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The Letter C

PaulineJanuary 23, 2018

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“We have not met any friends from the art scene since mid-March and all work meetings are done online. We still soak up the morning sun at our kitchen table over breakfast – but instead of work, we are catching up on whatever weird vivid dream one of us had the night before. ⠀
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Dito is more disciplined and consistent with his routine – making coffee, feeding the rabbits, nurturing and watering his new edible garden, eating fruits for breakfast, and moving to the small workspace until midday. “ — @dreamiy and @ditoyuwono of @lirspace, on their new normal in Yogayakarta in these complicated times. ⠀
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Click on the link in bio for more. (And yes, there will be bunnies!)

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"At the end of each street in the neighbourhoods of Yangon, a jumble of objects are piled up in order to block the road: crossing tape, cars, metal barriers, PVC pipe, sandbags, trucks, plastic buckets and vinyl signage stating the need for lockdowns due to COVID-19. ⁠
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Outside the barriers, Yangon’s street life ekes out an existence. Shops and restaurants are closed but fruit sellers and vegetable hawkers, betel nut stands and trishaw drivers, city workers and construction teams work outside, rain or shine, virus or no." ⁠
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Nathalie (@myanmart) paints us a picture of how Myanmar and its artists are faring these days. Read all about it in our link in bio.

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@taikwuncontemporary in Hong Kong opened this morning, an exhibition jointly curated by June Yap of @singaporeartmuseum and Yuka Uematsu of The National Museum of Art, Osaka.⠀
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It was our first full-blown virtual press preview and our heads are still spinning. @bakchormeeboy asked a great question about how virtual art tours might detract from the in- person viewing experience — an issue that we are all dealing with right now in the visual art world.⠀
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A number of the works highlighted here were performative, or in a video format, so viewing them from our computer screens seemed less discordant. But the ability to immerse yourself in the space ? The chance to draw connections between the different works and to try to understand how they might “speak to each other” in a particular layout ? These experiences were just not quite the same. ⠀
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Is this the new pandemic - normal that we need to learn to negotiate ? Are we going to be running an impossible rickshaw race underwater in the manner of Jun Nguyen- Hatsushiba’s art work? ⠀
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Perhaps. But in the meantime, here are some stills from the show that we particularly loved — take a look and see if you like them as much as we did. ⠀
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1. Jun Nguyen- Hatsushiba, “Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex — For the Courageous, the Curious and the Cowards,” 2001⠀
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2. Ming Wong, “In Love for the Mood,” 2009⠀
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3. Wim Pimkanchanapong, “Not Quite a Total Eclipse,” 2009⠀
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4. Agnes Arellano, “Haliya Bathing,” 1983⠀
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5. Ho Tzu Nyen, “Earth,” 2009 - 2017⠀

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Today marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadhan and Muslims all over the world are celebrate Hari Raya Puasa or Eid al-Fitr.⠀
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This year, however, the celebrations will be subdued. Nonetheless, we hold in our hearts the true spirit of the season - forgiveness, mercy, peace and blessings for all living beings across the world - something needed now, more than ever. ⠀
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So today, we’d like to share “Minaret" by Malaysian artist Wong Hoy Cheong, originally installed in 2005 at the Guangdong Museum of Art and more recently, in 2017, at the Folkestone Triennial (pictured here).⠀
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Wong transformed Folkestone's Islamic Community Centre, housed in a nondescript industrial building, by introducing a temporary façade of minarets and arches, characteristic of classical Islamic architecture. At night, the mesh structure was lit up in a beautiful green glow, making visible and celebrating the town’s Islamic residents – a bold statement of a migrant community’s growing confidence in its right to be there. ⠀
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Wishing all our Muslim readers a blessed Eid al-Fitr!⠀
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📸: Thierry Bal

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Tomorrow is Hari Raya Puasa and, COVID-19 notwithstanding, Muslim families all over the island are busy making their favourite Hari Raya dishes to celebrate. ⁠
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Multidisciplinary artist Ezzam Rahman (@theeverydayness) shares with us his mother's recipe for a family favourite, as well as how the pandemic has impacted his family's Hari Raya and his own artistic practice this year. ⁠
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Well, the pandemic may have changed the way we celebrate the big events in life, but Madam Rosnah Ibrahim's mouth-watering Daging Satay Goreng might just make us forget that for a moment. ⁠
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Learn how to make it in our link in bio. ⁠🤤
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Happy Thursday, Plural pals! Here's a throwback to the time our Editor Michelle met Aaron Seeto (@aaron_seeto), Director of Museum MACAN (@museummacan), Jakarta at S.E.A. Focus 2020 (@seafocus) in the before times. ⁠
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In our latest post, Aaron lays bare some tough truths about digitalising in this pandemic climate, and shares how he and his team have been navigating it in solidarity with their local community of artists and audiences: ⁠
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"The idealism of digital economies needs to be tempered by the social reality of class and economics – not everyone is able to participate freely. If you are faced with job insecurity, what priority is your bandwidth?"⁠
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Read more from the man himself in our link in bio. ⁠

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