Examining a tranche of early 20th-century photographs of Malay women, O for Other critiques the layered histories behind the images, reckoning with their legacies.
How did the kebaya come to take on national significance across Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia? Yvonne Tan traces the cultural and social history of a costume, and how it became intertwined with the image of the state.
In this video, Justin Seng wonders how he can position herself in the feminist canon. A play on the now-classic feminist video art piece “Semiotics of the Kitchen” by Martha Rossler, Justin images and imagines himself in her wake.