Symposium: Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History Session 1: Shadows of HistoryPresentation: “Recycled Images: The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia" by Ho Tzu Nyen, artist

The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

This presentation is based on Ho Tzu Nyen's works The Name (2015) and The Nameless (2015), both of which comes out of the artist's ongoing project The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia (cdosea). The former is derived from "G" for Gene Z. Hanrahan and the latter from "L" for Lai Teck, "L" for Legibility of abécédaire of six concepts, motifs and biographies that constitute the cdosea. Since its inception, in 2012, cdosea has generated a number of works, serving as sketchbook which facilitates ongoing research and generates future projects. It proposes a term for each letter from the English alphabet.