Saleh Husein
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Title
Saleh Husein
Description
Everything begins from small steps. That was the first thing that came through History of Merchant, a solo exhibition of Husein’s work in 2012. A small-intimate approach to his family journeys, from Hadramaut, in Middle East to South East in Indonesia. By collecting, archiving, and listening to the elders stories, the work started to build a strong foundation that led him to one project and then another project. Since that, he started to further seek and question Arabic descendants in Indonesia. The ideas go across the border between art, politics, economy, and also science. What did they do? Why are they doing that? How do they live and adapt? How they see themselves now? As Arabic-Indonesian or Indonesian-Arabic? These questions about identity, adaptation, survival, daily life culture, and also originality are evoked. While doing research for that project, Husein found stories about the transition, from Hyderabad to Singapore. These descendants were supposed to go directly to Indonesia through the Malaya Peninsula but stopped and stayed in Singapore for two years due to the critical situation that happen between British and the Dutch thus it has been said, to have developed a new community. This is the point of entry into Husein’s research for the NTU CCA Residencies Programme. The topic is simplified into three aspects: Identity, Transition, and Journeys. By using those as the main core Husein will explore the story of Arabic society in Singapore, seeking artefact and archives through the stories from the citizens.
Date
4 January – 1 April 2016
Contributor
Coverage
Residency Item Type Metadata
Short Description
Husein will explore the story of Arabic society in Singapore, seeking artefact and archives through the stories from the citizens.
Cycle
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Files
Collection
Citation
“Saleh Husein,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/1357.
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