
Citation
“chi too,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2025, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/1245.
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Residencies Studio Sessions: Screenings and conversation by chi too (Malaysia), Artist-in-Residence and Martyn See (Singapore), filmmaker |
| Item: chi too | References | This Item |