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A woman’s labour (2018)
Found object installations
A tribute to the unseen efforts of the women in my family. From my maternal great-grandmother who took the reins of the family business after the passing of her husband, to my paternal grandmother who toiled daily at home, providing the best care she could for her family. From my maternal grandmother who sold herself to support her sister and daughter, to my paternal aunt who overcame all odds to attain the highest education in her own family. When Western philosophy clashes with Singaporean Chinese teachings, how can I negotiate a feminist stance that includes all the nuances of my culture with the understanding of the progression that should be made?
Untitled (2017)
Text / Installation
Tomorrow is an Island by Jason Wee, NTU CCA Residency Studios, Art After Dark, Singapore
What will the world look like 100 years in the future? Will we be the same, following the same mistakes our predecessors have made because it is easier to engage with what we already know than face the unknowable change bring?
my grandmother was a prostitute but then again so am i. (2017)
Sound / Installation
Buy me. Buy my time. Buy my love. Buy me, but not really me.
Best listened to on headphones.
The Lost Tour: Winstedt’s Women (2017)
Performance / Installation / Sound / Speculative History
One Night Only 2017, Lasalle College of the ARts, Singapore
This performance piece has been shown twice in the same night. What you see are the surviving relics of the performance.
How were the lives of the women like in 1900 - 1950s Singapore? The hollowing of the land served the colonial masters and to serve the men of a new nation, taken for granted. This abuse of Mother Earth is tolerated and almost seemingly subservient to the wants and needs of men. Yet, we see the fissures of where men have no control over; in the roots of the trees that peek through the tar car park and the weeds that insist on growing in the cracks of the parade square. Much like Mother Earth, I trace the lives of these women and how they have functioned beyond the traditional social constructs of the idealised woman. Through found objects such as jewellery and photographs, narratives from interviews and news reports, and recreated audio, I retell the stories of Winstedt’s Women.
